Enjoyed the gaucho excursion. Not too far from Buenos Aires, and it was good to get a feel for life in the country even through an experience clearly tailored to the tourist industry. The horses were in good shape and seemed well cared for, which is always a concern with respect to a tourist operation dependent upon animals. The gauchos were fun and really nice--willing to answer my many questions about the horses and their training/uses. Food was good as well, and the ranch was very happy to make adjustment for my vegetarian menu (my companions loved the meat, too). I would recommend the tour--it's a nice, different day out of the big city.
Review by: btague, April 2018
Nice tour. Good entertainment and great food and service. Would rate 5 stars but the horseback ride was a little cheesy. Just a walk around in a big circle. Good for first time riders and there were a lot of those but if you are expecting more of a ride you will be disappointed. But all-in-all it was a good experience.
Review by: Helane B, April 2018
We had a lot of fun at the ranch, although I thought the horse ride was okay, but just slightly disappointing. This was obviously a popular trip, and it was crowded, so the wait to get on the horse was long. I understand they are trying to maximize the visit, but it would probably be better to stagger the arrival times so that the wait to ride wasn't so long. I think we waited about 30 - 40 minutes for a 10 minute ride. The other thing is the pick up from the hotel was later than we were told on our voucher, so perhaps it would be better to coordinate that a little better. We were told 930 AM, the pick up escort was told 950 AM and the actual pick up was closer to 1000 AM or a little after. We were sitting in our hotel lobby for 30 minutes waiting for the pick up, and that time could have been better spent. I'd still go on the tour, but I would be prepared for delays.
Review by: Victoria M, March 2018
The ranch was lovely and the Gouchos were great. Fantastic skills display at the end and the entertainment of the dancers and folk singers was excellent. Very interesting to look around the ranch house as it was left. The food and wine was plentiful, but a few sauces would have been nice as you get a bit 'meat overload' when it's plain, or a few potatoes they did have salad. And the empanadas on arrival were the best I've ever tasted. The ride around the paddock on a horse was sedate, so brilliant for anyone to have a go even if you've never sat on a horse before. I personally would have liked to do a little more as a novice rider back home, but I can understand it keeps it safer that they just walk around.
Review by: John M, March 2018
Excellent!
Review by: Piotr C, March 2018
It is a nice trip to see the culture outside the city. But there is substantial downtime during the tour that could be filled with more activities/stories. Recommended for meat lovers!
Review by: robertleewl, March 2018
It was one of the best excursion I had.
Review by: David B, February 2018
Was a great day start to finish. Our guide, Eileen, and our driver were excellent. Very enjoyable. They accommodated a vegetarian on the trip - even in the meat loving experience of the gauchos.
Review by: J.W. W, January 2018
Great Day at Santa Susana Ranch. Our guide Sofia was very friendly knew her stuff, Performing Gauchos and food were both excellent.
Review by: Darralyn H, January 2018
Great day. Plenty of food ,wine and beer. Great entertainment. Horse riding experience fun. Special thanks to Sophia and Alan, our tour guide and driver. Highly recommend this tour.
Review by: Brian L, January 2018
It was a bit of a tourist mill with many many groups here at the same time, but it was a nice, slow paced day on the ranch with a lot of food and time outdoors.
Review by: holybucket, December 2017
Pick up and drop off - they were on time picking us up from the hotel and brought us back promptly when they promised.
Review by: Robert S, November 2017
Local contact for our tour to estancia to Santa Susana Ranch was Tangol. Very poor transportation with a late pick up and a 2 hour bus break down. Guide was not helpful on information or apologies. When arriving she quickly herded us like cattle and never checked on us for personal needs. Upon leaving she said NOT to take time to use the bathrooms even though bathrooms were locked on the bus. Suspect the gaucho expedition was cut short as there was limited performances from the talented gauchos. The staff and gauchos were delightful, meal excellent and lots of wine. The stage show was really good and fun. The tour guide and transportation was lousy.
Review by: Vilma B, November 2017
Excellent experience. Greeted by a gaucho, delicious empanadas. Horse back riding and show, delicious BBQ, music. The whole group ended up dancing!
Review by: Ernesto S, November 2017
When I booked my trip, It's clearly said that includes pick up and drop off from the hotel. Not happened. Not very helpful staff. We were drop off in the middle of nowhere like 3 - 4 miles away from the hotel. We were told to walked by Sarah and said it's only 4 blocks away. Four blocks ended up like 1 hour and 10 minutes walk. We told what was happened to the hotel personnel and was advised that they never trusted VIATOR because of too many complaints from their guests and Viator is very inconsistent.
Review by: Jessyca Lucero Flores, October 2017
Fun day riding the horses! It was so memorable!
Review by: Ian L, October 2017
Good time at the Ranch, good food and wine, horse riding was fun - suitable for beginners! Lunchtime entertainment good, but a little cringey - however, Gaucho horse skill show was epic! Disappointed guide didn't drop us off at hotel - but 8 block walk away.
Review by: Julia M U, July 2017
Excellent outing. The food and entertainment were wonderful. I only wish some history of the ranch and discussion of ranch culture had been provided.
Review by: Claire A, May 2017
The meat was to die for and the wine kept flowing! One of the best parts was the show at the end where the gauchos competed.
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