Day Trips from Buenos Aires to San Antonio de Areco

Dust off your cowboy boots for a day on an authentic estancia (ranch) tour and see Argentina’s legendary gauchos. This small-group full-day tour takes you to San Antonio de Areco, where you can saddle up for a horseback ride, enjoy a traditional folklore show and tuck into a typical Argentinian asado barbecue. This tour starts with your pick up finishing, with the drop off at the same place. We are granted by the safe travel seal of World Travel & Tourism Council.

Immerse yourself in Argentine gaucho culture on a private day tour to Las Pampas from Buenos Aires. Comfortable transportation with hotel pickup takes you to the colonial town of San Antonio de Areco, where your guide leads you to a traditional bar, silver workshop, and landmarks. Then, visit a working estancia for an Argentine beef lunch and Gaucho riding demonstration, with options for horseback riding or exploring the grounds.

Immerse yourself in the world of an Argentine gaucho on a private tour from Buenos Aires to the Pampas region. Comfortable private transportation with hotel pickup takes you to Estancia El Ombú de Areco. At the ranch, enjoy lunch with alcoholic beverages, empanadas, a traditional Argentine barbecue, and dessert. See a live gaucho demonstration, then choose between horseback riding or a carriage ride.

Discover Argentina’s gaucho heritage on a day trip to San Antonio de Areco and a traditional *estancia* (working ranch) from Buenos Aires. Delve deep into local culture in a small group limited to only seven; watch professional gauchos show off their horseback riding skills; and feast on a traditional Argentinian lunch.

Embark on a journey to Estancia de San Antonio de Areco, a working ranch steeped in gaucho traditions. Begin with a horseback journey through the lush vegetation of the Pampas Province. Afterward, uncover the essence of Argentine culture with a visit to the main house, followed by a savory Argentine beef lunch. Cap off the adventure with live folk dances, music, and a gaucho performance.

The Argentine Pampas stretch north of Buenos Aires into the provinces of La Pampa, Santa Fe, and Cordoba—an expanse of scenic grasslands, dotted with country towns and estancias (ranches). On this tour, spend a day exploring the countryside, visit the gaucho (cowboy) town of San Antonio de Areco, and admire the magnificent Gothic cathedral of Lujan.

This is not a touristy ranch. There are tourists, more o less of them depending on the day, but it is not a place set up for tourists, like many other ranches. They do recieve tourists but they work the land, they grow soy beans, corn, wheat, etc and the break horses for other people. They breed a few creole horses and they have a good amounf of cows and a few sheep (animals that you do not find on tourits´traps). Here, you will meet the REAL gauchos, not men dressed up as gauchos, as if this was a circus. Here, the gauchos belong to traditional, ancient, historical families of gauchos. On touristy ranches you find yourself in a huge warehouse, eating inside, where the beauty of nature and the animals is outside. You will definitely feel you are visiting family or friends. This is an immersive cultural experience, you get insider knowledge and encounter local traditions. Ideal for adventure seekers and landscape lovers .

Take a deep dive into Argentina’s gaucho culture on this day tour to the town of San Antonio de Areco. Explore with a local who knows the intimate details of life on the Pampas. They’ll show you around town and take you to a nearby working ranch, where you can ride horses, feast on a traditional barbecue lunch, and watch equestrian demonstrations and dance performances.

Journey into the verdant Pampas and learn about Argentina’s gaucho (cowboy) culture as you visit the historic town of San Antonio de Areco. Admire the colonial architecture and visit the gaucho museum, then head to a traditional Estancia (ranch) to meet the real-life gauchos and mount up for a scenic horseback ride or carriage ride. During the tour, feast on a hearty Argentine-style BBQ dinner, and watch the gauchos show off their skills during a live performance.

Departure from your hotel by private Van, travel to San Antonio de Areco non-stop, 90min. Tour the town without haste with a local guide, meet and interact with some of its inhabitants, visit one of its famous silversmiths. In the Estancia (Ranch) you will be welcomed by its owners, reception with empanadas and drinks, riding in La Pampa, carriage option, Argentine barbecue lunch and then enjoy local music and equestrian demonstration. Presence (in exclusive option only) typical gauchesque skills. Tour the Pampeana region and meet its original inhabitants the gauchos It was received for lunch in a typical Argentine Estancia. Meet and ride the Argentine national horse in the company of the gauchos. Witness typical dances and equestrian exhibition.

Come experience the heart of Argentina's gaucho culture in San Antonio de Areco, just a short trip from Buenos Aires. In this town, you'll explore iconic landmarks like the Parish of San Antonio de Padua and the Bessonart Tavern, with an optional visit to renowned workshops for criollo silversmithing and leatherworking. Then, head to Estancia El Ombú, where you'll enjoy a traditional criollo barbecue (asado), witness incredible gaucho skills, and be entertained by music, dance, and exciting demonstrations of boleadoras and horseback riding.

Get off the beaten path on this full-day tour to the Pampas Plains region of Argentina, the home of *gauchos*, Argentina's baggy-trousered cowboys. From Buenos Aires, head to the Estancia El Ombú ranch by way of San Antonio de Areco. Once at the ranch, spend the rest of the day hiking, biking, swimming, riding horses, eating traditional barbecue, and watching traditional cowboy demonstrations.

Experience the gaucho—an Argentinian cowboy—lifestyle during this private excursion from Buenos Aires. Head to a local ranch in the countryside and get a firsthand look at stock-rearing, caring for horses, and farming. Dig into a freshly prepared Argentinian lunch and then explore the nearby town of Areco—sister city to Laredo, Texas—before heading back to Buenos Aires.