El Tigre

El Tigre is a region in the province of Buenos Aires located just north of the city of Buenos Aires (Capital Federal). It is a small town sits on the Delta Tigre River and is just an hour train ride outside the city. El Tigre is a great place to visit for day trips during the summer to beat the city heat by cooling off with a swim in the river.

Once you get off the train there are information centers where you can buy tickets for guided boat tours or if you are looking for something more relaxed you can purchase round-trip tickets for a public river boat shuttle that takes you to public beaches along the river—just to forewarn you, the river is by no means comparable to the Colorado River, in fact it is very murky and dirty looking because the sand underneath it is very fine and soft (like quicksand).

El Tigre is beautiful for reasons other than being picturesque. It’s beautiful for the riverboats, the cute bungalows that sit aside the river, the lifestyle and of course the people. You’d be crazy to go there and not jump in the river and play volleyball with some of the locals and visiting porteños. Many of the beaches also have access to tennis courts and outdoor BBQ pits!

On your way home from the river you must stop at the “Puerto de Frutos” which is a huge outdoor crafts fair with handmade leather goods, jewelry, mate gourds, food and of course fresh fruit. This is one of the cheaper craft markets that you can go to, but even if you don’t have a lot of extra pesos to spend it is still a fun place to window shop and absorb the culture!

El Tigre train station

One of the public beach areas

A public river boat shuttle

Argentina's ex-President Domingo Sarmiento old vacation home that has now been turned into a museum. He originally bought the house because it was encased in glass to protect it from the area's humidity. 

Besos!