# Argentine Dude Rach? Argentine Dopers-Help!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 13, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argentine-dude-rach-argentine-dopers-help/489377 "2009-03-13T23:15:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argentine-dude-rach-argentine-dopers-help/489377/1 "2009-03-13T23:15:41Z")

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A few years ago, I read a nice story, in the travel section of the NY TIMES (drat-should have kept it). It concerned a ranch on the pamapas of Argentina, where the guests could dress like, and ride with the gauchos (cowboys). This seems like a real neat vacation-anybody know the address of this ranch?  
I remember that you got to eat at a typical Argentine babeque (parillada), and the riding sounded like fun.  
Having a few extra dolars this year, I would like to do this. anybody in Argentina know more?

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**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argentine-dude-rach-argentine-dopers-help/489377/2 "2009-03-13T23:26:57Z")

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What’s a rach?

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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argentine-dude-rach-argentine-dopers-help/489377/3 "2009-03-13T23:37:13Z")

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Its a “ranch” without the n!😃

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**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argentine-dude-rach-argentine-dopers-help/489377/4 "2009-03-14T03:55:24Z")

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Are you referring to [this article](http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E3DB1031F932A25752C0A9629C8B63&scp=4&sq=estancias&st=nyt)?

It all depends on what you want to do. There are literally hundreds of estancias (maybe thousands) in Argentina that offer horse riding and one hell of a barbeque. Do you want to stay out on the ranch (or “rach”)? Or do you want to make it a day-trip while you stay in Buenos Aires? Do you want a touristy “gaucho” experience or are you more interested in just riding horses and seeing the countryside?

I’ve found that TripAdvisor has always given me solid recommendations. I can recommend a nice estancia that is a day-trip from Buenos Aires, focuses on just horse riding (no gaucho show), and of course will give you the best meal you’ve ever tasted.