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Become a Patagonian Gaucho with these horse riding trips.

A unique way to experience Patagonia is on horseback , you’ll see the sights of Patagonia from the viewpoint of a gaucho and have a truly one of a kind experience.
We have a number of great horse riding trips throughout February,March and April.

Swoop Patagonia News 4th December 2013

The festive month of December is upon us and here at Swoop we have some fantastic trips and deals available that you can treat yourself to in the new year. Last Minute trips: Looking for an adventure in January? We…

Life after the W Circuit

A few of the people who contact Swoop have visited Patagonia before and are looking to go back and explore it further. After all, a region that spans 1,000 miles North to South and 1 million square kilometres, with landscapes…

Matty’s trip to the Atacama Desert – ‘Arid, beauty, unearthly’

First Name: Matty Age: 37 Occupation: Academic researcher Which operator did you go with or did you organise it yourself? I organized my trip from Santiago to San Pedro de Atacama myself. If you had a local guide, what was…

Isla de Chiloé, Chile

When Darwin visited Chiloé in 1835, he described the island as “the border of Christianity”, both in the geographical and spiritual sense. The brilliant researcher was marveled by the co-habitation achieved between Mapuche Indians and the Spanish conquerors over three…

Bear Grylls in Patagonia

Grylls parachutes into Patagonia, the southernmost tip of South America, where he first encounters a vast ice field, then forages in a beech forest, wades through a frozen bog and swims through icy water. Next Grylls skins a hare, scales a cliff, tracks a puma, drinks…

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