Private Maipo Valley Tour: Aquitania, Santa Rita and Chilean Lunch

About This Experience

This private day suits small groups who want to set a boutique producer against a large historic estate, with a proper Chilean lunch and a shorter day than the 10-hour shared routes. City Trekking Guide caps each booking at eight people. Your guide is a bilingual Chilean with a European master's degree in wine tourism and WSET Level 2, and starts the day at your Santiago hotel or apartment. Once you book, the team gets in touch to sort out the details; traffic can move the pickup by around 10 minutes.

On request, the guide adds a stop at the Bahá'í Temple, which sits in the Andes foothills with a view across Santiago; it appears on both options. Then comes Aquitania, a small Maipo producer. One of its own guides, a sommelier, leads you through the vines and the cellar and up to a lookout facing the mountains, and the visit ends with four of its wines.

Lunch, at a local restaurant, is included. The menu offers Chilean dishes such as corn pastry, meats and soups, plus fresh salads and vegan choices, and the day also comes with empanadas or Chilean sweets and bottled water.

Santa Rita, in the Alto Jahuel foothills of Buin, takes the afternoon. The listing gives it more than 140 years of history, and its premium tour covers vineyards and cellars with another four-wine tasting, then the Museo Andino, home to about 3,000 pre-Columbian archaeological and ethnographic pieces. Pick the three-winery option and a further Maipo winery, not named in the listing, is added along with about 1.5 hours.

Highlights

• Walk Aquitania's vineyard and cellar with a local sommelier, then taste four of its wines.
• Stop at the Aquitania viewpoint for a look across the vines toward the Andes.
• Pick from traditional Chilean dishes at a local restaurant, with salads and vegan options available.
• Join Santa Rita's premium tour in the Alto Jahuel foothills, with four more wines to taste.
• Visit the Museo Andino at Santa Rita and its roughly 3,000 pre-Columbian pieces.
• Spend the day with a private bilingual guide who holds a wine tourism master's and WSET Level 2.

What's Included

• ✓ Private vehicle with pickup and drop-off at your Santiago accommodation
• ✓ Private tour at Aquitania with a four-wine tasting
• ✓ Premium tour at Santa Rita with a four-wine tasting and entry to the Museo Andino
• ✓ Traditional Chilean lunch at a local restaurant, with vegan options
• ✓ Empanadas or Chilean sweets and bottled water for each passenger
• ✓ Bilingual guide with a European master's in wine tourism and WSET Level 2; all fees and taxes

Not Included

• Tips (optional)
• Restroom on board the vehicle
• Bottles bought at the wineries

What to Bring

• Your accommodation address for pickup
• Comfortable shoes for vineyard walks and the steps at the Bahá'í Temple
• Cash or card for optional tips and wine purchases

Good to Know & Caveats

• Private tour for up to 8 travelers on one booking.
• The three-winery option adds one more Maipo winery and about 1.5 hours.
• The Bahá'í Temple stop is listed on both options and added if you ask for it.
• Vegan options are available at lunch; share dietary needs when the team contacts you.
• The vehicle has no restroom, so use the stops at wineries and the restaurant.
• Specialized infant seats are available.
• Cancel free up to 24 hours before departure.

Meeting Point

Your guide collects you from your hotel or apartment in Santiago. After booking, the operator gets in touch to arrange details; allow about 10 minutes either way for traffic.