Arroyo Verde Lodge

Arroyo Verde is located in the spectacular valley of the Traful river, just an hour drive from San Carlos de Bariloche airport. This valley of sculpted rock formations and towering mountains covered by native cypres trees.

The estancia is 10,500 acres with over 10 miles of private access to the Traful River. This river is known in the angling world for its crystal clear waters that harbor trophy sized rainbows and browns and a healthy population of land locked salmon.

The Lodge

Arroyo Verde Lodge is a wood and stone structure lined with huge picture windows that take full advantage of the striking mountain valley setting and allow guests to observe the wonderfull surrounding view in the sunset .The houses are set in beautifully landscaped gardens with mature trees, shrubs and colorful borders.

The lodge's four double bedrooms with private bathrooms are gracefully appointed and outfitted with fine linens and bath products, but there are no outlandish extravagances here.
A log cabin overlooks Lago Traful and has a twin bedroom with bathroom, spacious living room with extra beds if needed. It is a perfect married couple retreat!
The ambience is homey, the meals are gourmet with a Patagonian touch and formally served with selected fine wines.

Plan your fly fishing trip, booking three or four days at this unique lodge, that accommodates only 10 guests, and does it in class and style. Those who have enjoyed return year after year.

Telephone contact ++549 294 4328127 or Contact Us.

The River

Many anglers know that the river Traful is one of the exceptional rivers of Argentina, because of its above average sized trout and amazing landscape. Crosses two famous Estancias, Arroyo Verde and La Primavera. While La Primavera is not available to anglers, Arroyo Verde offers space for 10 rods through the whole season allowing access to one side of the river for almost its entirety.
This typical mountain river of crystal clear water varying in width from 60 to 90 feet with rapids and pools throughout its 10 miles, course is home to rainbow and brown trout and land-locked salmon..

Trophies are not uncommon on the Traful, and expert nymph fishermen find it to be an angling paradise. Mid season anglers will love the prolific hatches and high technical dry fly fishing. Unlike many of the easily waded prolific fisheries of Argentina, Arroyo Verde is definitely tailored to the angler that predicates his trip on trophies, not numbers of fish.

The Traful river is not to be considered an easy river. It is a river that holds the opportunity to catch some enormous fish, as well as some standard size trout. The river holds good numbers of rainbows, browns, and landlocked Atlantic salmon , season after season Traful continues surprising with their catches.

The Fishing

The Traful river is one of only five rivers in the world renowned for land locked salmon, which were first introduced into North-western Patagonia from Lake Sebago in Maine, starting in 1904.
This river offers fishing for some truly big fish. Sight casting to large rising rainbows occupies much of the day, and streamer fishing for Browns trouts is very effective in the falling light.

The fishing action is less for numbers of small fish, but the prospect of catching a 'unforgetable' fish anywhere from 3-12 lbs. is a good possibility.

Our guest fishermen describe the Traful by the size of its catches, the average being 2 to 3 pounds, although every season several fish over 10 pounds are caught, and it is usual to take several in the range of 4 to 6 pounds. The lodge records include a 17 lb brown, an 18 lb salmon, and a 23 lb rainbow. Any angler should expect challenging fishing for larger trout, with the occasional hatch to bring up the fish.

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Activities

This beautiful ranch is an ideal place for the non-angler to enjoy a special part of Patagonia and offers breathtaking horseback riding and trekking.

The Lodge is surrounded by extraordinary scenery with hidden lakes and Indian cave paintings to visit.

This region is a unique spot for bird watchers, nearly a hundred species of birds have their habitat. It is not uncommon to hear and see Magellanic Woodpeckers in the beech forests along the lake, a possible Aplomado Falcon in the steppe habitat, or soaring black-chested eagles (Aguila Mora), and the magnificent Andean condor.