Pichileufú · Bariloche · Patagonia

Estancia El Sauzal

Horseback riding across the Patagonian steppe

We ride among rock walls, caves and lookouts, and share the country life of a Patagonian estancia.

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Horseback ridesAcross the steppe, among rock walls and gullies
CalendarScheduled departures to choose from
A day on the farmThe estancia’s animals and vegetable garden
Campfire and asadoThe fire, the long table and mate
The estancia

Our gate is open

Estancia El Sauzal lies in Pichileufú, in the heart of the Patagonian steppe, near San Carlos de Bariloche. It is a working ranch with its horses, sheep and lambs, its vegetable garden and its house, surrounded by hills, rock walls and gullies.

We invite you to discover it the way the countryside is best known: on horseback, at an easy pace, with time to take in the landscape and share the daily life of the estancia.

Discover the rides

The estancia house, with its red roof and green garden Aerial view of the estancia house among poplars on the steppe
Horseback rides

On horseback across the steppe

Each ride explores a different corner of the ranch. These are some of the landscapes that open up from the saddle.

  1. A rider among rock walls and golden tussock grass
    Landscape

    Rock walls and spires

    The rock formations of the area, with their walls, spires and gullies, are the setting of many rides.

  2. Riders seen from inside a cave
    Landscape

    Caves and rock shelters

    Among the rocks there are natural caves and shelters that frame the steppe.

  3. A white horse on a height, with the valleys behind
    Landscape

    Lookouts

    From the heights, valleys and plateaus stretch to the horizon.

  4. Red and violet sunset over the ranch gate
    Landscape

    Sunsets

    As the sun goes down, the steppe turns gold and red.

  5. Four of the estancia’s horses in the corral
    Landscape

    With the estancia’s horses

    We ride the ranch’s own horses, which live and work on the estancia.

A group on horseback on the steppe
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  • GroupsTell us the date and group size
  • WherePichileufú, near Bariloche
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    The estancia on video

    Life on the ranch

    The horses running free, a ride among the rocks and the fire burning: a little of every day at El Sauzal.

    The horses running free
    A ride among the rocks
    The campfire burning

    Videos by Estancia El Sauzal.

    A day on the farm

    Life on the estancia

    Besides riding, the ranch has its own rhythms: lambs in the shed, the hens and the day’s eggs, the vegetable garden in the greenhouse, peacocks around the garden and cattle on the hills.

    A little lamb in someone’s armsA ewe with her lambs in the shedFresh eggs in handThe vegetable garden in the greenhouseA peacock with its tail fanned outBottle-feeding a lambThe flock in the corralPiglets in the penAt the henhouseA lamb in the shedCattle on the hillsideTurkeys by the fence
    “Different, magical sunsets, when the steppe puts on its finest, the mountains set the scene and our eyes shine…”

    — Estancia El Sauzal, on Instagram (translated)

    Campfire and asado

    Around the fire

    On the ranch, the fire brings people together: lamb roasted on the cross, the pot over the embers, tortas fritas with mate and the long table under the porch.

    Lamb roasting by the fireThe pot hanging over the embersTortas fritas and mateSharing the table under the porchThe stone fire pit burningA gaucho drinking mate
    Gallery

    The steppe in every season

    A ride with the hill behindThe steppe through a crack in the rockRiders in the snowAutumn on the porchA group on horseback on the steppeThe red cart in the snowRiding down among the rock wallsA rider on the hillsideA saddled horse in the gardenTwo horses on the steppeHorses at sunsetA rock wall under the blue sky
    Enquiries

    Ask about a departure

    Tell us which activity you are interested in, the date and how many you are, and we will get back to you soon.

    Contact

    We look forward to welcoming you on the steppe.

    Where we arePichileufúNear San Carlos de Bariloche · Río Negro, Argentina

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    Aerial view of the estancia on the steppe

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