Estancia la Bandada

¡La Bandada nos dio una experiencia inolvidable! El hotel es muy lindo, la huerta es preciosa, los animales y en particular los caballos son magníficos, y el personal es super atento. Seguro que volveremos en el futuro. Pasamos un día allí y aprendimos hacer empanadas, comimos un asado, hicimos cabalgatas con Juan (el mejor guía!!), comimos una cena espectacular y nos despertamos al sonido de pájaros. Fue realmente espectacular.

Beyond expectation. Room was lovely. Food excellent. Staff was so very helpful, always going the extra mile. We enjoyed cooking class, riding horses, garden tour, pool, bird watching. Very restful. Asado was delicious and abundant. We particularly appreciated Grace's efforts to enable our birdwatching experience, taking us on a field trip to a neighboring estancia. In addition to bird spotting, we learned much about polo and horse breeding. Debora greeted us and gave a helpful tour. Later she showed us how to prepare empanadas. With her help, we three students soon had the knack of sealing the edges beautifully. Carlos was an excellent host. We appreciated his efforts and happy conversation while seeing that we had an early breakfast before departing. Juan lead our horseback riding adventure. He is clearly a skilled horseman and has a good sense of humor. We had an easy ride through beautiful landscape. The intimacy of the place was noticeable. We were able to get to know other guests, though one could certainly have privacy. We enjoyed meeting families from Buenos Aires and Ireland while we were there over Mother's Day weekend. If you are a bird watcher, there are many varieties of birds to see and hear. The chorus of doves in the woods was remarkable.

This is actually a hard review to write. I completely agree with other posters that the property is beautiful and Grace is a gracious host. Food is solid. The Estancia is just over an hour from BA with a moderately aggressive driver which is great. The Estancia and surrounding property have been in Grace's family for several generations and it's definitely charming. We really enjoyed the grounds and sitting under the myriad 100+ year old trees relaxing, playing a game or two, etc. Unfortunately, I have to focus on some negatives and feedback to the property. Frankly, I don't know exactly my room rate as the stay was part of a month long custom itinerary that was quoted as an all in price. Checking rates today it looks like our room was in the range of $1000 which definitely impacts the review. I don't see reviews that mention that there is no air conditioning. My wife and I have a slight disagreement on whether that's an issue as she sees at least some nostalgia benefit. I think at $1K/night I should have a space where I'm not sweating. The biggest issue, however, was that it was impossible to sleep. I don't see a way to post a recording, but the room(s) are 50-100' from the kennel and the dogs barked loudly and absolutely incessantly throughout the night. I could choose between the windows open and the night breeze which admittedly was nice and cooled the room or closing the windows and shutters, slightly moderating the din but losing the cooling breeze. The above leads me to some feedback for the team. We weren't given a way to contact the staff after hours. So, when I finally went looking for where the dogs were there was no one to talk to. A more minor suggestion is that it would be nice if there were drinks/snacks available throughout the day given it's a very captive property.

Lá bandada is one of those places where you come and think ‘what am I going to do’. And a few days later, after having done little to nothing’ you don’t want to leave anymore. Peace, nature, wining and dining, simple horse riding. Just less than 2 hours drive out of Buenos Aires. Just loved it

I spent a beautiful day at the Estancia La Bandada. My husband and I had a day planned there from Buenos Aires. He didn't feel well the day of, so I went solo and had a great time. Upon arriving, I was given a welcome drink and we had a lesson where we made empanadas. I was shown the garden where they grow the fresh food you will eat. Next was a fantastic leisurely lunch that was delicious. Then we were given free time where I went for a walk around the property and sat by the pool. In the afternoon was an hour long horse back ride. I was a bit nervous about horse back riding, so they gave me the calmest horse and I had no issues. We wrapped up the day with afternoon tea. My experience was very calming and it was great to spend the day in the countryside.

Excelente atención, un día soñado en familia, fuimos a pasar un día de campo para festejar 2 cumpleaños y estuvieron pendientes de todos los detalles, nos decoraron con globos, cartel y nos hicieron hasta las tortas! Almorzamos bajo los árboles, hicimos caminata, anduvimos a caballo, tomamos el té con pastelería casera, tuvieron especial atención en 2 invitadas que eran Vegana y vegetariana, haciéndoles un menú especial. Superó nuestras expectativas en todo sentido, volveremos pronto