El Encuentro Lodge

Arriving at El Encuentro Lodge, you immediately feel like you are coming home – greeted with a warm welcome and settling into inviting and comfortable spaces.

The lodge has a privileged riverside location overlooking the Rio Futaleufú and the Andes mountains, allowing your fishing day to start or end right at the lodge. It is a small lodge that comfortably accommodates a maximum of ten anglers, making it intimate and special.

El Encuentro Lodge is the original lodge, built by the Beale family as a special place to gather together with friends and family and go fishing. Now, for four decades, the lodge and the family welcome anglers from all over the world, many of whom return year after year to enjoy extraordinary fishing experiences. Staying at El Encuentro Lodge lets you experience Argentine hospitality at its most authentic – warm, genuine, and familial.

With three rooms in the main house (one ensuite bathroom, two with bathrooms across the hall) and two rooms in an adjacent cottage (with ensuite bathrooms), El Encuentro can comfortably accommodate up to ten guests.

We proudly grow most of the organic vegetables in the one-acre kitchen garden. Lamb, beef, and other products are locally sourced from family and local markets. Breads are baked daily at the lodge. Not to be forgotten, superb Argentine wines are served at lunch and dinner, even when you have lunch on the river. Guests are treated to a traditional Patagonian “asado” (barbecue) with the El Encuentro family and all the guides — a most memorable dining experience!