Feb 7, 2023
Good Wine! A Good Day Trip! - A great day out visiting two wineries in the Casablanca area - Bodegas Re and Casas del Bosque. I was picked up in Santiago on time, by Freddie, and it was just the two of us and the driver. The first stop was Bodegas Re - great tour of this small traditional winery where they are trying to bring back older methods of winemaking (clay pots). The wines here were amazing! The second winery was larger and more commercial, but also on beautiful grounds with excellent wines. Freddie must have some influence here as we were taken into a lovely, private tasting room away from everyone else, and tasted 5 wines. We then had a really good lunch here. I think I fell asleep on the drive back to Santiago! Highly recommended!!
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Nov 22, 2022
A great day in Casablanca Wine Valley - Had a great day touring the Casablanca Wine Valley with Riccardo. Would highly recommend Pride Tours for anyone coming down to Chile.
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Apr 23, 2020
Can't say enough good things! - I was traveling alone from New York to Chile & had the opportunity to experience this wine tour with Ivan and Freddy from Pride Tours. They made me feel so welcomed and we had an amazing day exploring the vineyards with the group. Whether you're traveling alone or with friends I would highly recommend any excursion with Pride Tours. They bring together an amazing group of people from various backgrounds across the globe. I hope life brings me back to Santiago to explore more with these guys. Thanks again Ivan & Freddy.
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Jun 20, 2019
Wine Tasting tours - We had an amazing time with the Pride Tours visit to several excellent wineries near Santiago. The places themselves were beautiful, the wines and the food fantastic. We also toured Valparaiso and Viñas Del Mar with them and spent a excellent day exploring both cities, their art scene and great food. We highly recommend their services and commend Freddy, our tour guide, for his friendliness and his care with every detail. One of the best travel experiences we have ever had.
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May 31, 2019
Professional service with a personal touch. Highly recommend - I took two tours with Pride Tours Chile in May: (1) The Casablanca Wine Tour and (2) the Cajon del Maipo Tour into the Andes. I can highly recommend both; Freddy and his team are the real deal and they operate a very professional business with a personal touch you likely won’t find with any other tour group.
I was looking for one or two day tours to take while I was in Santiago, and couldn’t decide on a tour group, given mixed reviews of various tour operators and the fact I was travelling as a solo gay traveler. That’s when I got a message from Freddy on Scruff, advertising his tours and offering to help in any way possible for my time in Chile. We exchanged a few messages, then communicated on WhatsApp. I decided to book the Casablanca Wine Tour.
There were only four of us on the tour: Freddy, his associate Ivan, another traveler and me. We visited two wineries and stopped for lunch as well. It was a complete blast. It was like hanging out with new friends rather being on a venture with complete strangers. It was one of the best tours I have ever done in my travels anywhere.
Based on my experience with the wine tour, I joined the Cajon del Maipo tour a couple days later. It was a lot more time spent in a car than the wine tour, but worth it to go deep into the Andes and see the beauty of Chile. Freddy cracked opened a bottle of “vino tinto” and put out cheese and crackers for us to snack on at our destination. There were four of us on this tour, plus Freddy, and we stopped for an amazing late lunch on the way back to Santiago, complete with a round of Pisco Sours for all!
Pride Tours Chile’s prices for these tours are competitive with other tour groups, but the experience is so much more personalized. I paid cash for the first tour, and through a PayPal link Freddy sent me for the second tour and had no issues with it. Your overall experience will depend in part on who else is on the tour with you, but part of the fun of going with Pride Tours is making new friends along the way.
I can’t think of a better person than Freddy to be running a gay tour group. He is fun, friendly, patient, and knowledgeable and passionate about Chile. He arrived on time to pick me up for both tours, communicated via WhatsApp prior to the trips, and even called me directly to chat when I asked him if he could recommend some bars near my hotel to go to on the weekend. He is very flexible in accommodating your preferences and schedules. He clearly takes an interest in helping people make the most of their time in Chile.
Do not hesitate to book with Pride Tours Chile. They offer an amazing service for the LGBT community.
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