CHILE’S SOUTHERN LAKE DISTRICT – TOP TOURISM COMPANY includes travel agency, guestlodge, horseranch and private nature reserve – for sale

The most spectacular and complete turn-key outdoor business including extremely secure and healthy properties. A unique opportunity to change your lifestyle by having your own business and living in a magical place.

SHORT CONCEPT DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS
The whole business has geographically THREE different amazing settings.

Already thousands of international visitors enjoyed this exemplary ecotourism concept set in one of Chile’s wonders, called the Yosemite of South America. The ecotourism business, which exists for over 12 years, is sold fully equipped with its own travel agency, website, professional marketing and corporate identity, as well as a complete tourist infrastructure of two lodges, from where start different outdoor activities, and own well-trained horses with gear and ranch equipment. A rare opportunity with immediate secure and healthy living in a temperate climate and evergreen surroundings.

1. THE RIVERSIDE LODGE PROPERTY by campo aventura in the Cochamó Valley with its private sandy beaches and crystal clear rivers is not only a paradise for fly-fishing, but offers all kind of other outdoor activities. Operating under environmental guidelines, this friendly ecolodge is set in the outback in one of the largest temperate rainforests on Earth, and so not meant to be a five star hotel, but developed to a perfect combination of comfort style and environment friendly lodging in a very remote and healthy spot. Guests enjoy cosy accommodations, gourmet dining, an open fireplace, wild beaches, wood heated sauna, as well as hammocks and last but not least the cleanest and most potable water one can imagine from the own waterfall all year round. The restaurant of the lodge, “la mesa de los sabores” offers gourmet food and is also receiving non-staying people. Guests experience an unforgettable stay with full-service and friendly, professional staff, high quality outdoor gear, well-trained horses with special soft saddles for non-riders as splendid detailing in lodging like shingled buildings, wood floors, decorative hand carved columns with 100% natural furnished interiors. This magic place is specialized for individual travelers and little groups up to 15 guests. 99% of the guests are international clients. They book either through the own travel agency of the company called “the different tourist office” or through worldwide Tour Operators. Other bookings come through the own well developed website www.campo-aventura.com. Highly recommended by international guidebooks, tourists just come in without an advanced booking and mostly stay a few days when availability.

The riverside lodge property on 23 acres is as well a ranch with own well-trained horses for riders and non-riders. Bordered by two wild crystal clear rivers, native rainforest and an herbal garden guests stay in average more than three days to explore the area by very different activities like riding, sea-kayaking, rafting, trekking, and by boat; all offered tours and trails are guaranteed off the beaten track. Every year, more activities are developed and published in a new designed catalogue.

The unique setting between Pacific and Andes at the mouth of one of the most magnificent U-shaped valleys in the world is not only so famous because of its beauty but has lots of potential because of its historical value. This is very attractive for regular international reports in well-known editions like the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Toronto Star, Living… just to mention some recent publications. In the past, only missionaries and bandits used Cochamó Valley, doing so for trade and migration. From the 1700s, it was the path used by Jesuits migrating over the Andes from Argentina. A hundred years later, an ox trail was built to bring Argentinian meat down to the Pacific. In 1902, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, America's famous outlaw pair, brought their cattle to the Cochamó slaughterhouse along this historical trail, that Campo Aventura still follows on its six and ten day expeditions through the Andes. Today also huasos, Chilean cowboys still bring their animals to trade in the village, as did the legendary outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Another income than accommodation, tours and expedition are selling products under own label as well as a limited campground including washing and shower facilities. But the real highlight and bestseller of this ecotourism concept is to hide on to the most wonderful bit into the Andes, an extraordinary property situated in one of Chile’s wonders, called the “Yosemite” of South America.

2. THE MOUNTAIN LODGE by campo aventura in unique “Yosemite” of Southamerica is a magnificent and private nature reserve of 112 acres. Enormous granite domes, huge waterfalls and one of the biologically richest and intact temperate rainforests with ancient “Alerce” trees are only some of the highlights.

Special soft saddles and trained multilingual guides make these rides an unforgettable experience for all the guests. After a one day ride “the mountain lodge” in the famous “Yosemite” of South America is reached. This unique and remote place in the mountains gives the possibility of contact to locals and provides biological and historical background by a well signed nature trail together with a nicely designed didactic trail book. Amazing waterfalls, spectacular views, typical local food and open fire atmosphere are guaranteed.

This large property has also own beaches, waterfalls, crystalclear rivers, a lake, and own rainforests with ancient “Alerce” trees. About 40m high, Alerce trees can become as old as 4.000 years and are the second-oldest living thing on earth. Longer riding trips of five to ten days expeditions continue through an old Alerce forest and lots of evergreen native rainforests, Andean lakes and amazing landscapes.

3. THE DIFFERENT TOURIST OFFICE by campo aventura is a well-established independent travel agency set in the centre of charming Puerto Varas City, on the edge of Lake Llanquihue. The “different tourist office” has also the only representation of AVIS rent-a-car in this city which means a regular income the whole year round. The range of what is sold reaches from day to multi-days trips, transfers, flights, rental cars and rental campers over to COMPLETE CHILE-ARGENTINA TOURS À LA CARTE working out the best possible route throughout the country. The philosophy to combine a very personal contact together with a flexible high quality service makes the big success of this unique ecotourism concept. Every year more and more guests enjoy the offer of a personalized service including individual tastes and wants without loosing time for searching themselves the best route off the beaten track.

“the different tourist office” is listed and highly recommended by the international guide books and so guarantees regular guests the whole year round.

The very good location of the office in the centre of town in an attractive bed & breakfast hotel (internet in the rooms, central heating, private bathrooms) is mainly visited by international guests from around the world. The rented office has a separate entrance from the road and is set in the 1 floor of this extraordinary comfortable 8 beds hotel.

English spoken and open all year round the office is very well visited from guests just arrived in the City of Puerto Varas, the recommended starting point for discovering the Southern Lake District and Northern Patagonia.

A very professional designed and well found Internet site is another excellent customer service tool to sell tours and programs to people coming to or traveling already in Chile. A new catalogue is designed and published regularly for local and international tour operators.

The Company is an established turnkey business with superior reputation for product quality and customer service, there’s income right away:
- OWN TOURS IN THE RANGE FROM 114.- TO 1600.- USD PER PERSON
- TOURS ARE BOOKED BY INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AGENCIES
- TAILORMADE TOURS THROUGH WHOLE CHILE
- AVIS RENTAL CAR SERVICE, PRIVATE TRANSFERS and much more...

Some advantages of this unique ecotourism business
- THE COMPANY'S PROPERTIES HAVE GREAT POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT
- THE TURNKEY BUSINESS HAS WORLDWIDE GOOD REPUTATIONS AND CONNECTIONS
- WORLDCLASS SCENERY FOR LIVING INCLUDING HEALTHY AND SAFE SURROUNDINGS
- VERY COMPETITIVELY PRICED, AN INVEST IN THE FASTEST GROWING SECTOR IN CHILE
- SOLID RETURN ON INVESTMENT POTENTIAL

The business operates under own guidelines to be an exemplary company of ecotourism
- THE WHOLE PROPERTY IS A PRIVATE NATURE RESERVE OF 135 acres
- OWN WELL-TRAINED HORSES
- OWN WASTE MANAGMENT SYSTEM
- DEVELOPS & SELLS ORGANIC PRODUCTS UNDER OWN LABEL
- BOTH ECOLODGES HAVE OWN WATER SUPPLIES
- SOLAR ENERGY AND RENEWABLE ENERGIES ARE USED
- ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OF LOCAL EMPLOYEES
- A MAXIMUM OF 15 + 9 GUESTS IS ACCEPTED AT ONCE
- LIMITED CAMPGROUNDS INCLUDING WASHING & SHOWER FACILITIES

The business operates under safety guidelines
- THE 2 ECOLODGES ARE EQUIPPED WITH OWN RADIO STATIONS, TOURS ARE RADIO GUIDED
- GUESTS ARE PROVIDED WITH PROFESSIONAL GEAR, WELL TRAINED GUIDES & HORSES
- INSURANCE FORMS TO BE SIGNED BY EVERY GUEST
- OVER 12 YEARS EXPERIENCE

Some of the professional marketing tools
- HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY INTERNATIONAL TRAVELGUIDE BOOKS
- INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISMENTS & INTENSIVE LOCAL ADVERTISMENT
- NEW CATALOGUE IS DESIGNED EVERY YEAR FOR INTERNATIONAL TOUR OPERATORS
- A WELL DEVELOPED HIGH QUALITY WEBSITE, FOUND IN OVER 50 WEBLINKS
- A DESIGNED LEAFLET DESCRIBING THE BEST ACTIVITIES
- BESTSELLING TOUR IS FILMED AND IS A GREAT PROMOTION TOOL
- A NEW CORPORATE IDENTITY FOCUSED ON FLEXIBLE ECOTOURISM
- DEVELOPMENT OF OWN LABELS OF LOCAL SELLING PRODUCTS
- PROMOTION MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTS and much more…

Please feel free to contact us for more pictures and further details of this exceptional opportunity. Price 725.000.- EURO.

Advertiser contact details
Name: Christiane Thill
Email: Contact the Advertiser
Telephone: +56 65 9 92894 318