Punta Tombo Puerto Madryn

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After a trip to Southern Patagonia, we avoided the dreadful 30 hour busride and substituted with a trip to Northern Patagonia via flight to Puerto Madryn. This decision saved us at least three days because you always lose an extra day to recuperate on a long bus ride. Glad we took this flight because you needed a lot of energy …

We are finally out of the city!!! On Sunday night we took a 22 hour bus ride to Puerto Madryn to check out some Penguins. We got here and found out that the town is a long way from any wildlife watching. We were a little disappointed because the tours to both Peninsula Valdes and Punto Tombo were way over priced. I was sitting in the lobby of our …

We began the Patagonian experience with heavy hearts, knowing that soon our golden tans would fade only to be replaced by our usual English pallor. Fortunately the weather in Puerto Madryn was cracking the flags and we hoped that the penguins had remembered to pack their bikinis.
Our first stop was Punta Tombo : a penguin colony situated on …

31.10.2011
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... Penguin Colony outside Antarctica, there are in the region of 500,000 breeding pairs here with chicks, at Punta Tombo 180km South of Puerto Madryn.  Unfortunately we couldn’t afford to do both trips so chose to take the Peninsula Valdes tour ...

... Southern Right Whales come to nearby Puerto Pirámides to raise their kids, which makes Puerto Madryn a mecca for whale watchers and curious tourists. Nearby Punta Tombo is home to the world's largest Magellan penguin population outside of Antartica, ...

... another vast helping of steak at the local's favourite parrilla though obviously. We took an overnight bus across the country to Puerto Madryn which is known for it's close proximity to Peninsula Valdes, a nature reserve which is home to seals, ...

... breeding territory with sheep and guanacos in apparent harmony.   After leaving the penguin reserve we travelled back towards Puerto Madryn; branching off to the west to visit the beautiful Welsh village of Gaiman.  We descended from the ...

... ;d meat and muscles. Woke up early the next morning and decamped and caught one of the two daily buses that head back to Puerto Madryn.  We went directly to the bus station to by some tickets to El Calafate (a trekking basecamp) but realized that it ...

This week we have been in Puerto Madryn to do some wildlife watching.  Just north of us is Peninsula Valdez, famous for being a whale breeding site and where killer whales beach themselves deliberately to eat seal and sea lion pups.  We went on ...

... coach but luckily we are distracted by some bingo. A shame I didn't win the prize, a fine bottle of Mendoza wine. So Puerto Madryn is the town closest to the nature reserve of Peninsula Valdés, and it's from here that you can organise excursions to ...

... at night of course partied with my friends:)  Then! On monday I finally left Buenos Aires at 3 o´clock! I took a bus to Puerto Madryn where I arrived at 6.30 in the morning.... The only problem was, that i wasn´t supposed to arrive untill 9.20 so ...

... mon billet d´avion pour aller de cette ville à Ushuaia, en Terre de Feu. La plupart des touristes vont tout droit de Puerto Madryn à Ushuaia en avion, mais moi pas, pour des raisons trop longues à expliquer... Soit, j´ai de la chance, j´obtiens la ...

... avais en réserve pour régler mon hostel. Je prends un bus de nuit le soir même, direction Buenos Aires. Celui-ci a 2 heures de retard car une pierre a brisé son pare-brise qui a dû être remplacé. Quand je quitte Puerto Madryn, il est passé ...