This gorgeously rambling hideaway offers skinny dipping in a cool highland river, dozy afternoons spent in a hammock and other ways to disconnect. Overlooking the lush banks of Río Hurtado, Hacienda Los Andes offers all that and more. It also has horseback trips (from CH$60,000 for half-day trips), night-sky tours (from CH$12,000) and 4WD trips (CH$60,000).
Free activities include scenic walks on the marked trails that dot the property. To get here, take one of the buses from Ovalle to Hurtado (CH$2400, roughly between noon and 7pm but check the website for details). The hacienda is 6km before Hurtado, just before the bridge. It can provide a pickup service from Ovalle, La Serena and Vicuña. The hacienda is 46km from Vicuña via a decent mountain road.
