The Paradise Puerto Piramides

... antarktischen Gewässern wieder zurück in den Golfo Nuevo. Hier trennen sich ihre Wege ... <br><br>In meinem Hostel buchte ich eine geführte Tour auf die Peninsula Valdes - ein guter Entscheid, wie sich zeigen wird ...<br><br>Ein erster Stopp an der Playa Las Canteras. Hier ist der Strandabfall so günstig, dass man die Wale in rund 5 -10 Meter Entfernung beobachten kann. Das Walfieber war geweckt ... <br><br>Über Naturstrassen gelangen ...

... anxiously awaited our next stop to see penguins.<br><br>Here they were, a colony of Magellanic Penguins nestled within the hillside beach of Penn. Valdez. And yes, I was very excited to see these little fellas. It was a bit odd to see them not on snow and ice as they are easily placed within the zoo. They were sunning themselves and laying inside their holes protecting their eggs. They were quite adorable. <br><br>Next stop... Elephant Seals (for the ...

... The campsite is protected by high sand dunes and scrub land from the worst of the wind and has good sites with electric and so we shall stay for quite a while.<br><br>30th &#8211; Lazy day, just a walk into the town to see what was there and have a quick look at the shops.<br> <br> October 1st &#8211; A fairly lazy day catching up on chores.<br> 2nd - Set off this morning to see some of the sights, our first stop was a whale watching sight about 10 kms from ...

... penguin colony at Cabo Dos Bahias near Camarones, some 320 km further south. There were not as many penguins as in Punta Tombo but we had the whole area for ourself instead of hundreds of tourists around like in Punta Tombo. I always love to see these birds making their way up from the beach to their nest up the hills, a tough job for them but very funny for us to see. When I was ...

... After drinking 3 pints of tea each and filling our faces with cakes it was time to leave this odd little village. Was it worth it, a big fat NO, I'd rather go to Wales. The next day we headed off to Peninsular Valdes in search of a little wildlife. This area is famous for the Orca whales that terrorise the local sea lion population. When the sea lions have their young the Orca's purposely beach themselves to grab the babies (think Planet Earth ...

... fill of penguins. They would be walking on the trail the boardwalk sleeping under a super hot sun. When we finally made it to the beach viewing area we saw loads of penguins. It looked packed like being at a beach on a Saturday in July. We chased the penguins around, took precious pictures with them, talked with them, and even walked around like the penguins. Did you know average life of penguins is 30 years? They ...

... Wolf). He said it just was standing still on top of this moving car looking from side to side, barking. Wish we had a picture of that one. Pollards, you'll be happy to know that I believe Snuggles's (Devil Cat) cousin must live down here. The other night we were in our room with the door open when we heard this absolutely terrible screaming cat. It must have been on the first floor tin roof. The sound was awful. I got up just in time to shut the door as I saw one of the ...

We got to see the last southern right whale and calf leaving from the Golfo Nuevo after an hour ride out on a boat (Phill´s new drugs work just fine) and were very lucky indeed - as you will see when we eventually manage to upload some photos, you couldn´t see much, but what you could see was good. We then went to see some elephant seal pups and teenagers on a beach - they´re busy growing new skin and ...

... das Boot in ei***** Entf**nung zum Wal an. Dies** kann dann selbst entscheiden, wie dicht ** an das Boot kommen moechte. Die Art hi** heisst uebrigens "South**n Right Whale", und die sind bekannt als besond**s neugi**ige Artgenossen. Sie kommen also auch gleich mal zu uns, bis an den Bootrand. Es ist so ueb**waeltigend, dass uns sogar etwas die Traenen in den Augen stehen. Sie tauchen auf, schauen uns an, tauchen unt** dem Boot durch, schauen von d** and**en Seite. Alles ganz langsam ...

Peninsula Valdes Rather than take the expensive ferry up from Puerto Natales to Puerto Montt in Chile, we decided to cross back into Argentina to go to Península Valdés on the east coast and cross back into Chile higher up. Península Valdés is a barren piece of land thats popularity comes from its abundant marine life. Southern Right Whales pass every year from June to December (we were too late for that) and there are sizable colonies of elephant seals, sea lions ...