Santa María de Lobos Polo Ranch offers polo enthusiasts and professional polo players the ultimate ‘polo lifestyle’ living amongst some of Argentina’s leading professional polo players, right in the heart of the pampas in Buenos Aires province.

Situated just 16 kilometers from Lobos town, only one hour from the city of Buenos Aires and forty minutes from Ezeiza International Airport, this high profile, secure and idyllic polo club is unrivalled for both its polo facilities and outstanding natural beauty.

On the banks of the Culu Culu lagoon, a natural 1000 hectare water reserve that is both boundary and protection from future development, the Santa Maria de Lobos Polo Ranch has attracted polo aficionados, industrialists and movie stars looking for peace, tranquility and seclusion.

When one combines the estate’s natural beauty with the choice of excellent polo facilities, polo playing and tuition, directed by high goal players such as Guillermo Casset and Agustín Merlos (10 handicap), nowhere else in the world can you find either a home or polo facilities of such significant caliber.

Santa María de Lobos offers both professional players and polo enthusiasts a once in a lifetime opportunity to ‘live and breathe the true spirit and tradition of Argentine polo’ on a working polo estate.

Other residents include Hollywood celebrities and leading polo professionals establishing Santa Maria de Lobos as one of the most exclusive residential developments and polo clubs in Argentina.

Mainline Security Estate Management offers land and a number of exclusive properties for both SALE and RENT on Santa Maria de Lobos Polo Ranch.

Santa María de Lobos Polo Ranch is Fiducia Capital Group’s (FCG) first development venture, which officially opened its doors in May 2006. The estate benefits from considerable take up in sales and is popular amongst investors, reclusive celebrities and professional polo players who expect benefits of a working polo estate within an exclusive and secure gated community.

Other properties developed by FCG include the hugely successful Estancia Villa Maria, close to Ezeiza international airport and Santa María de Los Andes, in Mendoza.

We welcome enlightened investors and guests to consult the Mainline Security team about Santa de Maria Lobos Polo Ranch. Our property and tourist teams are happy to arrange accommodation (subject to availability), polo school and clinics, and tours of the estate at your convenience.



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Stay in a remarkably tranquil Buenos Aires estancia and enjoy horse riding across the Pampas, small game hunting in season or just walk for a far as the eye can see. Enjoy being one with nature, with not another soul in sight for many hours – this is gaucho country!

Lounge by the pool with a good book or accompany the dogs as they wander the estate marking their territory and exploring every nook and every cranny.

Estancia La Margarita, built in 1870, is an un-spoilt country retreat where time has stood still for visitors who seek out the authentic ‘Campo’ (country farm) estancia stay in the heart of Buenos Aires’ fertile Pampas.

Located just 280 kilometers from Buenos Aires, the location could not be more idyllic for country pursuits enthusiasts and visitors who seek out peace and quiet away from the hustle and bustle of frenetic Buenos Aires City .

La Margarita is just far enough away to avoid the crush of tourists, but close enough to enjoy a weekend break without “the madding crowd.”

This is not one of those overly commercialized havens for day-trippers trying to capture the essence of life on the ‘camp’ (farm). This is a very special estancia is for those travelers who really want to know how the land owning class of Argentina lived yesteryear.

David Cummings AKA ‘the English Gaucho’, an ex-musician from London, has ensured that La Margarita stays a traditional working estancia. David has painfully (we know) toiled to sympathetically refurbish both the house and self-catering units over the last three years to create a comfortable and homely environment for no more than 8 to 9 guests at any one time.

David offers one of the most reasonably priced estancia experiences in the province of Buenos Aires.

We have stayed with David many times, but last week, guests staying at the luxury Kavanagh apartment asked us to arrange an atypical country estancia for five people who were accomplished equestrians and who needed a break from Buenos Aires.

Robert Goldmeir told us, ‘our travel took just a few hours at a slow and safe pace from Plaza San Martin and we arrived at La Margarita for lunch and chose our rooms.  From the moment that we arrived – driving so long down the driveway until we thought we had got lost, that was until two Pointers rushed to greet us – we knew that your advice was spot.  La Margarita is not a five star hotel masquerading as is an estancia for those who need constant attention. La Margarita is a sanctuary. The team is always on-hand, but scarce, appearing as if by magic when needed. We had lunch on arrival. We went out horse riding that evening and then showered for a good supper.  We had breakfast the next morning and then went horse riding again followed by a lunch and a few hours relaxing by the pool. We left at six and we each paid just USD$190 for over 24 hours of pure bliss with riding, food and wine included.  It was a great escape and even greater value.’

We recommend at least two days at estancia La Margarita and even a little longer if you really need to unwind or improve your riding skills.

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We recently spent three days relaxing at the Santa Maria de Lobos Polo Club at Casa de Lord  – Polo Estancia No. 1.  So-named, because it overlooks the Santa Maria de Lobos Polo field number one – close enough to watch polo matches, but far enough away to ensure privacy and perfect seclusion.

Alain Levenfiche AKA the Luxury Lord, built his private estancia, which sleeps up to 10 guests in great comfort, with every amenity you could possibly add to a vacationers’ wish list, including a gentleman’s den or ladies, you make the rules, wine cave, disco, swimming pools – for a truly amazing vacationers’ paradise. If you want a fun packed getaway or a quiet retreat, this is THE perfect private Argentina estancia – you choose the beat and pace of life.

Whether you play polo or want to play polo or not, it really does not matter. This estancia is designed for luxury travellers who want sumptuous luxury living and a whole lot of fun. It is a wonderful entertaining space for vacationers and parties or vacationers who want to party and guest numbers (visitors), who knows, you could comfortably entertain a dance troop or two.

You can use the disco within the house’s internal courtyard, with laser lights, bubble and dry ice machines, as loud as you like, pump up the volume and no one cares – for those of us who value our space, privacy and our own vibe without interference it is just the ticket.

We blasted Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance Marches, the Coronation ode, a bit of Parry just to test this theory and not a squeak! The Argentine cows looked a bit miffed and a few hawks decided to leave in a hurry, but no complaints – it was loud! That was just to test the water, we later pumped up the volume again with some 70s disco, that was of course after we had enjoyed the pool, eaten a first-class Patagonian asado (BBQ) with a leg of Lamb and watched the sun disappear over the horizon.

As you know, we do not publish estancias to our blog and various websites unless we have used them ourselves and can give you ‘horse-mouth’ information and advice, or what is the use of having local guide – right?

Getting back to the house, it is just so perfectly relaxing, with the right balance of everything you might need for a perfect private Argentina estancia stay where you call the shots – no plan – no rules – just you and whatever staff you want us to provide.

We decided to take you on a photographic tour rather than a just write about the various features of the house, so please click each of the photographs galleried above for further information.

We have the Luxury Lord’s keys and should you wish to stay, please contact our Terry Clarke, Mainline Security Estate Management – help@sos-prop.com.

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Argentina Countrywide offers comprehensive and knowledgeable Argentina estancias, travel and tours consultancy. 

Sunflowers, we are surrounded by a carpet of beautiful Sunflowers for a far as the eye can see on a bright, warm and sunny (a touch overcast and changeable) New Year’s Day 2010 Argentina. 

We are just 50 kilometers from Tandil in Buenos Aires Province, just 310 kilometers from Buenos Aires City.

We are in the heart of Buenos Aires’ Pampas, the fertile and lush flatlands that makes Argentina South America’s bread basket, or more accurately, South America’s ‘Soy Bean Capital’.

We have spent most of the festive period reviewing estancias in Buenos Aires Province and latterly we have been guests of David Cummings, “the English Gaucho”, at La Margarita, one of the most rustic and beautiful estancias we have visited this year.  More to the point, David’s La Margarita estancia is the only one of three estancias we visited that will feature on our website.  We are not about quantity, we look for quality and value. 

David an ex-musician, an earthy bohemian type, farms soya and ‘lords’ over a late nineteenth century French style Argentine estancia surrounded by nothing, that’s right, nothing, for a far as you can see, walk or ride.  This is a truly idyllic getaway with horse riding, small game hunting in season and comforts of country home for under USD100 a night!!!  Fantastic value!!!

The feeling of space (a very precious commodity) and being at one with nature are key components of David’s estancia experience.  This is not a five star estancia, David has got this just right for those of us who are a little bit country and maybe not quite as rock ‘n’ roll as in the past.

We have eaten well, very well, and enjoyed early morning and late afternoon horse riding every day and lounged ‘like mad dogs and Englishmen’ with our books and mate by the pool.

Our able and loving guides Hero and Jak (two wonderful Pointers) have been our constant companions and showed us every nook and every cranny of the La Margarita estate.  

It is Argentina 2010, we feel at perfect peace, well rested and ready for the next part of our journey to Tandil and then on to Carilo and Pinamar on the Atlantic coast of Argentina.

Next week, check out our blog for further information and our comprehensive review and photo gallery of estancia La Margarita Buenos Aires, Tandil and Buenos Aires’ Atlantic coast where the Argentina Countrywide team will stay just meters from the beach in a luxury cabana.

Argentina Countrywide has stayed at every estancia we recommend.  If you want to know about Argentina ‘straight from the horse’s mouth’ speak to us for comprehensive and knowledgeable Argentina travel, estancias and tours consultancy.

Happy New Year!  Argentina 2010!!

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We are most interested in Argentina’s estancias that historically raised livestock (cattle), but more recently many Argentine estancias have developed their properties to provide quality accommodation and amazing sporting estates that specialize in tourism and providing some of the best outdoor and country pursuits found anywhere in the world.

More importantly, equestrian pursuits, hunting, angling and polo camps, often the pastimes of the landed gentry north of the equator, are affordable to most tourists visiting Argentina who want to ‘lord’ over the land.

Argentina’s estancias date back to Spanish colonial rule when free roaming cattle rearing gave way to land ownership and ranching, mainly in the Pampas.  Estancias had permanent farm buildings and livestock branded to show their ownership.

The estancia’s ranch workers covered huge areas on horseback, and so the Argentine cowboy, the gaucho, was born.  In the past, when cattle roamed free, gauchos were outcasts and the term ‘gaucho’ synonymous with roughnecks.

Gauchos were generally nomadic, and lived on the pampas, the plain that extends north from Patagonia, bounded on the west by the Andes and extending as far north as the Brazilian state of Paraná. The gaucho became the the predominant rural workers on estancias and as time marched forward their important place in Argentina’s cultural history and folklore is today unblemished.

Argentina’s estancias and their gauchos are figures romanticized in song, poetry and film, and their prowess on horseback is legendary.

Argentina Countrywide represents the leading Argentine estancias, sporting and wine estates, and some of the finest polo camps.

Our reservations team help travelers plan Argentina tours and travel, and arrange accommodation from just a few nights leisure or longer estancia and sporting vacations for equestrian professionals and enthusiasts, hunting and angling parties and polo camps Argentina countrywide.

No Argentina tours and travel are complete without vacationing at least few days on an Argentine estancia.

Our Argentina estancias range from basic quality rooms in fine country houses to five stars estancia accommodation with the splendor of the world’s top rated hotels.

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