Private Day Tour to Argentinian Estancia: Explore Agriculture and Cattle Raising Culture
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14 Ratings
Buenos Aires
Experience the rich agricultural and cattle raising culture of Argentina on a private day tour to an Estancia. Explore the history, enjoy an authentic Argentine barbecue, and immerse yourself in the vibrant folkloric show.
Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

In this tour you will visit the Town of San Antonio de Areco, where you will become acquainted with a Pulpería (a typical establishment in South America where the main provisions were sold). You will get to see how a craft chocolate shop works and learn the history of the town before you reach the Estancia.

Argentina is well known for its vast farmlands. Since the country´s formal organization as a national entity in the second half of the 19th century, it followed an agricultural and livestock export model of development with a large concentration of crops in the fertile Pampas. It is largely limited to stock-raising activities and centered on the export of cattle hides and wool.

Once there you can take rides on the horses or go for a ride in a sulky (2-wheeled cart) while enjoying a buffet of traditional cold cuts, cheeses and beverages.

At lunchtime the group will enjoy a typical country-style barbecue prepared using only the finest quality meats. Dessert is accompanied by a folklore show, which is followed by a demonstration of gaucho skills.

This whole package will give you an outlook on the Argentinian countryside and its history.

Points of Interest

  • Buenos Aires
What's Included
  • Hotel Pick-Up and Drop-Off
  • Live entertainment
  • Lunch
  • Professional Guide
  • Beverages
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

One of Argentina’s most impressive industries has been agriculture and cattle raising. In this 9-hour private tour you will get to know the history and the insights of these two combined. Visit an Estancia, South American equivalent of a ranch/farm, and take in the culture of the Pampas. Taste an autenthic argentinian barbeque and enjoy a folkloric show.

We are granted by the safe travel seal of World Travel & Tourism Council.

  • This is a kid-friendly tour
Location
Buenos Aires
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Tault12741
Mar 30, 2024
Spend a wonderful day on the pampas on a gaucho ranch - Went on a 9 hour tour to a gaucho ranch and a family silver smith business in a nearby town. Wonderful experience, rode a horse, had a tremendous meal, toured the grounds, learned a community dance, beautiful setting. Our guide and driver were great, Miriam from signature tours. Highly recommend.
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Melissa_c
Nov 29, 2023
Perfect Day - We had such a fabulous time at Ombu de Areco. The estancia was gorgeous and we enjoyed all of the activities during our visit. Diego was an excellent guide and provided so much information and history about the ranch. The brief stop at the charming town of Areco was a nice bonus. He also gave many good cafe & restaurant recommendations while in Buenos Aires. It would be a pleasure to tour with him again when we come back. We highly recommend this tour. Thank you again!
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Trish_f
Mar 26, 2023
Horses in Argentina - Great experience with a very knowledgeable guide! Would recommend. It was beautiful and entertaining.
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665go
Jul 17, 2022
Great Estancia Visit - Our private guide, Marcelo, was excellent and made our day trip to Estancia very enjoyable. Marcelo has an extremely personable demeanor and is excellent with both adults and children. Marcelo is extremely knowledgable about Argentina and was able to articulate his knowledge both in English and in Spanish for my bi-lingual family. Highly recommend Marcelo.
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Paul2key
Mar 31, 2022
A really enjoyable day in San Antonio de Areco - Marcelo drove me and 2 other guests to the estancia for a wonderful experience. He is interesting, friendly and funny. He shared lots of information about BA and answered many of my questions. I enjoyed the 45 minutes of horseback riding. We ate enough food to fill you up for a week. Also, the folk music and dancing gave you a strong feel for gaucho culture. I strongly recommend this tour!
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Kmsad
Jan 14, 2022
El Ombu/San Antonio de Areco - Marcelo was our driver and guide for a day tour to San Antonio de Areco and El Ombu. He was professional, knowledgeable, courteous, and an all around excellent guide. We would highly recommend using him for any excursions in and around Buenos Aires.
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Suzanne_p
Feb 22, 2020
Estancia - Gus was a fabulous guide! The whole day was wonderful! Picked us us from the ship with all our luggage and set out on an adventure. Love the estancia-food great, rode horse and had a fabulous barbecue.
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V3412pcpetero
Feb 9, 2020
Gaucho for a day tour - Included horse back riding for an hour a stop in a quaint little town, our tour guide Augustin was absolutely incredible. Lunch was fabulous bus was comfortable and the wine freely flowed! A dance show was after lunch. Well worth it. Highly recommend.
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Judi
Jan 10, 2020
Three Family day at the Estancia - We traveled as a group of eight, and enjoyed the entire day! The lunch was more than we could eat but totally enjoyable, horseback riding was excellent, and the entertainment top notch. Thanks for the wonderful experience. The Lang Family
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Chapmanmags2013
Oct 17, 2019
A truly amazing experience.. - What an amazing day.. From we were picked up in the morning from our hotel by Julieta, from signature tours, until we got back to our hotel this evening, we felt we were in great hands. Julieta gave us lots of information about the city and about the surrounding area as we left Buenos Aires and headed out to the ranch. The rain didn't spoil our day at this wonderful working ranch. We went horseriding, had some wine and lots of food and were entertained by the Gaucho cowboys.. We laughed and danced into the afternoon.. This is a must for anyone travelling to Buenos aires... 🙏
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