Category Archives: Horse Back Riding
Ride with the Gauchos
We offer a natural exposure to the gaucho way of life at Ranquilco, and so we hope to provide riders with a learning experience as well as a unique vacation. Most of our horses are Argentine criollos, known for their hardiness and endurance, and prized by gauchos across the county. Working a horse is one [...]
Musings from Ranquilco Visitors
Some of our guests just can’t help waxing lyrical about Estancia Ranquilco… enjoy!
Written by John, riding and mountain trip guest,2008
In January and February 2008 I spent six wonderful weeks at Estancia Ranquilco in Patagonia, or the Argentine Andes. I fell in love with the place and regard my stay there as the best vacation of [...]
Our Horses
Although technically you could fly into our ranch, or take a helicopter, or a really tough 4 wheel drive if the river is low, most guests and visitors come in our favorite way by far – on the back of one of our beautiful horses. We put your luggage on horses (or mules) too! In [...]
Our Tack
Ranquilco has a wide variety of saddles, including English jumping saddles and polo saddles. Most of our saddles, however, are various traditional saddles from the provinces in Argentina. They are all slightly different as they developed according to the terrain, type of work and type of horse found in those provinces.
Most saddles on the ranch [...]
