Puerto Madryn Hostels - Reviews and Rates

(sry that I don't have new pictures for you - I waited to get the chance to upload them, but I give up - as soon as I upload the pics I will repost so that you see that I added the pictures) Finally some warm weather - coming from cold Ushuaia Puerto Madryn was a treat! On the bus from the airport to the our Hostel we got to know an Italian call...

Der Zoologische Garten am Mittelmeer. Waehrend ca. 30h Busfahrt vom Ende der Welt (Ushuaia) richtung Norden herschte die immer gleiche Landschaftsform: Patagonische Steppe, so gleichmaessig, dass man beginnt im Bus das Blinken der Digitaluhr genauer zu studieren oder versucht das naechste Aufblinken des Bildschrimschoners des DVD-Players vorausz...

I arrive in Puerto Madryn and I rent a bike at the hostel in order to check out a sea lion rookery (what the **** is a rookery anyway) 17km away. I figure, 17km on a bike, no problema, yeah right. That was the toughest bike ride of my life. I am absolutely in no man`s land and it`s just this desolate road of gravel, dirt and sand. There are stro...

On our last day of camping in El Chalten, we met a nice German climber at our campground who wanted to get rid of all his extra food which sounded like a free, I mean, a great idea to us, so we literally ate that up. Back at our hostel and preparing for our bus marathon from El Chalten via El Calafate to Puerto Madryn (a total of about 27 hours)...

In Puerto Madryn, I stayed with the Harris´, who are somewhat distant cousins. Graham and Patricia work for the Fundación Patagonia Natural, which is an organisation to look after all of the wildlife of Patagonia. While I was there, they were having to organise a group of their American bosses who were coming to stay. They were both really good ...

Sunday 9th December - Trip to see the Magellanic Penguins and Dolphins. We were up early again today for our trip, really excited about seeing dolphins and walking among the penguins. As our bus pulled up outside the hostel my heart sank a little as we both recognised the bus and the driver - oh yes Juan-Carlos, aka - mad man! Oh well, brace you...

After Arriving in Puerto Madryn we discovered that the hostel the travel agents booked for us was closed. The bad news kept coming as after arriving at another hostel we found out from other travellers that we couldn't see the whales till the 1st June. This was in fact the day in which we were meant to leave. This summed up the travel agents inc...

The busride to Puerto Madryn was more or less okay... besides the fact that it took me 24 hours from El Calafate to here. I guess if I'd count the hours I spend in busses on my travels I may have lost an entire week or so. Nevermind... it's still the cheapest way to travel and who would like to miss the beautiful Argentinian Pampa, with absolute...

Back to Argentina and our first boat excursion to go see the Penguins and other sea life of Argentina. We jumped in the bus and headed out 2 hours to the Estancia San Lorenzo to see the colony of more than 2,000 Magellan penguins and their young (the chicks just hatched). It was pretty amazing to see so many penguins standing around as you walke...

Puerto Madryn: We started our journey on the east coast of Patagonia to have the opportunity to see right whales in their own natural inhabitant the Peninsula Valdes. We took a boat trip to see them, spending 1hr1/2 following the whales, that were more than happy to come and say hello to us. So close that by reaching out you could touch them. Ou...