Estancia Rincon Chico Puerto Madryn

The beginning of our whistle stop tour of the South! Arrived in Puerto Madryn after a 24 hour bus journey. Booked our tour for the next day to the Peninsula Valdes. First stop of the day was the boat for an hour and a half. We had a HUGE whale and her calf following the side of our boat, bobbing up and down, showing off! We then saw elephant seals and on ...

... to a spot to watch more whales. I saw a whale actually jump out of the water and land with a big splash. What beautiful creatures. Did some yoga and that evening we had some amazing seafood for super cheap. I love this place. <br><br>Our last day in Puerto Madryn I rose around 7am for the sunrise only to find a cloud cover and no sun. Abort mission. Its cold out and we have 8 hours before our bus departs ...

... we were set 5 people in the tiniest car we could rent, a little bit squashy for a 420km trip.<br><br>Woke up early to go in the morning.<br><br>Drove to the only town on the peninsula called Puerto Piramides. Found a whale watching tour and went out in a smal boat with about 10 people. Whales everywhere! Got really close to them as they come up and spray you with water. Didnt get close to any jumping out of the water but seen one from about 200mts away jump ...

It was about midday on Friday when we got off the bus at the smallest little bus stop we ever did see. We stuck out like sore thumbs with our gringo origins and shorts and flip flops on (it was VERY cold). So after we got changed we headed to our hostel on foot...the walk was interesting, proving that the locals are fans of massive dogs which they carry in cages on their car roofs.<br>Got to the hostel, which was about a 15minute walk down the high street from the bus stop, and met our ...

... for that night. There was also no way we were wandering around the city with our packs (plus camping gear, too much of a faff and a killer on the back), so after asking for a city map and details of the nearest ATM, Bri headed out alone leaving me to wait with all our stuff. TWO HOURS later he finally returned (by this time I was imagining the worst and trying to work out how to file a missing persons report in Spanish - turns out the ATM he was directed to was ...

... with all the other wildlife we met, we weren't too disappointed. The following day we left the park, and headed down to Trelew and other towns in the area to explore. After getting lost in the suffocating 40 degree heat for a few hours, we made our way to Gaiman, a small Welsh town inland from the ocean, famous for its traditional tea houses. Although it felt a bit odd to go for a Welsh afternoon tea in Argentina, the air conditioning, fantastic ...

Hilary and I were walking along the waterfront today... saying our good byes to Puerto Madryn- when we came upon the BEST contraption EVER! Tramoline time!!! I haven't laughed that hard in ages... what a hoot. You get strapped into a harness that has bungees attached so you can jump SUPER high and do flips! TOO much fun!!!

... trouve sur la péninsule Valdès, réserve naturelle de quelques centaines de kmª oú l'on peut observer des colonies de pingouins, loups marins/otaries (je n'ai pas bien compris la différence), éléphants de mer ainsi que d'autres animaux comme des orques, des guanacos (sorte de lamas), des tatous, des lièvres de Patagonie, des renards etc. Des agences de tourisme pululent sur la rue principale et offrent des excursions qui ne sont pas très abordables comme partout ailleurs en ...

... ve seen them all. But we didn't find it that way at all. Every penguin was different. Watching them walk is a real hoot. They waddle across the pathways right in front of the tourists, like they don't have a care in the world. Who knows, maybe they don't! The walk from the bus to the ocean was over a mile one way. When we were boarding the bus, just to the front of the bus was a penguin under a tree ...

... This was a smaller sheep ranch that caters to tourists, so they don't have to be so large. They demonstrated the shearing of sheep by shearing and vaccinating two sheep. Then they served Welsh Tea. We were served several pastries (which I could not try and Joyce was afraid of upsetting her stomach, but Jim and Carol had them) along with coffee or tea. Then we took a short walk up a hill where we could look ...