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Buenos Aires Estancia Tour: Pampas, BBQ & Folklore Show
4.8
28 Ratings
Buenos Aires
Experience the beauty of the Argentine Pampas and immerse yourself in the Gaucho culture at El Ombu de Areco Estancia. Enjoy a folklore show, village tour, and asado barbecue. Book now!
Experience the beauty of the Argentine Pampas and immerse yourself in the Gaucho culture at El Ombu de Areco Estancia. Enjoy a folklore show, village tour, and asado barbecue. Book now!
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Buenos Aires - Begin your 9-hour tour with a drive from your hotel in Buenos Aires to the village of San Antonio de Areco. Enjoy views of the pampas en route and listen to commentary about the area from your guide.
- Museo Draghi - Paradores Draghi is the ideal corner for those who enjoy the cultural attractions offered by a place. There you…
- Buenos Aires - Begin your 9-hour tour with a drive from your hotel in Buenos Aires to the village of San Antonio de Areco. Enjoy views of the pampas en route and listen to commentary about the area from your guide.
- Museo Draghi - Paradores Draghi is the ideal corner for those who enjoy the cultural attractions offered by a place. There you will access a tour through the sumptuous space where you can see a vast collection of pieces of rural goldsmithing of the nineteenth century, which reveals the mysteries of a period of national identity consecration of the figure of the Gaucho as a main character of that time.
In Paradores Draghi begin your journey through history not only as a spectator, but also as a participant in the process of making exclusive goldsmith pieces that take shape through the hands of artisans recreating the techniques of traditional goldsmithing as their founder, Juan José Draghi, did in the 60s.
- Parroquia San Antonio de Padua - Located on Segundo Sombra Street, between Alsina and Arrellano. Don José Ruiz de Arellano founded the first oratory in the center of his stay. The foundation of this oratory was very important for the creation of the town. In the years 1720 and 1728, the first chapel was built, it was located a little more to the right than the current one. The foundation stone of the present church was placed on February 7, 1869 and was buried under the central entrance door. Inside it was placed a lead box containing the original records written on parchment, newspapers of the day, medals and coins of the time.
- San Antonio de Areco - Make your way to the exclusive Estancia. At this place, you will have a chance to take rides on horses or go for a ride in a carriage while enjoying some traditional cold cuts, cheeses and beverages. Then, you will enjoy a typical Argentinian barbeque of the finest meats. While you have dessert, you will be able to see a folklore show followed by a demonstration of gaucho skills.
What's Included
- Hotel Pick-Up and Drop-Off
- Professional guide
- Live entertainment
- Lunch
- Live commentary on board
- Beverages
- Hotel Pick-Up and Drop-Off
- Professional guide
- Live entertainment
- Lunch
- Live commentary on board
- Beverages
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Join a full-day trip from Buenos Aires to an Argentine estancia on the city’s outskirts. Experience the pampas (plains) during the drive to the ranch. Explore the village, tour the estancia, and enjoy live entertainment with a folklore show. The tour features an asado barbecue, a professional guide, and transportation.
Languages Available: Spanish &…
Join a full-day trip from Buenos Aires to an Argentine estancia on the city’s outskirts. Experience the pampas (plains) during the drive to the ranch. Explore the village, tour the estancia, and enjoy live entertainment with a folklore show. The tour features an asado barbecue, a professional guide, and transportation.
Languages Available: Spanish & English
We are accredited with the World Travel & Tourism Council’s safe travel seal.
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
- This is a kid-friendly tour
- Please wear comfortable clothes
Location
Buenos Aires
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(28 Ratings)
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Pablo_f
Jul 2, 2024
Great guide and amazing tour to the Pampas. - Lovely day out, a bit chilli but the day at the estancia made it all better, throughout the ride there our host was amazing in letting us know about the life at the "Pampas" and we got to understand who the gauchos were. Amazing food and a very well organized tour by the company.
Everyone was awesome and welcoming.
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Moses2
May 21, 2024
Great day with Guachos! - Great fun day with lots of extras. Prompt pick up quick run down of days events
drive with a couple great stops along the way and typical small towns along the way
and then on to the ranch. I have horses so knew what to expect and their stock was perfect for the group which ranged from no experience to high level rider (not me).
Food and BBQ was great, folk show and folk dances, and horse training demo. Well worth the money!!!
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Clifc735
Apr 26, 2024
Definite "must do" tour--seeing the Argentina you won't see in the city. - What an amazing day--pick-up was smooth, our tour guide was great telling us about Argentina, the drive to the Pampas was great also. At the estancia, we had a great horseback ride, really great entertainment, and I can't say enough about how great the food was (lots of it too--wine and beer!).
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Zane_s
Mar 21, 2024
Indian whispering and... - Indian whispering and folklore performance I liked the most. The food was also very tasty and traditional.
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Helen_r
Mar 21, 2024
Most enjoyable! Very charming! - The horses, the wine. the lunch, the wine and the music and dancing all made for a wonderful afternoon.
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Maria_p
Feb 11, 2024
Fun Day! - We had a great time! Mariela was our guide. She's very personable and caring. Went out of her way to make sure everyone had what they needed. We didn't go to two of stops, museum and church probably because it was a Sunday. The gaucho show was amazing and food excellent. Wine made at the estancia, beer, sodas and water are included. The carriage ride was boring and honestly I could have done without. The van used needed new shock absorbers as the bumps in the highway and especially the road to the estancia were bone jarring Overall an excellent tour and worth the time!
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Ccanders
Jan 18, 2024
A great day in the countryside - Our guide Sabrina was excellent. She gave us a lot of information about the city as we drove through it, and the countryside we were about to visit. She explained every aspect of our trip in advance, so we knew what to expect. Once at the Estancia, we enjoyed the trail ride; the lunch that was served was excellent - and there was plenty of food and wine. Although we were exhausted by the time we returned, it was a good exhaustion!
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1953robert
Dec 16, 2023
Gaucho ranch experience! - This was an excellent experience! Nice bus ride with a very good tour guide. Made the 70 kilometre trip faster with visiting museums and an old church providing rest stops if needed. The horse back riding was safe , not too long and fun. There was a quick lunch provided immediately upon arrival. The best espanadas ever. Later we were dined out in the huge veranda of the main house. We were served entrees of Chicken, Pork, Beef and Lamb. For the brave at heart there was blood sausage and intestines . The service was top notch. The owner mingled with the guests and made sure all was well . This ranch boasts 90 horses and over 300 cattle , never mind sheep and pigs . All dogs are rescued ! All animals very very well looked after . Small entertaining show at the end . A gaucho did some really wild things with his horse.
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Elizabeth_w
Nov 28, 2023
A grand day at an estancia - The visit to San Antonio de Areco was very pleasant; the food at El Ombu was very good (they cater to vegetarians!); the horse ride was lots of fun; the folkloric music and dance added to the wonderful day trip from Buenos Aires.
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Brooke_t
Apr 13, 2024
Long Day - would love more time at the ranch! - Picked up approx 845am
Drove about an hour to gas station & gift shop (gift shop is good if you want to buy leather items or guacho ponchos) 20 minute stop. Drove another hour to a plaza & church, 15 minute stop.
At the ranch approx 12pm
Welcome reception with drinks under the shade of the Ombu tree was lovely, empanadas were delicious - best I’ve had yet.
The ride is approx 20 minutes, not that long really. On the tour it lists trotting and galloping on the horses. These horses aren’t getting out of a very slow, meandering walk. It’s a walk down a dirt road, into a paddock, around the paddock and back. I suppose it’s novelty for some, but it was very boring.
The long lunch was beautiful, this went for about 2 hours, the food was great, their Malbec was incredible, so easy and lovely to drink. After dessert & coffee, we went outside to the garden for some live music and watched a couple dance, following that the group was asked if they would like to join in and dance, it was very entertaining. The horse whispering is a sight to see, and was one of my favourite parts.
Back into the bus for 2 hours back about 6.30pm
It did feel like the stops were just time fillers while we waited to get to the ranch for our booking time, I would have liked to have gotten to the ranch earlier and maybe taken a walk around or read my book in the beautiful gardens. I can see the stops are not popular with other travellers too. Lorena was a lovely guide, she was very informative about Argentina.
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