Private Maipo Valley Tour: Concha y Toro, Santa Rita and Undurraga

About This Experience

For travelers who want the big Maipo names in one day without sharing a van, this private tour strings together Concha y Toro, Santa Rita and Undurraga, led by a guide whose specialty is wine. The car can meet you at your hotel, at the airport or at Santiago's central train or bus station, and on the road the guide fills in the background on Chilean wine and on what makes the Maipo distinct. Allow about 10 hours; traffic can move the pickup time.

Concha y Toro comes first. The visit goes down into its century-old cellars and the Casillero del Diablo cellar, the source of the brand's devil legend, and the tasting ends with an engraved glass to keep. The van then heads to Santa Rita, in the Alto Jahuel foothills near Buin, for a tasting of its aged wines and a second gift glass.

Lunch stays on the Santa Rita estate at Doña Paula, a restaurant in the old main house that the listing describes as a National Monument. You order a la carte, the meal is paired with Reserva wine, and it is included. Before leaving there is time in the Andean Museum, Santa Rita's archaeological and ethnographic collection.

Undurraga closes the day with three Reserva wines, the labels depending on availability, and one more glass to take home. Because you pay per person on a private booking, the rate drops as the group grows: $986 for a solo traveler, $636 each for two, and $434 each for a group of eight. Up to 15 people can travel on one booking.

Highlights

• Go underground at Concha y Toro into its old cellars and the Casillero del Diablo cellar.
• Taste Santa Rita's aged wines in the foothills of Alto Jahuel, near Buin.
• Order a la carte with Reserva wine at Doña Paula, set in Santa Rita's historic main house.
• Browse the archaeological and ethnographic collection at Santa Rita's Andean Museum after lunch.
• Finish with three Reserva wines at Undurraga and leave with a glass from every winery.
• Travel only with your own group and a wine specialist guide, from hotel, airport or bus station.

What's Included

• ✓ Private vehicle and wine specialist guide for your group only
• ✓ Collection from a Santiago hotel, the international airport or the main train or bus station, and return
• ✓ Tastings at Concha y Toro, Santa Rita (aged wines) and Undurraga (three Reserva wines)
• ✓ A la carte lunch with Reserva wine at Doña Paula restaurant
• ✓ Entry to each winery and to the Andean Museum
• ✓ Gift glasses: an engraved one at Concha y Toro, plus one each at Santa Rita and Undurraga

Not Included

• Souvenir photos (sold separately)
• Gratuities
• Bottles bought at the winery shops

What to Bring

• Your hotel address, or flight or arrival details for an airport or station pickup
• Cash or card for gratuities, souvenir photos and wine purchases
• Some luggage space for the three gift glasses and any bottles

Good to Know & Caveats

• Private tour: no other bookings share your vehicle or guide, and up to 15 people fit on one booking.
• Per-person price falls with group size: $986 for one, $636 each for two, $434 each for eight.
• The Doña Paula lunch is ordered from the menu, comes with Reserva wine and costs nothing extra.
• Undurraga's three Reserva wines depend on what is available that day.
• Pickup times can move with Santiago traffic.
• Listed as suitable for all fitness levels; service animals are allowed.
• Cancel free up to 24 hours before departure.

Meeting Point

Your guide collects you from your Santiago hotel, from Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, or from the central train or bus station. Expect some flexibility in the time, as traffic can delay pickups.