Increíble experience - This was great day. A comfortable bus ride took us past nice landscapes, and we even saw rheas in the fields on the way. The ranch itself is incredibly beautiful. The food was fantastic, and the horse back ride along the lake was unforgettable.

Fantastic and organized experience. - After about 2 hours (1.5 hour driving, 30 mins going around to pick up), we arrived at tbe Estancia for some coffee. The total guests are roughly 30 people. Our guide Mrs. Anna was fantastic in everyway. Morning include a mini trek around the farm with sighting of gaucho, lake, and sheep shearing. After a hearty lunch, afternoon was a 3 hour of peaceful horse riding. I was the last guest to leave at 6pm and arrive town around 7.30. Thank you Mrs. Anna and all the gauchos that help organize our riding. Wish you a wonderful holiday in Europe.

Heavenly scenery - Beautiful scenery, friendly staff, got to ride for the first time and everyone was super friendly and patient with me. Definitely book this tour!

A fantastic ranch day - This was a beautiful experience. The views were spectacular and the hosts were kind and informative. We loved horse back riding. We are not experienced at all, but the horses were gentle and well-trained. Highly recommend!

Can’t miss experience - We had a wonderful day at Nibepo Aike Estancia. The place is absolutely beautiful and calming. After the shuttle ride to the property we had some coffee, and chatted with some of the other guests. Our guide Julieta was warm and charming, she took us to different parts of the estancia for a short hike to see the property then demonstrations by the guachos working there, milking a cow, taking the sheep to pasture, sheering a sheep. We then enjoyed a nice lunch plenty of food, then a horseback ride for three hours. The riding was great, the horses are very calm and easy to ride, and the property is just incredible with fantastic views. Highly recommend!

Fantastic opportunity - Highly recommended, from the friendly welcome with coffee and cake; through the variety of interesting and well explained activities about the history and running of the estancia; and the delicious lamb asado to finish. Such a pleasure to be made welcome to this estancia and to ride in this spectacular setting. Top marks to all. (Good to know that you may wait 30/40 m after pick up time as people are collected from a variety of different accommodation)

Great scenery and setting, poor communication - We booked the 3 hour horseback riding version of this excursion. We were picked up in the morning at our hotel Los Ponchos in El Calafate. The third party tour coordinator, Tangol, provided multiple communications via WhatsApp and contacted our hotel to let us know Nibepo Aike transport would pick us up at 8:30 AM in the morning. However, the transport was about 15 minutes late with no communication, which worried us until I contacted Nibepo Aike directly via WhatsApp and asked for an update. From El Calafate it was about a 1.5 hour mini bus ride to Nibepo Aike. The farm tour and sheep shearing activities were a bit gimmicky, and lasted too long since they were trying to time lunch with multiple different group activities (people who went horseback riding in the morning, people who were just there for the tour, and people who were coming in just for lunch). Lunch was filling but average, you’re assigned seats at communal tables. We weren’t given instruction about where to go and when to leave for our afternoon horseback rides, so we had to ask around. The horseback ride itself was wonderful and was closer to 2.5 hours, with the horses walking at a very leisurely pace and the guide picking trails at random. There is very limited direction and conversation during the ride, so if you enjoy watching scenery on horseback in peace and relative silence, you’ll enjoy this. If you’re looking for more interaction with the guide or a more exciting ride, you’ll definitely be bored. We found the experience very serene, particularly because we had excellent weather and the scenery truly is stunning. When we got back from the horseback ride, we also received no communication about how we’d be transported back to El Calafate. After asking around, we were told to wait until 6 pm for a car. We were the last remaining tourists so when 6 pm came and went, no car showed up, and staff started heading home, we got pretty nervous (especially since there is no reception at the estancia). Luckily the car finally showed up and we made it back safely, but the overall experience was a bit soured by lack of communication and predictability. Overall we thought the peaceful horseback ride and scenery made up for these snafus, but I could definitely see this being a frustrating experience for those who only came for lunch / the tour. The experience could be significantly improved with more proactive communication from the staff.

Nobel Aike - Nice property. Horse riding fun. Journey to and from El Calafate far too long. Lunch ok. Authentic ranch.

Not great - Only do this trip if you want to spend 45 minutes each way in a van on a bumpy dirt road. They advertise wildlife sightings but that did not happen. There is a brief sheep shearing, not too exciting. The meal is lamb barbecued with no spices, very tough. They give a small glass of wine but charge extra for water with the meal. Overall not worth the time. We felt like this is an excursion to take advantage of tourists.

Avoid for lunch only - Tourist traps to avoid Our agency had reserved lunch From El Calafate it takes more than 2 hours to drive on a dirt road there and back for an uninteresting lunch.