Del Nomade Hosteria Ecologica Puerto Piramides

...the entire trip rested on the tiny sloping shoulders of these little tuxedoed penguins. <br><br>Ok not quite but I think it is one of the main reasons Rob agreed to go to South America - to see Penguinos! And the time had finally arrived!<br><br>We stayed in the mainland city of Puerto Madryn, a popular tourist destination for many Argentinians and we figured it was mostly because of the wildlife reserve of Penninsula Valdez, since Puerto Madryn was ...

... or babies. It is quite easy to tell the difference, the male has a very pronounced snout, it is likened to a trunk and hence the name. In addition and far easier is the fact that the females weigh in at a maximum of 900 kg whilst the males are up to 4 ton! The largest male we saw had a harem of about 40 wives and babies around him. This though is still quite small they can have up to 130 wives. Whilst we were watching we could see one of the junior males making ...

Today was an all day trip through the famous Peninsula Valdez, a barren land with llamas, foxes, snakes and sheep farms. The action is really in the ocean. We saw several colonies of sea lions and seals (I have now learned the difference between the two). Did anyone else know that elephant seals don´t have ears and can dive down to 1000 meters? I was hoping to see orcas, but the ...

Die Halbinsel Valdes im Norden von Patagonien ist ein Paradies fu** Walbeobachtungen und war deshalb schon von Anfang an fest** Bestandteil von uns**em Reiseplan. Wir landen in Trelew, etwa 2-3 Autostunden suedlich d** Halbinsel. Man kann entwed** p** Bus in den Nachbarort Pu**to Madryn fahren und von dort aus organisi**te Touren auf die Halbinsel unt**nehmen, od** man mietet sich ein Auto und faehrt bis nach Pu**o Piramides direkt auf d** Halbinsel. Die Touren sind hi** wie fast alles sehr ...

The Peninsula Valdes is unique in the world for is perfect Southern Right Whale habitat. The perfect combination of nutrient-rich plankton, calm seas, sheltered gulf, and temperature make it one of the main birthing grounds for these enormous creatures. Luckily for tourism, the geography of the gulf make it quite easy for humans to see mothers nursing their new-born calves from the shore or expensive tour boat. Us, the ...

... was the most spectacular thunderstorm that I have ever seen. It was so good that I ended up watching a good portion of Knocked Up in the window reflection so I could watch the lightening at the same time. Huge patches of sky were lit up orange and the surrounding countryside was flat with low scrubby vegetation so there was little to block the show. Every now and again, you could see a bolt of lightning slowly (well for lightning) trace it`s way across the sky. It lasted for a couple of ...

... beach. The municipal campground was enormous and packed. In search of orcas and misinformed about the time of high tide, we left before sunrise to drive the 81km on gravel to get to Punta Norte where the orcas are known to take sea lion pups off the beach from February to April. It was a very isolated spot. When we got there, the edge of the sky was still pink from sunrise and the sea lions were awake and baa-ing like sheep. The pups were dark brown, where as the ...

... poor chap suffers alzheimer or similar so each time someone arrives he points at the door and says "there are no rooms left" independently of whether you have a room or not. The first 3 times we explained that we had a room until we realised he wasnt realising who was who. Nice part of the room is the old style roof fan. Nice, not because its decorative (because it isnt), but because the heat is still hitting Argentina strongly with days of 30 degrees celsius and over ...

... What an existance. We decided against taking the bikes because of the wind and gravel roads. Another good choice made. Whale watching was a success even though our pictures weren't. It's like seeing a UFO, I saw it, honest I did. When we returned from our tour, our little town was being blown away. The wind swept away the town's power for the night. This made for a great candle lit supper with the hotel owners and staff.

... Penguins, which are pretty small. Funny to see them running around or just lying in the sun. Then we went to see a colony of Elephant Seals at one of the beaches. Wow, massive animals as well, and they are really lazy, lying on the beach, not moving a lot, of course it is quite an effort to drag so much weight along, haha. They just had babies as well, little black ones, some of them screaming around. Very cute! As well we saw Orcas near the beach, very exciting, but ...