LUXURY WINE & PATAGONIA SPANISH IMMERSION
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When Can You Join Us?
2027 Trip — Final Spots
2029 Trip — Full Program
A Few Things Worth Knowing
One Program:
Two amazing countries
Argentina
Parte 1: Mendoza Wine Country Spanish & Cultural Immersion
Highlights
Chile
Parte 2: Trekking in the Patagonia with local guides in Spanish
Highlights
Location: Based in Mendoza & Chilean Patagonia
Dates: March 6-20, 2027 +/- a day to accommodate flight schedules.
AVISO ⚠️: * A few full-trip spots may still be available – inquire with Leslie today!
* Mendoza Wine tasting (Part 1 only) option available at $5,175.
Price: $16,950 *View trip cost and inclusions below
The Traveling Classroom in Patagonia
Choose your pace, keep the Spanish
Glaciers, by catamaran
Ride with gauchos
Flora, fauna and fireside debriefs
Inside the Mendoza Week
Tastings and unhurried farm-to-table meals at high-end bodegas
The premier wine harvest festival of Argentina: music, dance and street parades
Learn to prepare the perfect cup — a ritual of connection with many unspoken rules
A traditional asado with local gauchos
Empanada making and the flavors of Argentine home kitchens
High-mountain exploring at the base of the Andes
Questions worth addressing head-on
Two things that came up at the info meeting — and the honest answers.
Why is the deadline so early?
Because we have real money going down in early June — deposits to secure your spot in the Patagonia lodges, trails, and guides, and host families and bodega tours in Mendoza during the height of the grape harvest season. The same reality that makes this trip exclusive — limited access, capped capacity, short weather window — is what drives that timing. We can’t reserve in the abstract; we have to commit to specific spots, on specific dates, with specific outfitters. That’s why the deadline exists, and why working with you on it requires a real conversation.
What do you mean when you call this a “luxury” trip?
It’s worth addressing head-on, because the word “luxury” can suggest pretension — and that’s not what we mean. When we call this trip a luxury experience, we’re not talking about gilded surfaces or status branding. We’re talking about exclusivity born of geography: Torres del Paine has a short operating window, limits on park entrances, and a small number of lodges with capped concessions. You can’t just show up. The places we stay, the access we have, the trails we walk — these are coordinated months in advance and reserved for travelers who plan ahead. So when we say luxury, we mean rare, remote, and carefully held. Not showy. Worth knowing the difference, because it shapes who this trip is really for.
2027 Trip Cost and Inclusions
15 Days: Mendoza + Patagonia
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9 Days: Mendoza Wine Country
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How does the CGI Wine & Patagonia Immersion Trip compare with other options?
What You’re Really Paying For
The math nobody does
- The time math. Day-trippers from Puerto Natales spend at least 2 hours each way driving to trailheads. Over four days, that’s roughly a full day lost to transit.
- The all-inclusive math. Every meal, every drink, every excursion, every transfer, every guide fee, every national park entrance — todo incluído.
- The exclusivity math. Narrow travel window (weather-dependent). National park limits on lodging and trail entrances. Only a handful of boutique, high-end hotels operate inside the park. That’s the structural reality of doing Patagonia inside the boundaries.
- The Spanish immersion math — which most travelers don’t think to consider. Ten hours a day of Spanish with top-notch local guides. Sobremesa — the long, lingering shared meals where conversation flows — instead of bus rides that fragment language practice. Town hotels scatter the group each evening; the lodge holds it together. The immersion compounds rather than starts over each morning. That’s what makes this not a Patagonia trip with Spanish on the side, but an actual immersion experience in one of the most incredible places on earth.
A Guided All-Inclusive Expedition
- Every meal, drink, excursion & transfer included
- Guide fees and national park entrances — todo incluido
- No add-on fees, no upsells, no daily expenses
The Time Math: Maximize Daylight
- Day-trippers: 1.5–2 hrs each way + 30–60 min to trailheads
- Over 4 days, day-trippers lose a full day to transit
- Sunrise & sunset light: unreachable from outside the park
Expensive Because It’s Exclusive
- Narrow window: ideal months Jan–March, weather-dependent
- National Park limits lodging capacity & trail entrances
- Only a handful of boutique luxury lodges inside the park
The Spanish Immersion Container
- 10 hrs/day Spanish exposure with top local bilingual guides
- Sobremesa — shared meals keep the language alive
- Town hotels scatter the group; the lodge holds it together
If cost is a factor in your decision, don’t let it be a silent one. Reach out — we’ll have an honest conversation about what’s possible.
Preliminary Itinerary
Program Starts in Santiago de Chile: brunch, bodega tour & wine tasting, afternoon to relax, hotel
Fly to Mendoza- Lang. School orientation, classes, 1st night with host family
MENDOZA: Spanish classes, afternoon cultural activities, evening with host family
Transfer to Santiago
Fly to Puerto Natales, Patagonia
The travelling Spanish Classroom in the Chilean Patagonia
Depart for USA
