Bahia Ballenas BackPackers Hostel Puerto Piramides

... to all of the boat tours that visit the whales of Penn. Valdez. Our tour involved us, 40 other people, and a zodiac that bobbled in the blue water of the Atlantic Ocean. Soon it happened. A mother and her calf surfaced within meters of our little vessel and the cloud of misty ocean water from their blowhole soon approached. It was a feeling of complete astonishment that these wonderful creatures of the sea would share the same curiosity that we had of ...

... these are the first of some 1,500 who will be coming over the next month to start their breeding. Leaving those we headed out to sea and it was pointed out why the port is called Piramid. There is a very large natural pyramid just to one side of the entrance. Once out at sea we quickly saw whales, the first were in the feeding area and were diving down some 140 metres to get to the bottom to feed. Next along we came across a breeding group, it was not possible to ...

... for it at high speed. <br>We were too far away to see whether they got the seal but seeing them<br>thrashing around on the beach was enough!!!! The seals are really cute<br>actually, so I hope they missed. Back in the car park we were<br>entertained by a hairy amardillo (crunchy on the outside....) before<br> getting back on the bus back to Puerto Madryn.So that´s the Orcas (Yee<br>Ha!), tomorrow we´re off to the end of the world!

... toen het kleintje bibberend en vermoeid tegen haar aan ging liggen. De tranen van blijdschap stonden in onze ogen. En dat te bedenken dat dit een bekende snackbar van de orka familie was. Het was inmiddels vloed, maar we moesten helaas gaan, wat achteraf gezien misschien wel oke was. Om zo´n schatje door een 9 meter lange vechtmachine te zien opgegeten worden, weet niet of dat nou zo heel erg leuk om te zien zou zijn ...

... Ende d** Walsaison. Sie machen sich normal**weise ab Ende Novemb**/Anfang Dezemb** auf in Richtung Antarktis, wo es fu** sie dann inzwischen warm genug ist und sie jede Menge Futt** finden. Wir wissen also nicht, ob wir ueb**haupt noch Wale sehen koennen. Das Boot ist fu** maximal 60 Leute ausgelegt, ab** nur mit etwa 25 Leuten belegt. So haben wir viel Platz und koennen uns laut Crew auch alle auf die gleiche Seite bewegen wenn wir etwas sehen. Das Wett** ist warm und die See ist komplett ...

National Park - Southern Right Whales, Orcas, Elephant Seals, Penguins...quality! Mel's 10 pence worth... So my lovely husband persuaded me to go camping and fair enough we were about 1 minute walk to the beach where we could sit and watch these amazing whales breeching in the bay with their calves. We set up our tent and proceeded to blow up our air mats- mine of which had a hole, Neil kindly offered to sleep on this one but continued ...

After an interesting trip, I have had the best day ever in Peninsula Valdes (hereafter.. P.Valdes), but before I ramble on about it, the bus trip.... It started out rather predictably. I decided to splurge and go executive class. This included hot and cold food and wine for only an extra $15 pesos ($5) so I was sold. So they bring out the first snack a few hours after leaving BA... a ham and a cheese sandwich. One thing that you learn quickly in BA is that almost everything contains ham and ...

... were a tan colour. The males reminded me of howler monkeys as they had a mantle of fur around the back of their neck. I guess that is why they were called sea lions in the first place. The pups were learning how to swim and playing in the waves. We have spent so much time watching fur seals and their pups in New Zealand (which we think are actually sea lions) that we were not as enchanted as we should have been, and kept scanning the horizon for dark shapes that ...

... no wind. Enough of hotel talk then... Another early morning for the super adventurers in order to join the "packaged" wildlife tour. We both so very much hate tours organised by agencies and similar, but there was simply no other option to get to Peninsula Valdes except the tours. We could get to the main entrance with local buses at a tenth of the price, but then there is an additional 200 kilometres with no public transport except taxis - so not a real option. We ...

Sunday evening I left rainy Buenos Aires... only to go to an even more rainy Patagonia ;-) which is considered a desert, but of course it's raining when I get there. Peninsula Valdes shelters two bays and for this reason, a lot of animals, like whales, penguins and seals come here to mate and breed. All of you probably know "The little prince"? The writer lived here in this area and it is said that the Patagonian landscape was the inspiration for the moonlike landscape ...