DISCONNECT TO CONNECT
Journeys into the living wild of Patagonia
Small, contemplative expeditions through Chile's wild - designed so you return home renewed and fully alive.
HOW WE TRAVEL
Our expeditions move slowly on purpose:
room to notice, to breathe, and to
reconnect with what truly matters.
Depth over distance, presence over pace.Every guide, every lodge, every table is local.
Your journey supports the families who protect this wild, so the landscapes that welcome you flourish for generations to come.
The pace of the land
THE DIFFERENCE
Most see Patagonia through glass.
You will stand on it.
A THERAPIST’S
SENSE OF RHYTHM
Her background in occupational therapy shapes each day is paced, reading energy, confidence and when it is better to push forward, slow down or simply pause.
TRAVELING WITH ROSSANA
YOUR HOST IN PATAGONIA
Rossana Barría Ailef
Founder, Private Host & Journey Designer
Raised in Chile’s Lake District, between city life and the countryside of Hornopirén, Rossana brings together local knowledge, more than 30 countries of travel experience, a background in botany and occupational therapy, and years of designing journeys through Patagonia and around the world.
She leads Rayen Travels and personally knows the guides, hosts, lodges and local partners behind the expedition.
ROOTED
IN THE TERRITORY
The people behind each stay, table and experience are relationships, not names on a supplier list. When Patagonia changes the plan, there is already someone to call and another way forward.
ONE LOCAL
PERSPECTIVE
Years of travel, living abroad and three working languages (EN-DE-ES) bring international perspective without losing the intimacy of someone who grew up here.
CHOOSE YOUR WAY
Three ways to travel with us
Fixed Departures
Join the
New Year
Eve Departure
Travel with
a curated
circle of guests.
Every detail handled with grace, so the group moves softly through the wild having the best of fun.
Private
Family
&
Friends
The same immersion,
kept to your own circle.
We shape each day for you, an expansive space to reconnect with the ones you love.
Bespoke
A World
Beyond
Patagonia
For those whose gaze wanders further.
We chart a path made only for you and the people you love the most, anywhere in the world.
A Rayen expedition is measured
in depth, not distance.
Four principles hold every journey.
Small by design
Nine travelers. Two guides.
The group stays small so the land stays close, and each day bends to you.
Rooted in Aysén
Every bed and every table belongs to a family of Aysén.
Your journey stays in the valley, and in the hands that keep it wild.
Met on foot
Where others cover distance by car, you cover ground: the trail underfoot, crampons on living ice, the glacier within reach.
The finest of Patagonia begins where the road ends.
Guided by locals
Your guides were born to this land and certified to lead it.
They open the doors, the stories, and the corners that belong to those who grew up here.
"You will not need a vacation from your vacation."
What our travelers tell us, again and again
Glaciers of Patagonia
THE FLAGSHIP EXPEDITION
11 Days · NEW YEARS EVE DEPARTURE
27 December 2026 to 6 January 2027
Witness ice in every state nature grants it…suspended, calving, flowing, and written into the land…along the wild
Carretera Austral.
Rayen Mawida means the flower of the mountain.
Every expedition is built on local hands and rural ecotourism.Conservation lives at the heart of the journey… it is the point.
The landscapes that welcome you keep thriving, thanks to your visit
CONSERVATION IS THE JOURNEY
Local guides
& lodges
100%
Discover the 9 states of ice
11 days
National
Parks
3
IN THEIR WORDS
"I returned changed.
Rayen Travels opened a Patagonia we could never have found alone."
Raphael, Germany