It all started with a dream
Each Hotel has its history and Del Nómade Eco Hotel, has its own. A place to stay with excellent service and excellent facilities, within Peninsula Valdes, was the result of a personal challenge, which over time became a group project, awarded by its guests and the Association of Tourism Hotels from Argentina. My name is
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Where is Puerto Piramides?
Punta Piramide Reserve
How to get to Punta Piramide from our tourist village?
To know this Reserve that is only 3.1 mi ( 5 km ) from Puerto Piramides, there are 5 options to get to Punta Piramide, 2 for water and 3 for land. By water, it is with the nautical summer trips that turn into whale watching between June and December. In kayak with the daily summer
Read MoreSea lions in numbers in Peninsula Valdes
Sea lions (otaria flavescens) are marine mammals that have characteristics common to other mammals, as basic as suckling their young or breathing air. But also like each species, it has particular characteristics, in its physiology and in its behavior. It has a varied life cycle, within the different seasons of the year. In December the
Read MoreSea lions and the eternal pregnancy of females
The sea lion male can copulate many times a day throughout the reproductive season, with the different females of his harem ranging from 2 to 12 females. The females live in a different situation because they can copulate only with the male of the harém. The gestation period is prolonged and she can only have
Read MoreWhat will I learn in the Punta Piramide Reserve?
In the Punta Pirámides Reserve, as I mentioned in other articles, the panoramic view is the closest thing to see infinity. A feeling of enormity surrounds me every time I look at an unmeasurable amount of water from its viewpoint. From there, see a 16-meter-long whale, literally discovering a tiny black dot in an endless
Read MoreSea lions and their two colonies
In the animal world, leaving offspring is a necessity for the survival of each species. In mammals, as in the case of the sea lion, the harems that the males have are a consequence of the physiological and unconscious need to have a large offspring. The male can mate many times a day throughout the
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The offspring of Sea Elephants
The marine elephants from the beginning of September until the first days of October, come from months of being in the open sea to give birth in the coasts of Peninsula Valdes. A gestation of 12 months that each female made concrete after a very unloving but forceful encounter with the dominant male of the
Read MoreThe male sea elephants and their trunks
The male sea elephants are known for the enormous size of the nasal protuberance on their face. This trunk in the males serves as a sounding board for the sounds that emit, it ends up developing at 8 years of age. This elongated muzzle gave it the name of the elephant, because it resembles the
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