Up to twelve guests per week can enjoy all the comforts of our exclusive first-class fishing lodge located in a the 16^th of October Valley close to the town of Trevlin.  Our new lodge is centrally located and is within striking distance of Los Alerces National Park and all of the Esquel Area's rivers.  So well located in fact that we can head in any direction to world class rivers.  Our new location will cut down driving time by at least fifteen minutes to all locations. 

The lodge features eight well appointed rooms all with private baths and a two-bedroom cabin with a shared bath.  Each room has either king sized bed or two full size beds for our guests comfort.  In addition the Patagonia Lodge has a beautiful living room with a fully stocked bar and cozy fireplace.  The lodge is completed by our beautiful dining room where you'll enjoy a healthy breakfast in the morning and gourmet food (some of the best in Patagonia) prepared by Maria Freeman, our talented chef, in the evening.  The dining includes a large indoor parillia (barbeque grill typical in Argentina) and a separate sitting room to enjoy stories of the day's fishing.   We offer direc TV, wi-fi, and both cell and fixed phone service, large wine display featuring some of the best Malbecs in the county, and a nice deck with a fantastic view of the 16^th of October Valley.

We provide all food and beverage during your stay.  Breakfast is hearty and consists of eggs your style, toast, jams, cereal, meats, fruits, juice, tea and coffee.  Lunch is culinary delight and is normally served streamside.  Lunch includes a nice combination of area meats, cheeses, vegetables, wine, and dessert making this an experience that you'll be looking forward to daily.  Dinner is typically served around 9:00 pm after cocktail hour, which gives guests a chance to tell others about their day, and those who choose to fish later, a few more minutes to get back to the lodge and ready for dinner.  Dinner is typically three courses and features Patagonia's famous beef, lamb, pork, chicken, rabbit, fish, pasta and vegetables.  Malbec wine is typically served with dinner, as this is the best variety that Argentina produces and one of the hardest to find in other countries.

Rio Pico Area Lodging

When we fish in The Rio Pico Region, our guests stay at a beautiful flyfishing lodge, which offers the best accommodations and food in the entire Rio Pico area.  We have leased this lodge exclusively for the past three years.  We have spent those years improving not only the comforts of the lodge, but also the service, food, and beverage.  Today, the lodge is well staffed and incredibly inviting.  Agustin Fox, our talented chef and lodge manager, runs the program.  He makes you feel at home the second you arrive and his great English and sense of humor are unforgettable.  The lodge features four double rooms with private baths, including the best showers in Patagonia.  The focal point of the lodge is it's central fireplace in the main lodge to gather for story telling, cocktails, and to await dinner.  The dining room is adjacent to this beautiful and cozy sitting room.  Your guest room opens to a covered porch with a spectacular view of Cerro Desnudo. 

Meals are incredible and prepared with local ingredients.  Many of the vegetables come from the local school's greenhouse, which we not only sponsor but also are their best customer.  Agustin's signature tenderloin with local morel mushroom sauce (he picks them in the spring) is always a favorite.   Apart from exquisite dinners, you will also enjoy a hearty breakfast before your fishing departure and then a very nice streamside lunch with wine.

From Tres Rios Ranch, you have access to dozens of lakes, spring creeks and rivers.  The Rio Pico area is rugged and there are few signs that things have changed here for decades.  This is an experience that you will love as much for the culture and adventure as the fishing.

San Martin de los Andes Lodging Options

One of the most attractive parts of the San Martin experience is your ability to stay at several well known and run lodges and estancias.   Unlike fishing at our exclusive lodges in the Esquel and Rio Pico Regions, you travel with your guide to stay on large estancias and fish their private water.  This isn't always the case and trips from the town of San Martin de los Andes can also be arranged with a great sampling of area rivers. Guests can choose from celebrated lodges like Arroyo Verde on the Traful River once called, "The best lodge in the world, period!" by Charles Gains or Tipiliuke Lodge on the Estancia Cerro de los Pinos Estancia, which many consider to be the finest flyfishing lodge in South America.  You also have the choice of staying at Estancia San Huberto on the Malleo River, which happens to be one of the most exclusive venues in country.  There are others such as the massive two hundred thousand acre Estancia Quemquemtreu on the Collón Cura and the stunning Estancia Tres Lagos completely surrounded by Lanin National Park .

Casa de Eugenia
Casa Eugenia is a beautiful Argentine Hostería situated in the town of San Martín de los Andes.  This is absolutely the best option for someone wishing to experience life in the beautiful town as well as the fishing a different river daily.  Casa Eugenia has nine rooms, and provides exceptional bed and breakfast service with gourmet pastry. For dinner out on the town, there is an extensive selection of fine restaurants that offer a wide variety of excellent regional and international culinary delights.  From Casa de Eugenia, the fishing options are many: floating sections of the Aluminé, Collón Cura, Chimehuín and Quilquihue rivers; wading the lower Malleo river and other parts of the Chimehuín; and for those who want to take an excellent adventure into some of the most beautiful and pristine environments in the world, lake fishing is also available from Casa de Eugenia.

Tipiliuke Lodge
Tipiliuke Lodge is located on the Estancia Cerro de los Pinos (over 50,000 acres) owned by the Larminat family. This five-star lodge is recognized as being one of the finest in the world.  It is distinguished for its all around service, accommodation, and food as well as having over nine-miles of the Chimehuín River.  In addition to the Chimehuín, there is also a large stretch of the Quilquihue River running through the ranch.  Tipiliuke is one of the best choices for wading since the longest drive to the river from the lodge is less than ten minutes.  This lodge takes sixteen guests but only twelve rods are allowed at any time. Tipiliuke is only a twenty-five minute drive away from the town of San Martín de los Andes making a visit into town a very pleasant morning or afternoon trip.  Tipiliuke is the best option for the non-fishing guest offering horseback riding, trekking, bird watching and other activities as well as a sauna and masseuse.  Its close proximity to the Chapelco Golf Resort makes golfing at one of the best Jack Nicklaus designed golf course in South America possible as well.

San Huberto Lodge
The San Huberto Lodge is the only place to stay when fishing the Malleo River.  This beautiful lodge was completely renovated in 1999 and has room for sixteen guests.  The service is superb as are the meals.  There is also an in-house bar, hot tub, and masseuse.  San Huberto is a household name when talking about fishing in Patagonia and space is incredibly limited.  Booking in advance is a must.  Guests have access to over twenty-miles of incredible wade fishing and private access to some of the best sections of the Malleo River and Huaca Mamuil Creek, which is only accessible if staying at the lodge.

Estancia Quemquemtreu
Estancia Quemquemtreu is one of the largest ranches in the area encompassing close to two hundred thousand acres. Quemquemtreu is one of the most beautiful and interesting fully working ranches in Patagonia.  Your hosts, Paula and Martín Zimmermann, make you feel at home the moment you arrive and their incredible service and laid-back attitudes provide for a very casual and satisfying experience. Their lodge has five spacious and very comfortable double rooms located in a wing off of the dining.  The lodge also features a cozy sitting room centered around a rock fireplace. The bar is located in a separate building where you will enjoy wide variety of hour' devours, wine, or the drink of your choice before heading for dinner.  From Quemquemtreu, we can fish about twenty miles of the Collón Cura River, one of the most productive fishing rivers in Argentina.  Floating is the preferred to fish this river because of its size, and covering large portions of water is the norm.  Lodging at this ranch also gives exclusive access to the Quemquemtreu creek, an incredible walk wading stream.  It fishes best in the months of November, December, early January, and also during the month of May.           

Estancia Arroyo Verde
Estancia Arroyo Verde is owned by Memé Lariviere and her family. Lodging is in the main house, which can accommodate up to ten guests. The service here is truly deluxe, the lodging elegant, and the location, we are not afraid to say, is one of the most beautiful in the world. This location is very popular with guests traveling with non-fishing spouses offering additional activities such as horseback riding, hiking, and bird watching.  The only way to fish the Traful River is to stay on this ranch, which enjoys ten miles of river starting at Traful Lake.  Charles Gaines, writer for Forbes magazine probably summed the lodge up best saying,  "Since childhood I have visited a truly shocking number of fishing lodges and not one of them was ever as good as Arroyo Verde".

Estancia Tres Lagos
Estancia Tres Lagos is a privately owned cattle ranch located forty miles southwest of San Martín de los Andes in the Lanín National Park.  The estancia offers some of the most spectacular scenery in northern Patagonia, while extending over eighty thousand acres of land.  Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are first class and are enjoyed at the main house.  Three beautiful cabins, which were built about ten years ago, surround the home and overlook the Filo Hua Hum lake making waking up in the morning and looking out the window an unforgettable moment.  Three lakes surround the estancia: Lago Falkner, Lago Nuevo and Lago Filo Hua Hum.  The Filo Hua Hum River flows from the Lago Nuevo to Lago Filo Hua Hum Lake for about eight miles. 

Collón Cura Lodge
This wonderful Lodge is located on the banks of the Collón Cura River.  It is one of the three ranches in Patagonia owned by Ted Turner and managed by former fishing guide Nano Acuña and his wife Malú. The establishment consists of two buildings separated by a beautiful garden. One building contains the dinning room where first class dinners and breakfast are served with bar and sitting area.  The other building is the guesthouse, which has four very spacious double rooms and another sitting area. From Collon Cura Lodge, we are able to provide day trips with incredible high-end picnics on the Collón Cura River.  It is important to note that we also have the opportunity of making day trips to the Limay River about an hour and a half away from the lodge.  It is a good choice for a combo trip to fish both the Collón Cura and the Limay.