Made it to El Calafate in Santa Cruz – leaving behind the seemingly endless broad flat expanse of the Chubut province for the mountains, huge lakes and glaciers of the south. El Calafate reminds me of places like Jasper and Banff. My home for the next 3 nights – Calafate…
Just around the southern point of Puerto Madryn, after an easy 15-20mins boat ride lives a colony of sea lions. Raucous bulls, cows and pups lounge on the lower cliffs and share the space with numerous sea birds. And I got in the water with them. Es muy fantastico! Before…
Wednesday’s excursion into the world of natural wonders is brought to you from Punta Tombo, land of over 170,000 breeding pairs of Magellanic penguins. A decent drive south from Puerto Madryn finds you at a rookery unlike anything I had expected. I mean, penguins live on the ice, right? As…
After a light night’s sleep courtesy of rowdy room mates (who sings in the shower at 1am when they know others are trying to sleep?), set out for Península Valdés, traveling through the flat plains of typical Patagonia. On the way we spotted burrowing parrots, maras, burrowing owls, turkey vultures,…
Currently in Puerto Madryn, gearing up for the next 3 days full of excursions to see southern right whales, sea elephants, sea lions, penguin colonies and then go snorkelling with sea lions. I’m hoping that I’m as lucky as previous snorkelinos as from the photos I’ve seen, it looks like…