Season: From September to April
Estimated duration: 12 hours.
Journey: ca 480 km
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We set out early in the morning for Peninsula Valdes Provincial Reserve. After one-hour drive, we arrive in Puerto Piramide where we go on a boat tour whose main attraction is whale-watching since June to December. From December to March we can also take a boat tour to watch sea-lions, cormorants and probably dark dolphins.

After this, we head for San Lorenzo sheeping station, a traditional farm in the area, where, apart from being offered the typical Patagonian lamb on spit, we will visit the Magellanic penguin reserve situated 7km far from the farm-house. We will also visit the Punta Norte Reserve with its natural habitat for sea-lions and elephant seals and where the orcas’ intentional running aground can frequently be observed. They use this strategy to feed on sea-lions’ pups.

From here we head for Punta Cantor to watch elephant-seals and the eastern coastline of the Peninsula with Caleta Valdes remarkable features. On our way back to Puerto Madryn, we will stop at the Carlos Ameghino Isthmus visitor’s centre.
Along the road, we have good chances of coming across land fauna such as guanacos, rheas, foxes, maras, armadillos, and also a variety of birds. Finally we return to Puerto Madryn at sunset.

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