The Los Gauchos Outfitters Mission Statement:

To provide our customers the best wing shooting vacation possible, and a trip to South America that will be safe, well organized, reliable, and 100% hassle free.

Los Gauchos is proud to celebrate the opening of our new flagship destination: The Los Gauchos Black River Lodge in Paysandu, Uruguay. This exciting new property will be our first to be open year-round for great cast and blast combos for high-volume Uruguay dove hunting, decoyed pigeon hunting, and Golden Dorado fishing.

Who we are:

Have you been searching all around on the World Wide Web for a bird hunting trip to South America?

Maybe you have looked through several other websites, and you notice that ours is…well—a little different. Belay that, a whole lot different!

Our hope is that after careful evaluation and comparison, it will become obvious to you that our standards are simply higher than those of our competitors.

We are able to maintain these standards by managing all properties in-house, without any outside influence from booking agents, or third parties. Our employee-owned organization focuses our talents in one very specialized area: wingshooting and fishing trips to Argentina and Uruguay.

We never intend to become a one stop shopping “megastore” of hunting and fishing destinations. We do not wish to be like a WAL-MART-type “adventure travel agency”. As you have probably noticed by now, our price structures are unique, and offer the sportsman who chooses to become educated consumer the best value available in the market today. However, we are not a bargain basement; but instead, a specialty store for discriminating international wingshooters who believe that the quality and value of the total experience goes far beyond just pulling a trigger.

Los Gauchos Clients desire:

• very comfortable…even slightly elegant accommodations.
• Well-maintained, very high quality shotguns included in the package
• a desire to shoot over expertly trained bird dogs
• dine and hunt with an entirely English-speaking hosts and guides
• a complete worry-free package that is as all-inclusive as possible in every respect.

It is very important to know that when you book with Los Gauchos, you are accessing a free market where the price of your trip has not been inflated to absorb the shock of a 20-25% commission to a booking agency, "adventure" travel agent, or consultant. Since we do not pay these commissions, we are able to offer lower prices to everyone, serve more total clients, and deliver a higher quality product than our competitors. Delivering high quality wingshooting, at the most competitive price, is the recipie that has made Los Gauchos the not only the largest waterfowl hunting outfitter in South America--but the best as well. Click here see the five standards that have made us so successful.

Here is a little history:

Los Gauchos was founded in 2001 by one American, and one Argentinean who had been paid guests of other duck and dove hunting operators in South America. The founders believed that the overall trip experience could be greatly improved as to better resemble the more professional waterfowl hunting operations that exist in North America; specifically with respect to the skill level of the guides, quality of the decoys and hunting equipment, the use of well-trained Labrador retrievers, and the quality of the food, beverages accommodations, and service.

Committed to raising the bar of South American waterfowl hunting, Los Gauchos set out. After humble beginnings, operating out of a charming little country farm house during the first two years of operation, Los Gauchos won the respect of outdoor writers, professional hunters, Outdoor T.V hosts, and now literally hundreds and hundreds of clients.

The Los Gauchos brand is now well known as an industry leader. Companies like Benelli and Beretta choose Los Gauchos year after year to guide them on their trips to South America because we consistently deliver the excellent shooting opportunities that make their outdoor television shows successful—and you can too.

Why was the company named “Los Gauchos”?

Intrigued by the beauty of the Argentine pampas and the culture of the gauchos—the founders named the company “Los Gauchos”.

The gauchos were the itinerant and adventurous beret-wearing cowboys that roamed the countryside in search of work, but loved the isolation and solitude offered by Argentina’s vast, empty hinterland where they existed—almost in cult-like fashion—in small communities with their families and peers.

Although their taciturn, no-nonsense work ethic earned these expert horsemen the great respect that they still enjoy today, the real gauchos (now extinct as a result of modernization) were men who embraced carefree lives of daring-do including frequent activities such as wild horse riding, late-night card playing, knife tricks, singing, and laughter.

Los Gauchos owes its success to a talented and hard working staff, and above all to our customers—your kind words and referrals are the lifeblood of our continued growth and prosperity.