Patagonia 2027 Trip Deets: Food, Wine, Culture At The End Of The World

When I was a kid, my parents used to take me hiking, and I hated it. There was nothing that could have convinced 11-year-old me that driving four hours to look at trees was a good way to spend a Saturday. I didn’t understand why it was so important to them.

The older I get, the more I do.

There are parts of this world that are so beautiful they rewire something in you. They change your sense of what is possible. They remind you that you are very small and somehow still connected to everything around you.

Antarctica did that for me. The Hunza Valley in northern Pakistan did that for me. And Patagonia has done that for me.

Patagonia gets called a lot of things. The last truly wild place on earth. The end of the world. The bottom of the map. Much of it is protected national park, and I’ve been lucky enough to spend multiple weeks soaking it in.

I’ve read ebooks next to a glacier-fed river in Chilean Patagonia and felt more fulfilled than I’ve ever felt in any city. I have sipped some of the richest, most surprising red wines I’ve ever tasted in Argentinian Patagonia while crisp mountain air swept across the hillside. I realized how much I love the outdoors. And I began to really understand why my parents dragged me out all those weekends.

Time in nature lowers your blood pressure. It changes your nervous system. And then there’s that feeling of awe when you stand at the foot of a mountain.

And because of how systemic racism works, green spaces in the West have been coded as being for white people. I go hiking, I go camping, I go trekking, and I get comments. “Oh, that’s not for us.”

I don’t know who “us” is supposed to be, but my people worked the land. My ancestors had a deeper relationship with the earth than most of the people writing those comments will ever have. There is nothing in me that accepts that nature is not for me.

This trip is a risk. Patagonia is expensive af. It’s remote, you have to fly between segments, and the hotels charge what they charge because they can. I’ve been wanting to build this trip for years and I’ve held back because the price point felt just too high.

I’m running it now because I know it’s worth it. Gloria, our lead with the agency we work with on the ground, has gone back and forth with hotels and operators for months on this. She has negotiated the hell out of this trip to make it possible for us to offer this.

Buenos Aires. We start in the city with a night of Argentine asado on a gorgeous patio, paired with Argentinian wines. The next day, we go on a walking tour of Afro-Argentine history, exploring a part of history Argentina tried to erase. They couldn’t. We’ll close the day with a tango class.

Mendoza. I didn't realize how much I love Argentinian wine until I'd been to Patagonia. On this trip, we'll make sure we have time in wine country. We'll spend a day in the Uco Valley, and we'll do a hands-on cooking class at a working estate where we make empanadas in a traditional clay oven.

El Chaltén. People come here to lace up their boots and climb mountains. We’re staying at Chaltén Camp, glamping in eco-domes with views of Mount Fitz Roy that will prove to you everything I’ve said about nature rewiring your brain. We’ll have time to decompress and to hike. But don’t worry, our guided hike will allow us to take it slow and soak it in.

Ushuaia. The city at the end of the world. We’ll spend a day hiking up to the Emerald Lagoon, through gorgeous landscapes that are hard to describe. This is a hike designed to let us go slow, to take our time. We’ll close out our time in Ushuaia with a tasting menu and wine pairing at one of my favorite restaurants in the world.

You can’t go to Patagonia and not hike. We’ve kept it to two hikes across the whole eleven days, and we’ve chosen the gentler versions of both.

The first is at Chaltén Camp, where the trail winds through a private nature reserve with views of Mount Fitz Roy and access to glacial lakes. The second is in Ushuaia, to get to Emerald Lagoon. Both are guided. Both have box lunches built in. Both have steep sections, but they’re short, and we go slow.

If you can do a half day of walking carrying a light bag (for water), you can do these hikes.

Dates: March 15 to 25, 2027. Trip starts in Buenos Aires and ends in Ushuaia so you can explore more on either end. ALSO, if you have a flexible schedule you can pop around operators in Ushuaia and try to snag last minute tickets for Antarctica (those cruises leave from Ushuaia). They’re often available at significant discount but must be purchased in person.

Group size: 14 travelers, plus me and our local guide.

Hosting: I’ll be on this departure personally.

This trip has three room tiers because Chaltén Camp has limited space and we’ll be taking over most of the camp.

A comparable 11-day Patagonia trip with similar hotels and inclusions runs around $17,000 per person with another operator, based on double occupancy at the lowest tier. Some of them go up to $20,000 and beyond.

I keep these trips intentionally accessible, and part of how I do that is we don’t pay for ads. Because you all show up, I’m able to pass the savings right back to you.

To hold your spot: a $3,000 non-refundable deposit is due at registration. Interest-free payment plans are available at checkout.

All Unfiltered & Fed subscribers will get an email with the registration link and the full itinerary once trips open.

Get on the waitlist. If we hit enough names, we’ll explore opening a second departure. The waitlist is the first place we go when a spot opens up.

Around 70% of our travelers come solo and room with someone they meet on the trip. We do roommate matching ahead of time around things like temperature preferences and noise sensitivity, so you’re not walking in blind. Solo is the move and these trips make sure your plans don’t get stuck in the group chat.

This trip involves hiking, but the hikes are moderate, not extreme. There are two hikes total across eleven days, and both are guided. You should be comfortable on your feet for several hours, walking on uneven terrain with some elevation. None of this is technical. If you have specific concerns, email me before booking and we’ll talk.

Arrival/departure flights to and from Argentina. Travel insurance (required). Meals not listed in the itinerary. Tips for your primary guide. Anything personal (drinks at dinner, optional add-ons, that kind of thing).

For May’s Unfiltered & Fed Supper Club, we’re doing it a little differently. I love building things from scratch, but I also want to make sure we’re plugging in and connecting with people who are already doing dope shit.

So we’re hopping into a series that some brilliant DC folks have put together.

On Wednesday May 27, we’re joining a seating with chef Erik Bruner-Yang (Maketto, Bar Providencia) and chef Yuan Tang (Rooster & Owl) for a five-course tasting menu that will only exist for one night. I’ve got a block of seats reserved. We’ll be seated together so we can vibe and yap.

A note on dietary restrictions: this is a fixed tasting menu, and the chefs can’t accommodate allium allergies or fully vegan diets. Other restrictions may be possible to work around. If you have allergies or restrictions, add them at checkout and we’ll communicate with the restaurant on your behalf.