EXCURSION TO PENINSULA VALDES TOUR

Valid from:  January to september  2012
Minimun: 2 people
                                                                    
Shared Service
Daily departure/Between September to March
Departs at 8/08:30 until 17:30/18:00
Fee included
Duration: 8 hs aprox

About 18Km. of Puerto Madryn, across the Carlos Ameghino Isthmus enter Peninsula Valdes, one of the finest wildlife reserves in South America. Sea lions, sea elephants, seals, guanacos, rheas and many seabirds are present in large numbers in the beaches and headlands. Sheep breading ranches "estancias" occupy most of the peninsula's interior, which includes one of the lowest continental depressions in the world, the salt flats of Salina Grande and Salina Chica, 42 meters below sea level. In the San Jose Gulf, just off the Isthmus, is the Bird's Island, a bird sanctuary off limits to humans but visible through a powerful telescope. Puerto Piramide, the peninsula's only village, was the port of exit for salt from Salina Grande at the turn of the century, but now it depends exclusively on tourism.
Right whales visit its sandy white beaches between July and December. Caleta Valdes, on the eastern shore, is a sheltered bay with a long gravel spit onto which Sea Elephants haul up in the spring. They are easily photographed, but should not be approached too closely. Guanacos sometimes stroll across the beach. Punta Norte itself is an enormous mixed colony of sea lions and Sea elephants, with clearly marked trails and fences to discourage either side from too close and encounter. Return to Puerto Madryn. Navigation is optional. In case you decide not to take it, you will wait on shore for the rest of the group.

Rate above is not valid for Festive Season: Christmas and New Year's Eve period of time.