Trevelin, Argentina / Hosted by GVFFC
Wild Patagonia. Serious fishing. Five-star comfort.
Seven nights at Patagonia River Guides’ Lodge at Trevelin. Six professionally guided fishing days. A private ensuite room for every GVFFC guest.
Hosted by Anthony Boliancu in partnership with Patagonia River Guides.
There are fishing trips where almost everything beyond the river is simply functional.
Trevelin is something quite different.
This is our premium lodge-based international journey, combining the extraordinary variety of Patagonia’s trout fishing with the comfort and service of Patagonia River Guides’ five-star Trevelin lodge.
You fish hard during the day. You return to your own room, a hot shower, good wine, a professionally prepared dinner and a lodge designed around people who have spent the day outdoors.
The fishing remains the reason to travel. The difference is what surrounds it.
The week at a glance
21–28 November 2027
6 full guided days
Private ensuite room
US$9,900 per person
Breakfast, riverside lunch, dinner and scheduled Esquel Airport transfers are included. International flights, gratuities and personal purchases are not included.
The experience
A different kind of Patagonia week
Trevelin sits between several very different landscapes.
To the west lies the temperate rainforest and glacial water of Los Alerces National Park. In the opposite direction, the country opens into broad valleys and the drier Patagonian steppe.
Between them is an extraordinary concentration of rivers, spring creeks and lakes.
Each evening and morning, the PRG team looks at conditions, water levels, weather and the preferences of the anglers before deciding how best to use the following day.
You unpack once. Patagonia keeps changing around you.
On the water
Six days. Different water. Different fishing.
PRG calls its approach “fish a different river daily.”
One day may involve stalking individual trout on a clear spring creek. Another may mean fishing a larger freestone river through open country.
You can float glacial water through Los Alerces National Park, work structure from a boat, explore smaller rivers on foot or spend a quieter day searching one of the area’s stillwaters.
Dry flies, nymphs and streamers can all have a place during the week. What matters is fishing the most suitable water available that day.
Guiding
Guiding at a different level
Every fishing day is conducted by Patagonia River Guides’ local team.
A lead guide is accompanied by an assistant guide, particularly valuable when two anglers are walking and wading.
Experienced anglers spend less time working things out from scratch. Developing anglers receive close assistance without slowing the other angler’s day.
Private water and room to fish
Patagonia still feels large.
PRG has spent years building an extensive network of private water and access arrangements around its southern operation, adding opportunities beyond the public fisheries available from Trevelin.
That access allows the guides to spread anglers across different rivers and beats rather than concentrating everyone around the most obvious water.
If conditions favour a spring creek, there are options. If the group would rather float, there are options. If someone wants a quieter day away from the larger rivers, there are options.
The lodge
Five-star comfort at the end of the day
PRG’s Lodge at Trevelin is not simply somewhere to sleep between fishing days. It is part of the reason to choose this trip.
The lodge has twelve spacious bedrooms, each with its own private ensuite bathroom, set within landscaped grounds beneath the Andes.
For GVFFC guests, the intention is straightforward: your own room, your own bathroom and somewhere genuinely comfortable to return to each evening.
There is no need to move accommodation during the week. Your gear has a home. So do you.
After the river
Spa, vineyard and evenings at the lodge
Trevelin works unusually well because the fishing and the lodge do not compete with one another.
After the river, there is a sauna, massage room and hot tub overlooking the vineyard.
You can have a drink on the deck, wander through the grounds or simply return to your room before dinner.
Food & wine
Food worth coming home for
Food at Trevelin is not treated as fuel between fishing days.
Professional chefs prepare the meals throughout the week, combining Argentine ingredients and traditions with the level of service expected from the lodge.
Dinner may feature Argentine beef, Patagonian lamb, produce from the lodge garden, an indoor parrilla or an asado over the outdoor fire, accompanied by Argentine wines.
For couples
A fishing trip your partner can enjoy too
This is one of the reasons Trevelin is quite different from our other international programs.
A non-angling partner does not need to spend six days waiting for the fishing to finish.
PRG can arrange days around the spa, vineyard and wine tasting, horseback riding, walks and sightseeing, shopping and exploring Trevelin, or excursions into the country surrounding the lodge.
For couples who have talked about Patagonia but want something more complete than an anglers-only fishing camp, Trevelin makes a great deal of sense.
The pace of the week
This is serious fishing, but it does not require every guest to approach the week in exactly the same way.
Some anglers want six demanding walk-and-wade days. Others would rather mix more floating into their program.
The aim is to fish well for six days, not exhaust you by Wednesday.
Who this trip suits
Excellent fishing and genuinely high-quality accommodation
Trevelin is particularly well suited to the angler who wants excellent fishing and genuinely high-quality accommodation in the same trip.
Most guests will already have some fly-fishing experience, but technical perfection is not required. The guide and assistant-guide system gives developing anglers close help without compromising the other angler’s day.
The partnership
Hosted by GVFFC. Guided by PRG.
Anthony travels with the group throughout the week. The fishing itself is led by Patagonia River Guides.
My relationship with PRG goes back many years through friendships first developed in the American fly-fishing world, and this trip is built around that established connection rather than an anonymous booking with an overseas lodge.
You gain the local expertise of PRG and the continuity of travelling with GVFFC.
2027 hosted week
Trevelin, Patagonia
21–28 November 2027
Price
US$9,900
per person, including private ensuite accommodation.
Included:
Seven nights at the Trevelin lodge, six professionally guided fishing days, breakfast, riverside lunches, dinners, standard beverages, scheduled Esquel Airport transfers and GVFFC hosting throughout the week.
International and domestic airfares to Esquel, gratuities and personal purchases are not included.
Deposit: 50% to secure your place.
Balance: due 90 days before departure.
Talk it through with Anthony
This is a significant week of fishing, and I do not expect anyone to book it from a webpage without asking questions.
If Trevelin interests you, get in touch and we can talk through the fishing, accommodation, travel, your experience and whether the week suits what you are looking for.
There is no need to pressure to make a decision. Let’s talk and see if Patagonia is a good fit for your next adventure.