Santa Cruz, Argentina

Jurassic Lake Lodge

FreshwaterLago Strobel — Barrancoso River mouth and Moro Creek lagoons

Lago Strobel, a plateau lake in Santa Cruz province, grows its rainbow trout very large on scuds, and this lodge sits where the Barrancoso River, the lake's only tributary, flows in. Up to ten anglers fish on foot, with one guide to every two or three, along the lake shore, the lower Barrancoso and the creeks and lagoons upstream. It started out as a tent camp in 2006.

Published price
US$8,000 per angler · 7 nights · 2026
Season
September to May
Main fish
Rainbow trout
Guiding
1 guide to 2–3 anglers
10 guests at a time

Season

September to May

From September to early January the trout run up the Barrancoso to spawn, and only full weeks are sold. Summer lasts from mid-January to mid-March and autumn until the last guests leave in early May; 3- and 4-night programs run from January to April.

The fishing

Water
Freshwater
Species

First is the fish the lodge leads with.

How it is fished
Wading
Catch and release
Not published
Tackle
Fly only
Gear
Bring your own tackle

Price and what it covers

US$8,000 per angler · 7 nights · 2026

Per angler for a full week of 7 nights and 6.5 fishing days, Saturday to Saturday. Shorter programs from January to April: 4 nights and 3.5 days, Tuesday to Saturday, US$5,200; 3 nights and 2.5 days, Saturday to Tuesday, US$4,200. A single room adds US$700.

Included

  • Guiding
  • Lodging
  • Meals
  • Beer, wine and spirits, except the whisky selection
  • Fishing licence
  • Road transfer from El Calafate and back
  • Starlink wifi
  • Laundry as needed

Not included

  • Flights to El Calafate
  • The optional charter flight from El Calafate
  • Hotel nights in El Calafate
  • The whisky selection
  • Tips, with US$80 to US$100 per person per day suggested

Prices are shown in the currency the lodge publishes them in. Confirm the rate with the lodge.

The lodge

Guests at a time
10
Guiding
1 guide to 2–3 anglers
Package
7 nights, 6.5 fishing days
For non-anglers
Yes
Wi-Fi
Yes
Established
2006

Getting there

Gateway airport
El Calafate (FTE), El Calafate - Commander Armando Tola International Airport
From there
Fly to El Calafate and spend a night there. The included road transfer takes 6 hours; a 1-hour Saturday charter to a private airstrip 15 minutes from the lodge costs extra.
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The pin marks the lodge itself. Location from OpenStreetMap.

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from one of these pages. The lodge’s own website is checked first; a booking agency is used where the lodge is silent.

Lodge website: jurassiclake.com

Lodge website

Booking agency

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