Iberá National Park · Carambola Portal · Corrientes, Argentina
El Tránsito —
Nature Luxury Lodge
"A moving watercolour." Francisco Madariaga, on the Iberá Wetlands
More than a century on this land
1921 · Early 2000s · 2018
In 1921, when the Iberá wetlands were still a remote frontier of Corrientes province, someone chose this land to build an estancia. For decades it operated as a traditional cattle ranch, shaping the landscape and the identity of the place. With time, the buildings fell into abandonment: rotting timber, rusted water tanks, more than thirty years without maintenance.
In the early 2000s, Kris and Douglas Tompkins acquired the property through their conservation organisation as part of their project in the Iberá Wetlands. What they found was, literally, a ruin. What they built over four continuous years was something else entirely: the complete restoration of the historic homestead, 100 kilometres of perimeter fencing to protect the wetlands, the removal of invasive eucalyptus plantations and an organic cattle model designed to prove that production and conservation could coexist.
"Restoring El Tránsito required an enormous amount of work." — Tompkins Conservation
In 2018, Más Iberá S.A. acquired the property and completed the transformation: the conservation cattle ranch became a luxury nature lodge. The same structures restored by the Tompkins now form the rooms, restaurant and communal spaces of the lodge. Nothing was demolished. Everything was reimagined.
You arrive. Everything is taken care of.
El Tránsito operates as a fully all-inclusive, full-board lodge. From the moment you arrive — by road from Corrientes or Resistencia, or directly by plane on the lodge's private airstrip — you stop making decisions about price. Meals, drinks, guided excursions: everything is included in a single rate. No additional charges at checkout. No menu with prices. No logistics to resolve. International guests also benefit from Argentina's VAT exemption (21% IVA).
Dining
Buffet breakfast · Three-course lunch · Afternoon tea · Three-course dinner — drinks included at every service.
Open bar
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks throughout your stay. Handcrafted cocktails and a curated wine selection.
Guided excursions
Kayak, horseback riding, boat trips, nature walks, night safaris and horse-drawn canoe — all included in the rate.
Private airstrip
ANAC-registered airstrip (LAD 3240). Fly in direct on a private charter from anywhere in Argentina or across the region.
The spaces
Restaurant
Buffet breakfast, three-course lunch and dinner with drinks included. The kitchen works with local and seasonal produce, reinterpreting the flavours of Corrientes cuisine in a dining room that looks out over open countryside.
Bar & Living Room
Handcrafted cocktails, curated wines and the stillness of open countryside after the last excursion of the day. The place where days in the esteros turn into conversation.
The pool
Open year-round. The capybara that roam freely through the grounds have a habit of appearing when you least expect them.
Playroom
A space designed for the youngest members of the family, inspired by the wildlife and nature of the Iberá Wetlands.
You sleep inside one of the most ambitious rewilding projects in South America.
Iberá National Park was established in 2018 across 183,000 hectares of former cattle ranches donated to the Argentine state for conservation. El Tránsito is part of that territory.
At the Carambola Portal, Fundación Rewilding Argentina actively coordinates the reintroduction of the giant anteater and the collared peccary. Across the wider National Park ecosystem, ten species have active reintroduction programmes — among them the jaguar, the largest feline in the Americas, which returned to reproduce in the wild in Corrientes after decades of regional extinction. BBC Travel described this story as Argentina's answer to the return of the wolf to Yellowstone.
Staying at El Tránsito is not just observing nature. It is sleeping inside its recovery.
Carambola Portal · Iberá National Park
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National Geographic UK · Traveller Experiences Collection 202413 rooms.
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This is not a constraint — it is a choice. In a lodge of this size, the team knows your name before you arrive, and your guide remembers how many bird species you spotted yesterday. Five room categories, from Deluxe to Casa Yaguareté — the standalone villa offering maximum privacy inside Iberá National Park.
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