It's one of the most wanted corners of Patagonia, and one of the hardest to sell: boats that depend on the wind, a border crossed on foot, beds that don't show up in any search engine. We know every stretch and we make the trip happen.
Out here, uncertainty is part of the landscape. Your clients don't need it to disappear: they need someone who knows it and handles it.
We know every stretch, its people, its changes, its timing and even its quirks: we live and breathe it every season.
Families, boat operators and partners with first and last names. Not scattered suppliers: a network that knows and looks out for each other.
When the lake won't let boats out or the wind changes the day, the alternative exists before it's needed.
We're the layer of trust that makes this trip possible.
Large luxury operators solve the complexity by isolating the traveler from it: everything just like home, and Patagonia on the other side of the glass.
We make it operable without taking the adventure out of it, at a fraction of the price, and keeping the value in the territory.
Your travelers live what we live here.
Three lines that work alone or together: moving, stopping and crossing. Designed as a single vision, they cover what a traveler needs to get here and stay.
They even out groups with different paces and extend how far you can go in a day, headwind included. Picked up in Villa O'Higgins and returned in Cochrane, Puerto Tranquilo, Cerro Castillo or Balmaceda, depending on each client.
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Beds in places with no formal lodging, from Candelario Mancilla to Balmaceda. Each refuge sits next to a family that lives there year-round, and it comes apart without leaving a trace.
8 locations · 8 families
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With the same pieces we build what doesn't exist yet. In 2025 we designed the Ecotrek Patagonia for a Buddhist group from Bhutan: adapted routes, places to meditate and the full logistics.
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A crossing with123 km, two lakes and a border, in one or two days and in both directions. No fixed departures: it's built around your client's dates, pace and group. We design it, sell it and run it together.
Marcus, Angélica and their family have been sailing Lake O'Higgins since 2016, between Puerto Bahamondes and Candelario Mancilla, and also out to the O'Higgins Glacier. They've known this lake all their lives.
We work hand in hand with Ruedas de la Patagonia: we design the crossing together and keep improving it every season. They're currently building a new, larger boat to operate more reliably on the lake.
The full crossing has seven stretches. Each one is run by someone who lives and works there.
We wish we could tell you the boat always sails. The lake and the wind coming down off the Southern Patagonian Ice Field decide whether it does. We work with that, not against it.
Includes the waiting night. That night, in Villa O'Higgins or Candelario Mancilla depending on where it falls, is already covered. If the client arrives by vehicle, we keep it in the Ruedas de la Patagonia parking lot.
The traveler arranges lodging, transfers and the other stretches on their own.
So you can quote without guessing. We'll send you the full fact sheet by WhatsApp or email.
| Months | Days |
|---|---|
| November and December | Mondays and Thursdays |
| January and February | Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays |
| March | Mondays and Thursdays |
Departs 07:30 from Puerto Bahamondes. Returns 17:00 from Candelario Mancilla, same days.
Want the full crossing fact sheet to put together a quote?We'll send it by WhatsApp or email.
Request the crossing fact sheetLet's keep the conversation going after FIT. Write to us, we'll set up a meeting and send you the fact sheets and rates.
Choose how to start the conversation:
Or by email: hola@suripatagonia.com
From September 26 to 29 we're at FIT Buenos Aires, on the Chile stand.
We work at the end of the road, and sometimes the signal doesn't reach us. If we're slow to reply, it's not a lack of interest: it's Patagonia. We'll answer as soon as it's back. Also at +56 9 6142 0490.
