Day Tour to San Antonio de Areco: Dive into Argentina's Authentic Gaucho Culture

Immerse yourself in Argentina’s gaucho culture on a day tour to San Antonio de Areco. Ride horses, enjoy a traditional barbecue lunch, and experience equestrian demonstrations and dance performances.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • San Antonio de Areco - Just an hour’s drive from Buenos Aires on National Road 8, the expansive Pampas plains unfold before you. Upon reaching San Antonio de Areco, you find yourself in the heart of Gaucho culture.
  • Parroquia San Antonio de Padua - Culture and history enthusiasts should begin their visit at the main square, Ruiz de Arellano,…
What's Included
  • Shared comfortable transfer in/out from Buenos Aires, with air conditioning
  • All activities at the Estancia, including horse riding, folkloric dance, and gauchos’ equestrian performance
  • Tailor-made tour of the town
  • Bilingual guide available all day
  • Lunch included
  • Pool available in summer
What's Not Included
  • Excess luggage charges (where applicable)
Additional Information

Embark on an immersive journey into Argentina’s gaucho culture with this day tour to San Antonio de Areco. Accompanied by your driver/guide, delve into the rich details of life in the Pampas. Discover the town and visit a nearby working ranch (Estancia), where you can enjoy horseback riding, savor a traditional barbecue lunch, and witness equestrian…

Location
San Antonio de Areco
Cancellation Policy

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

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Paraig_w
Mar 16, 2025
Excellent estancia visit - Our guide, Enzo, was fantastic. His english is perfect. He has great knowledge of history, politics, food and culture. We had a lovely day in his company. Gaucho display was amazing. Super day trip!
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Elyse_e
Feb 23, 2025
Our trip was terrific. We... - Our trip was terrific. We loved seeing the countryside and thoroughly enjoyed the Estancia. Our guide Andres was very knowledgeable of the area and gave us a fantastic history of gaucho life. He was friendly and easy to spend the day with. He was also an exceptional driver, which we appreciated.
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Anastas_z
Feb 14, 2025
A must visit to an Argentinian farm - Excellent trip to the colonial city of San Antonio following to a visit to a farm ,where we had the opportunity to ride a horse or carriage and then we had a delicious meal of wine, various meat and salads. At the end we watched performance from local tango musicians.
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Derek_a
Jan 25, 2025
A very pretty and relaxing day. - San Antonio de Areca is a lovely town with a lot of well preserved architecture and is full of history.Thw tour was well conducted at a relaxed pace. Our guide, Jessica, a local, was clearly very proud of her home town. Lunch was very delicious and a leisurely affair.
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G9854evalejandrom
Jan 14, 2025
My borther and I had an amazing Gaucho experience! - The tour was amazing! The guide was very nice and extremely engaging. San Antonio de Areco is beautiful and it was great learning about the history of the town. The transportation was very easy and convenient. The food at the estancia was incredible. The horseback riding was amazing, the horses are very calm and well trained. Lastly, the Asado was so delicious. Put together with the performances, it was truly the experience of a lifetime.
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Michael_d
Dec 10, 2024
Great day out - Very well organised. Picked up on time. Comfortable transport and excellent guide. Lunch and the entertainment were very good
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146paisleyt
Nov 28, 2024
Great day out of the city. - We took the private trip from Buenos Aires. The drive is a little long but the guide was fantastic and kept us informed along the way as well as explaining some geographical, political and economic history of Argentina and the regions. The horses are very well behaved and the Estancia is beautiful. Food, drink, music and dancing also made it a fantastic day out of the city.
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Holidayfanatic
Feb 25, 2025
Rained out - Unfortunately it rained all day and we were unable to do a lot of what we were scheduled to do, which was very disappointing. Veronica our guide was excellent and the driver was great. Lunch was very good.
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Nestormk2140by
Nov 20, 2024
acceptable - the round trip was in a not very comfortable vehicle, good guide, Good patties, acceptable roast, showmanship should be improved
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Alex_l
Nov 17, 2024
Great setting, food and entertainment needs improvement. - San Antonio de Areco is a beautiful city and worth seeing, we wett disappointed with Estancia Onbu. Even though the natural setting of the Estancia was beautiful, the food and the dance show were not up to par. We have been to Estancia Santa Susana on previous visits and the food, dancing, and Gaucho shows were much better.
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