Chilean Patagonia  ·  Horseback Expeditions  ·  Est. Gaucho Tradition

Where the Hunt Begins
Before Dawn in Patagonia

Seven to ten days on horseback with gaucho guides — chasing wild boar and deer through Chilean Patagonia's most remote wilderness.

Plan Your Expedition

Limited expeditions per season. Personal consultation required.

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Origin

This country was not built for the faint-hearted.

For generations, Chilean gauchos have ridden these mountains — not for sport, but for survival. They learned the ridgelines, the wind patterns, the silent hours before first light when the boar moves through the quebradas. That knowledge lives in their hands, their horses, and the quiet pride of men who do not need to explain themselves.

Tierra Brava was founded on a single belief: the greatest hunt on earth should be experienced on horseback, in the company of men who were born to it. We built nothing. We inherited everything.

7–10

days in the
deep wilderness

The Land

Patagonia does not welcome visitors.
It tests them.

"The wilderness here is not scenery. It is a participant."

Southern Chile's interior — beyond the tourist routes, past the last paved road — is a landscape of ancient lenga beech forests, river valleys carved by glaciers, and open steppe that stretches to the Andes spine. It is vast, indifferent, and irreducibly beautiful.

Wild boar and Andean deer roam terrain that discourages the half-hearted. To hunt it properly, you ride. There is no other way that respects the animal, the country, or yourself.

The Hunt

Two species. One method.
No shortcuts.

Species I

Wild Boar

Chilean wild boar are not the managed game of European estates. They are feral, aggressive, and hunted on their terms — through dense quebradas and along river corridors at first light. The horse gives you the reach. The gaucho gives you the edge.

Driven, spot-and-stalk, and ambush methods

Species II

Andean Deer

The huemul's cousin, naturalized in Chile's high country — a trophy that demands precision over distance and patience at altitude. You will glass wide valleys from ridge camps and make decisions that leave no room for hesitation.

High-country spot-and-stalk, 200–400 metre shots

100%

On Horseback

2

Hunters Max Per Ride

8

Expeditions Per Season

The Guides

The gaucho does not guide.
He leads.

Our guides have spent their lives on Chilean soil. They were not trained in an outfitter's classroom. They learned by riding before they could read — from fathers and grandfathers who knew these valleys when there were no roads at all.

When you hunt with Tierra Brava, you do not get a hired hand with a radio. You get a man whose identity is inseparable from this land — and who takes your hunt personally.

Native Knowledge

Born and raised in the Patagonian interior. No maps — just memory.

Horsemanship

Every guide is a working horseman. The animals are trusted partners, not props.

Fluent in the Hunt

English-speaking primary guides. Your safety and success are their measure.

Camp Mastery

Remote field camps built and broken by hand. Every night is earned.

The Experience

A week that belongs to no category.

This is not a lodge package. It is an expedition — with all the discomfort and all the reward that word implies.

Pre-Dawn

Day 1–2

Arrive at the Estancia base. Meet your gaucho team. Horses are assigned, rifles zeroed, and the land briefed. No itinerary handed to you — this is a living plan.

Into the Field

Day 3–5

Ride out before first light. Camp is established in the hunting ground — proper field camps, not glamping. You hunt the mornings and the evenings. Afternoons are for the fire and the stories.

The Deep Country

Day 6–8

The second half of the expedition goes further. The terrain gets harder. The game gets wilder. This is why you came.

The Return

Day 9–10

The ride back carries a different weight. The trophy, if it was earned, rides with you. Optional trophy preparation and documentation handled at base.

Logistics

Fly into Punta Arenas or Balmaceda. Tierra Brava handles all transfer, horse provision, camp infrastructure, and field support. International rifle permits arranged in advance. Group size: 2–4 hunters. Solo expeditions available on request.

Eight expeditions per season.
Every one is claimed.

We do not take group bookings online. Every expedition begins with a conversation — about your experience, your goals, and whether the right season is available.

Serious inquiries only. Response within 48 hours.

Plan Your Expedition

expeditions@tierrabrava.cl  ·  Southern Chile

Hunt the Wild. Ride with Gauchos. Live the Legend.