Carmelo Lodge

Carmelo Lodge offers 10 delightful rooms, 8 with Queen beds and 2 with Kind beds, each with private bath, and cheery public spaces and courtyards allow guests plenty of room to relax or an invitation to wander the sprawling property. Dinners are taken at the lodge, and lunches can be sometimes served in the field, or those wishing to make a deeper dive into the wines of the region can dine at other vineyards in the immediate area. While dove shooting is on the schedule each day, if you’d like to take a day “off” from shooting there is championship golf minutes away.

• Capacity: 14 guns in 10 rooms.
• Accommodations: 10 fully equipped rooms, 8 with Queen beds and 2 with King beds, all with en-suite bathrooms, ranging from 82 to 110 square feet, fully equipped with Wi-Fi, TV, minibar and the right climate for each season.
• Comfortable living room, as well as an inviting sitting area with windows offer a relaxing setting with their views across the Uruguayan countryside and winery.
• Open bar with a special selection of the best local wines, brought directly from the Campotinto Winery.
• Within the courtyards you will find an inviting pool and a large fire pit area where barbecues are cooked at dawn, with sitting areas perfect for relaxing after a long day in the field.
•  WiFi Internet access and satellite TV.
• A gourmet dining experience each day, with delicious menu options including local Uruguayan beef as well as wild game and fine wines, locally sourced fruits and vegetables, traditional Asado and more.
• Maid and laundry service.
• Masseuse.
• Professional hunting guides.
• Gun rental, with a selection of fine 12, 20, and 28 gauge shotguns, available in over and under and semi automatic. 
• Possibility to have dinner at other local wineries, or extend your stay to enjoy the very best wine experience.
• Wine tours, dining options, and golf course (optional).

The Viganó family, with roots in Fiesole, right in the heart of Tuscany, always migrated searching for places where they felt at home. During their search, this generation found its place in Carmelo, Uruguay. They settled here with an idea in mind: to build a place where family, friends and customers felt comfortable, and could easily mix all of the elements up and create great stories.

A place where you arrive for the first time, but somehow you realize you´ve already been here. A house, a gallery with a huge vine, a big country table with homemade honest food, fire and wine. Delicious wine. And just like that, in 2013 Campotinto was born from that simple idea. What started as a winery, ended up as a whole experience through the vines, the Inn and the Restaurant.

Just like almost all wineries in Uruguay, Campotinto went full-on for Tannat, a strain that managed to transform the country into a real stand-out amongst wine making countries. Being a boutique winery, it’s all about the care of the vine, the perfect ripening of its grapes, the expertise, the passion and the technology. Sum it all up and the result is the best expression of this terroir´s grapes.

Campotinto began vinification in 2012, and to this date they have different expressions of Tannat, Blends, Viognier and its stellar sparkling wine Medio y Medio, developed as a tribute to the famous beverage born years ago at the Port of Montevideo. In 2015, it was praised and acclaimed by The New York Times, described as ‘’Tuscany in miniature’’.

Dove hunting is available year-round. A microclimate generated by the union of the Uruguay and Paraná rivers that make up the great estuary of the Río de la Plata. Untold volumes of warm water flows from the north to converge off the coast of Carmelo, Uruguay.

The Rio de la Plata estuary regulates inland temperatures and this region boasts huge agricultural development. In addition, an abundance of rolling, low hills, makes the perfect environment for the dove to reproduce.

Sightseeing tip- the harvest season for the wineries runs from mid-february to mid-march

Guests of Carmelo Lodge have multiple means of arrival/departure from the lodge based on their point of origin or final destination.

Vía Uruguay – Most commonly, shooters will fly internationally into Montevideo Carrasco International Airport (MVD). From there, hunters have two options to get to Carmelo Lodge:

1. Hunters will be met by a lodge representative who will assist with gun clearance, if necessary, and who will transport the group to the lodge, located about 235km or 160 miles away. Driving time is approximately 3 hours through scenic rural Uruguay via paved highway.
2. Hunters arriving at Montevideo Airport may also choose to expedite their travels by chartering to the Carmelo Zagarzazú airport (20 minute’ flight) located approximately 5 minutes from the lodge.

Vía Argentina – Those coming via Argentina, either flying through Ezeiza International Airport (EZE) or those who are spending some time in the country prior to the lodge stay, have the following options:

1. Private Charter from Buenos Aires to the Carmelo Zagarzazú airport located approximately 5 minutes from the lodge.
2. Ferry from Buenos Aires to Colonia (1.15hr long), and ground transfer to the lodge (1hr via paved highway).

Location

Carmelo Lodge is located in the homonymous city, in western Uruguay, noted for its wineries. It is the only city founded personally by the Uruguayan national hero José G. Artigas, and it still holds this office proudly. It is also located just an hour away from the historic city of Colonia del Sacramento, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The majestic Uruguay River, the countryside and its quiet rolling slopes, an astounding combination of long-lived trees, centuries-old wineries, tradition and tranquility, that’s what Carmelo is all about. A microclimate generated by the union of the Uruguay and Paraná rivers that make up the great estuary of the Río de la Plata. Masses of warm water that come from the north and that converge off the coast of Carmelo, in Uruguay.