Private Tour: Gaucho Ranch in San Antonio de Areco from Buenos Aires
- 9 hours
- 5 languages
- Private tour
- Mobile ticket
Highlights
During this fascinating tour you will have the opportunity to get to know the land of the gauchos, San Antonio de Areco, a colonial village that was the last civilized stop for every traveller willing to go into Indian lands. Nowadays, this village preserves the gaucho traditions to their full. You will also visit a ranch, or estancia, where you will enjoy the typical countryside activities and the famous Asado (barbecue) together with Argentine wines.
Inclusions
What's included
- Gaucho folk music groups and creole horse-back skill events
- Private transportation
- Transportation throughout the tour in a modern and comfortable vehicle
- Lunch: Asado (barbecue), Argentine wine, soft drinks, dessert and coffee
- Pick up and drop off at your hotel, apartment or cruise ship terminal
- Guided horse ride or outing in a horse drawn carriage
- Guided visit to Dragui Silversmith’s workshop (Gaucho museum)
- Licensed tour guide
- Day at Estancia El Ombú de Areco (ranch)
- Professional driver
Itinerary
Begin your private day tour with an 1.40-hours drive from your hotel in Buenos Aires to the village of San Antonio de Areco. Enjoy the landscape of the Pampas and learn about the Gauhos from your tour guide. We will first stop at San Antonio de Areco´s old centre, in which we will visit its main square, its beautiful church and a silver craft workshop.
You tour guide will guide you through this silver craft workshop, where you can see a vast collection of pieces of rural goldsmithing of the nineteenth century. You will learn about the process of making exclusive goldsmith pieces that take shape through the hands of artisans recreating the techniques of traditional goldsmithing as their founder, the famous artisan Juan José Draghi.
You will spend the rest of the day at Estancia El Ombu de Areco, a typical Buenos Aires estancia (ranch), where you will have a tasty asado (barbecue) and high quality Argentine wine for lunch. After lunch, you will be able to participate in various activities related to the life in the estancia. El Ombú offers comfort together with a kind and personalized treatment in the beautiful and quiet atmosphere of the countryside. During the summer, lunch will be served under the shadow of a huge ombú, the tree that gives the ranch its name. To complete this thrilling day at the estancia, you can go horseback riding. El Ombú has beautiful tame horses in which you can ride along the enormous parks and fields of the ranch, enjoying a typical gaucho activity. You can also use the swimming pool and solarium or take a walk in the park. Depending on the day, El Ombú sometimes offers Gaucho folk music groups and creole horse-back skill events.
Cancellation
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Buenos Aires Tour Guide
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Buenos Aires
- Its from-price is 352% above the median of the 250 city tours we list in Buenos Aires.
- It is longer than most of them.
About Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is Argentina's elegant, passionate capital, a city of grand boulevards, tango halls, leafy barrios and late-night steak dinners.
The Plaza de Mayo, framed by the pink Casa Rosada and the Metropolitan Cathedral, is the historic heart of the city, and the vast Avenida 9 de Julio leads to the Obelisk. The Teatro Colón, one of the great opera houses, and the grand cafés of Avenida de Mayo recall the city's golden age.
Top-ranked sights in Buenos Aires: Plaza de Mayo, Palermo, Puerto Madero.
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