hello and greetings from patagonia argentina in today's video we're going to be visiting
an estancia called Nibepo Aike which is located within los glaciates national park
this is one of the many excursions that you can do from the town of el calafate santa cruz and it's
a nice way to spend the day in the countryside learn about the inner workings of an Estancia
and enjoy a traditional barbecue while you're at it so let's kick off this
adventure
hello hello hey guys welcome to the estancia Nibepo Aike i believe it is pronounced oh my gosh
we're here we've wanted to do an Estancia stay now for years 12 years i could say it's a visit
we're here for the afternoon for a few hours we're going to be doing everything that anyone would be
staying overnight we get to do we're going to get to tour the property have an asado all those
things so we booked this tour directly in el calafate santa cruz and they came to pick us
up from our little cabin it was about an hour and a half's drive a gorgeous drive gorgeous
gorgeous scenery oh my gosh yeah most of it most of it on a dirt road yeah and yeah we were just
just like eye candy and you can book either a morning excursion or an afternoon excursion to
the estancia we chose the afternoon so we're going to be having dinner here we get to watch
the sunset then we're going to be meeting up with the guide and learning a little bit about
sheep shearing which they do here on the farm my it is wendy welcome to patagonia argentina yeah
apologies for any uh audio issues in advance yeah let's get started yeah let's do
this so we've just arrived here at the estancia now we're going
to have a little tea and coffee you know the afternoon merienda before we begin with our
afternoon tour here in the countryside so warm drinks and a little snack
a little tea to warm up it is windy outside cheers i'm having a red berry tea which is very very nice
and then aside from that i grabbed a little bit of cake this has that
sweet potato not jam but like the duns that we eat with cheese i don't know if there's
a name for it in english then this is another cake what are those little black seeds called
forgetting my english poppy seeds and then torta which is just a piece of fried dough it's really
popular with coffee yeah it's warming up a bit it's a little windy it is very windy out and yeah
we're doing this excursion with a big group so like different groups are arriving and
we're all gathering together we're gonna have a guide so yeah we're just going to eat a little
something warm up and then we continue we begin and we get started that's right
you smell bad you smell like dirty horses he smelled like a country dog like a farm dog
and now to give you a bit of background information on the estancia and how the
seemingly odd name came to be this estancia was founded by santiago peso a croatian immigrant
who arrived in argentina at the beginning of the 20th century he settled in an area which
today sits inside los glaciatos national park where he raised sheep and cattle
originally the estancia was named la jeronima but when santiago fell ill with tuberculosis
and eventually passed away his wife renamed the estancia in honor of their three daughters
their nicknames were Nibepo Aike and so by grabbing the first two letters from each name they
got Nibepo Aike and then Nibepo Aike which means place in the tawelche language that's the name
well so far we have seen a beautiful border collie the farm dog
we've also seen lots of sheep with fluffy buns and now a hair so i think we're doing
pretty good for wildlife spawning at Estancia and yes i'm including the cute dog as
wildlife
okay sam so we are standing in front of a very important bush
a very special place well it's called the calafate which is what the town is known for it's called el
calafate santa cruz named after the bush and there's green and blueberries okay you don't
want to have the green ones you want to have the bluish ones apparently legend has that if you
eat one of these you will come back to patagonia argentina yes so i'm going to have a whole bunch
if you want to return to patagonia argentina you need to eat the berries of the calafate
that's what we're doing now a must a must they're not ready yes too green too green
oh my god already i think maybe it's not quite the season yet no it's mostly green
well i still hate one for a few seconds you'll be returning then they're returning
so
now for a little behind the scenes we got put into a group with some real party animals who are
carrying bottles of vodka in their backpacks and pan pockets so here's one of the men who insisted
on posing for my camera i don't know if he was blowing kisses or trying not to throw up but now
he's on youtube for the world to see now let's do that once more in slow motion yep there we have it
hello hello update time for a much needed update what's going on we've
been doing a lot we went down to the water beautiful turquoise waters that was stunning
it's like milky like a milky light blue very very cool to see yeah yeah and then we went hiking for
a bit yeah and i think next is sheep hearing so sheep shearing yeah we're just waiting for
the rest of the group to make their way down the mountain slowly yeah and then we're going to learn
a bit more about Estancia life you're feeling hungry as well oh yeah yeah definitely ready we're
both waiting for the barbecue we're exercising to build up an appetite yes exactly yeah
so
do
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a mayor dude because put the [ __ ] to the face because in winter
how about more snow and the animal is not possible
wow
thanks so much is now dinner time cheers to a fun visit to anesthesia in the countryside
it really has been fun i feel like we've got a nice taste of every not everything
but a lot of what you can do if you're going to stay you know for a night or two
yeah a condensed version a condensed version maybe we'll come back for a few more days yeah
on another occasion so loving the loving the wine we are we are enjoying some patagonian wine
very very nice we've also got our little bread basket it's arrived we have our chimichurri
salsa yoda for when the meat gets here although i also like dipping my bread in it and what else i
saw some chorizo some sausage on the burrito and i imagine there will be a salad because that usually
comes along with some meat so yeah we're just waiting for the food we've worked up an appetite
for sure we sure have i'm gonna put a bit of this here and some bread let us break bread together
for those of you who don't know what chimichurri is it's basically a whole
bunch of different spices and herbs with olive oil some vinegar garlic
it's good it's meant for the meat but it's good
all right patagonian lamb look at that guys right over here just grab it directly from
the sizzling grill steam coming off oh look at that piece looks delectable guys
that's so unbelievably tender and good you know what you could use a little salt though
a little bit of salt maybe a little creamy jimmy i'll try some chimichurri on it too
look at that loaded up you're you're really not shy with the chimichu i'm not shy with the chimney
you just load her up why would you be you win in argentina delicious okay so sam tried the lamb i'm
gonna try the chorizo the sausage very good very tasty i think it needs some chimichu to be honest
you could even turn it into a little choripan you could with the bread
open if you're if you're hungry enough i want to enjoy my meat i don't want to fill up with
too much bread we got to pace ourselves here oh my god we thought we were done we should
have known better we thought it was over there in argentina the good times keep coming and coming
and so we've got we've moved on to ribs now ribs lamb ribs lamb ribs check this out guys wowzers
i'm just gonna take a bit of a bit off of the bone here look at that guys i have to say the
sun is shining on your beard and you look like extra irish my heritage is showing your hair
indeed you look wild that's a whole new level this is the best best cut so far the oil
i'm full but i'll keep going and last but not least we have some land
with an argentine classic here we go
very good
and that was our excursion to the estancia Nibepo Aike we hope you enjoyed the visit
and we'll see you in the next episode where we get up close and personal with the glaciers
it was the best day ever so stay tuned for that bye
you