Crafting Argentina Experiences · One Journey at a Time
Crafting Argentina Experiences · One Journey at a Time
Saddle up for a thrilling equestrian journey across Argentina’s diverse terrains. From the vast plains of the Pampas to the rugged trails of Patagonia, our horse riding holidays immerse you in the country’s rich equestrian heritage. Experience the age-old traditions of the gauchos, bond with majestic horses, and traverse landscapes that take your breath away. With rides curated for both novices and seasoned riders, it’s a chance to discover Argentina from a vantage like no other.
The trips with a working estancia and riding in them, sorted by price. In every case the riding is a day or a half day, and the rest is the region.
| Trip | Days | Route | Price from | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Calafate Overnight in a Local Ranch – 4 day tripA lodge over Lago Argentino with a free day for riding out on the steppe, next to the Perito Moreno glacier day. | Days4 | RouteEl Calafate · Patagonian steppe | Price from670 € | Per day168 € |
| Classic Iberá – 4 Day TripThe wetlands option, where riding out between the lagoons is one of the two ways to see the park, the other being by boat. | Days4 | RouteIberá · Colonia Carlos Pellegrini | Price from1.144 € | Per day286 € |
| Bariloche Ranch day | 4 Day TripA ranch day at Peuma Hue under Cerro Catedral, forest and lake shore rather than open country. | Days4 | RouteBariloche · Peuma Hue | Price from1.189 € | Per day297 € |
| Classic Buenos Aires & Colonia – 7 day tripGaucho country proper: a full day at a ranch outside Buenos Aires, inside a week that also takes in Colonia. | Days7 | RouteBuenos Aires · Colonia del Sacramento | Price from1.333 € | Per day190 € |
Prices are per person, from, for the 2026 to 2027 season. Per day is a comparison aid, not how the trip is billed. Every itinerary is tailor-made and quoted individually.
Argentina does not really do the point-to-point riding holiday where you change horses and camp somewhere new each night. What it does have is the estancia: a working ranch where you ride out for a few hours with the people who work the stock, and where the rest of the trip is whatever the region is known for. Four regions offer it and they have almost nothing in common.
Outside Buenos Aires the estancias sit on open grassland, which is where the gaucho image comes from in the first place. It is the easiest one to add to a trip, since it is a day out of the city and back.
Closest to the city
In the wetlands the horse is a way of covering ground that a boat cannot, which makes it the one place where riding is a real alternative rather than an add-on. Wildlife rather than scenery: capybara, caiman, marsh deer.
Where the horse earns its place
El Calafate rides out across open steppe on a working sheep station. Bariloche rides through beech forest on a lake shore. Both are a half day at most, sitting inside a trip that is really about glaciers or lakes.
Two very different rides
The Patagonian pair is compared at Patagonia horseback riding, the wetlands at Iberá wetlands tours, and the estancia day out of the capital at Buenos Aires tours.
If you still haven’t found what you are looking for, you can continue exploring other destinations. We have more than 80 itineraries designed for different types of travelers and all of them can be adapted to your tastes or needs.
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Every quote we send lists this in writing, trip by trip. As a rule, this is how an Argentina package is built.
Hotels selected and checked by our team; private transfers between airports, hotels and excursions; excursions with English-speaking local guides; entrance fees to the national parks listed in your itinerary; daily breakfast and the meals marked day by day; a local WhatsApp support line for the whole trip.
International flights to and from Argentina; travel insurance; meals not marked in the itinerary; personal expenses and gratuities; optional activities, which we price in writing beforehand. Domestic flights between regions are quoted separately or included depending on the package, and your quote states which, with the amount. Argentina is a long country and these flights matter to the total, so we never leave them implied.
Argentina runs four thousand kilometres from north to south, so weather is always local. When a storm holds a boat in Patagonia or rain cuts a road in the northwest, we move that visit inside your itinerary and bring forward whatever works that day. Wherever the schedule allows, we rebook the highlight inside your trip at no extra cost.
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