Puerto Madryn Trip Overview
Full day excursion:
We leave the city of Puerto Madryn heading north, we begin to explore and discover the charms of the Peninsula, its landscape, its flora and fauna. The first stop we make is at the “Carlos Ameghino Interpretation Center”, which provides information on the ecosystem of the Peninsula. We continue the tour until we reach Puerto Pirámides, the only tourist village on the Peninsula and the only place allowed for wildlife watching embarked.
We will visit La Caleta Valdés, a colony of Magellanic penguins, where you can walk and observe these curious little animals in their habitat.
We leave Puerto Pirámide to continue with the excursion, depending on the state of the roads and the migration of fauna, we visit Punta Norte, a rookery for elephants and fur sea lions. At high tide it is possible to spot killer whales in the months of February, March and April.
Additional Info
Duration: 10 hours
Starts: Puerto Madryn, Argentina
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Puerto Madryn, Patagonia, Argentina
Full day excursion:
We leave the city of Puerto Madryn heading north, we begin to explore and discover the charms of the Peninsula, its landscape, its flora and fauna. The first stop we make is at the “Carlos Ameghino Interpretation Center”, which provides information on the ecosystem of the Peninsula. We continue the tour until we reach Puerto Pirámides, the only tourist village on the Peninsula and the only place allowed for wildlife watching embarked.
We will visit La Caleta Valdés, a colony of Magellanic penguins, where you can walk and observe these curious little animals in their habitat.
We leave Puerto Pirámide to continue with the excursion, depending on the state of the roads and the migration of fauna, we visit Punta Norte, a rookery for elephants and fur sea lions. At high tide it is possible to spot killer whales in the months of February, March and April.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Puerto Madryn, Puerto Madryn, Province of Chubut, Patagonia
Puerto de Madryn is an Argentine city on the coast of the northern part of Patagonia. Its sandy beaches and its coastal promenade full of restaurants face the bay of the Golfo Nuevo, where the southern right whales reproduce in May. to Dec The Ecocentro is a museum on a cliff with exhibits of the nature of Patagonia and a lighthouse-style tower overlooking the ocean. On the other side of the bay, the rocky Peninsula Valdés houses penguins and elephant seals, which are hunted by orcas.
Stop At: Peninsula Valdes, Puerto Madryn Argentina
Peninsula Valdés is a Patagonian nature reserve, on the coast of Argentina. It is known for the marine animals that inhabit the sea and the surrounding beaches, such as whales, sea lions, and elephant seals. In the west of the peninsula is the village and beach of Puerto Pirámides, which was once a salt mining port. Nearby beaches include Los Molinos, with an abandoned mill, and Las Cuevas, which gets its name from the caverns on its low cliffs.
Duration: 10 hours
Pass By: Puerto Piramides, Puerto Piramides, Province of Chubut, Patagonia
Puerto Pirámides is a town and municipality in the Biedma department, in the north of the province of Chubut, Argentina, on the Nuevo gulf, on the Valdés Peninsula. It is the only populated center and service center within the Valdés Peninsula, an area that was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco
Stop At: Estancia San Lorenzo, Punta Norte, Puerto Madryn 9120 Argentina
The next stop is Estancia San Lorenzo, a traditional livestock establishment in the area where we can taste a typical Patagonian lamb at the grill. After lunch we will visit an amazing Magellan penguin breeding colony that houses approximately 500,000 individuals and is located 7 km from the hull of the farm.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Punta Norte, Argentina
Then we visit the provincial reserve of Punta Norte where, according to the time, you can see sea elephants (Mirounga Leonina) or sea lions of a hair (Otaria flavescens) and eventually killer whales. From there we will return and make a stop at the Interpretation Center located in the Carlos Ameghino Isthmus.
During the entire excursion we will have the opportunity to see an important diversity of wildlife such as rheas, martinets, guanacos, foxes, maras and armadillos.
Duration: 3 hours
Pass By: Province of Chubut, Province of Chubut, Patagonia
Province of the penguins
