5 Argentina Farm Tours to Build a Day Around

1.From Buenos Aires: Gaucho and Ranch Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 809 reviews · 9 hours · from $168Our pick

Spend nine hours beyond Buenos Aires with guides such as Victoria, Oriana, or Facundo. Visit San Antonio de Areco, ride a horse or carriage, eat empanadas and asado, and enjoy folk music, dancing, and gaucho skills at an estancia.

“Veronica was a fun and knowledgeable guide. Interesting stops oh the way. The experience at the estancia was outstanding. Horses, asado, songs…in good company and in a beautiful setting.”

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2.Gaucho Day Trip from Buenos Aires: Santa Susana Ranch

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 272 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $313

Leave Buenos Aires for Estancia Santa Susana, a country ranch near Los Cardales. You will tour the grounds, chapel, museum, and farmland by carriage, sample empanadas and mate, enjoy an Argentine barbecue with wine, and watch tango, folk music, and gaucho horsemanship. Hotel pickup is limited to downtown.

“We very much enjoyed this trip and our guide. The food was very good and the experience at the ranch was great. It wasn't that busy the day we went, so everything was easy and quick to do. Make sure you bring cash for tips, they'll ask for it.”

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3.Gaucho Experience: A Day Trip to Don Silvano Ranch

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 148 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $244

Spend about eight hours at Estancia Don Silvano, an organized tourist ranch on the pampas. You’ll enjoy empanadas, mate, horseback and carriage rides, a generous asado, folk music, dancing, and gaucho horsemanship, with hotel pickup from central Buenos Aires and return to downtown.

“We enjoyed the day because of the people we met. From the description I was not anticipating such a commercial/tourist ranch. There were many more people than I anticipated cars full of families, lines waiting for everything. I was looking forward to something more rustic. However, we did enjoy the people on our bus. We all laughed a lot and visited in our various languages. The guide was great! She easily maneuvered between Spanish, English and Portuguese. We were delayed getting out of B.A. as there was difficulty finding some of the pick-up sites and guests were not ready. The matte was served in plastic cups and was pre-filtered and…”

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4.Horseback riding and barbecue in a private ranch – La Carrera, Mendoza

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 75 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $200Top rated

Spend about seven hours at El Pico Palma ranch with private transport from Mendoza, a two-and-a-half-hour ride led by Lucía, Gilda, or Ángel, and a full Argentine lunch. Expect calm Criollo horses, Cordón del Plata views, homemade empanadas, high-altitude wine, asado, and a relaxed family welcome.

“This was one of the coolest experiences we did in South America. Gilda, Lucia, and Angel were incredible guides and made the experience unforgettable. Great views of the Andes along the entire ride and then a delicious asado and wine lunch to cap off the day. Cannot recommend this enough!”

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5.The Real Gaucho Day Trip from Mendoza – Don Daniel Ranch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 60 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $290

Leave Mendoza at 8:30 a.m. for Don Daniel’s ranch, where you’ll learn the mate ritual, eat homemade sopaipillas, and saddle up for about 3.5 hours on horseback. Guides such as Matias, Martin, Timotheé, and Noemi lead small groups of up to 10 through the Andes, with lunch at 2700 meters.

“The Gaucho Day trip with Don Daniel was outstanding. We transferred from our hotel to the ranch no problem and stopped at Potrerillos along the way to take in the amazing views as well as to pick up snacks and drinks. We got to the ranch where our guide showed us around the ranch, and then went into the gaucho's home where his wife and kids made us fresh sopapillas and mate. We headed out on horseback into the mountains taking in more amazing views and stopped in a very scenic valley for lunch. We had a wonderful lunch of meat, veggies, and wine which we chilled in the stream!.…”

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