Reply To: Argentina – advice?

[JDB]

@yonasi – all the estancias (and I think that’s what you may be looking for more than haciendas) within striking distance of Buenos Aires are just designed for tourists wanting the ‘authentic’ experience of staying in a house where they have stuck some rusty horseshoes on the wall and can light a BBQ/asado so they are priced according to the gullibility of the clientele.

I’m afraid I have no idea of any local contact who might be able to organise these things across Argentina as we have been organising these sort of trips there for years and I do it all myself. For both riding and asado (which really is totally standard anywhere and shouldn’t be charged extra) there’s a lot more real stuff on offer around Córdoba than there is around BsAs. Also up in the NW, riding and asado are just part of the deal and I get local guides for hiking and trips where DIY is tricky. The glaciers are always going to be expensive.