Buenos Aires: Polo Lesson Day Trip with Farm Pickup

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Duration4h

GroupUp to 10

LanguagesEN · PT +1

Mobile ticketAccepted

Learn polo on a Buenos Aires farm with pros and city pickup

You’ll ride out from Buenos Aires for a real polo lesson on a working farm, learning from professional players who make you feel right at home (even if you’ve never been on a horse). Expect hands-on instruction, plenty of laughs, all your equipment provided, and roundtrip transport so you can just focus on enjoying yourself.

Step-by-step itinerary

Polo lesson and countryside visit

Meet at city center
Travel to countryside by minivan
Receive polo lesson from professionals
Learn riding techniques and polo rules
Return to city center

The Experience

The first thing I noticed wasn’t the horses or even the fields, but this smell — grass after rain, leather saddles, something sweet from the farmhouse kitchen. We’d left Buenos Aires behind in a minivan just an hour earlier, watching the city fade into low green countryside. When we arrived, our instructor (Martín — he shook my hand like we’d met before) grinned at my sneakers and said, “Don’t worry, everyone starts somewhere.” I still think about that welcome.

I’d never held a polo mallet before. Martín showed us how to grip it — “like you’re shaking hands with your breakfast,” he joked — and then we met our horses. Mine was called Luna. She looked at me sideways, patient but definitely smarter than I am. There was a moment when I tried to ask her to move and she just… didn’t. Martín laughed and shouted something in Spanish I only half caught (I think it was encouraging?). The lesson itself felt like learning to dance on horseback; hitting the ball is way harder than it looks on TV. My arms are still sore.

There were a couple of other travelers in our group — one guy from Germany who’d never ridden before either, and a local woman who grew up watching matches outside the city. She told me about her grandfather’s stories of old polo tournaments while we waited our turn. The air was cool but not cold, and every so often you’d hear distant dogs barking or someone whistling from the stables. Lunch smells drifted over as we practiced turns (I got hungry fast). Honestly, I didn’t expect to laugh so much at myself trying to hit that tiny ball.

Afterwards, as we drove back toward Buenos Aires in the late light, I felt tired in that good way you get after trying something new with strangers who don’t feel like strangers anymore. If you’re curious about polo — or just want a day out of the city where people actually look you in the eye — this day trip is worth it for that alone.

What’s included

Your day includes pickup and drop-off from a central meeting spot in Buenos Aires, all necessary player equipment except boots (so bring comfy sport shoes), plus personal instruction from an English/Spanish-speaking pro at the farm before heading back to town together.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelNot for heart conditions

Operated by Polo Elite