Maps to travel Peninsula Valdes without Internet
Details to be considered
We recommend you bring enough money in cash. In Puerto Piramides there is an ATM, it is normal that it is out of service. In addition, most of the shops and hotel establishments do not work with credit cards, we do. Bring clothes suitable for the weather, in winter the temperatures are low and above
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The penguin and its adaptation to the sea
The orca’s viewpoint of Punta Norte
The penguins, the nest and their amorous courtship
Penguin eggs and the birth of chicks
The penguins nest up to approximately 2600 ft ( 800 m ) from the coast, but because of the morphology of the soil, their walks from the coast to the nest can be more than 3.300 ft ( 1 km ). The females usually lay two eggs at the beginning of October and after 40 days of
Read MoreThe attack channel of Punta Norte
If Punta Norte is an obligatory destination for lovers of wildlife, the attack channel, in Peninsula Valdes – Argentine Patagonia is the official box of natural attraction. Access to this area is restricted to documentary photographers who can pay the perm to photograph the attacks of Orcas to sea lions, from a point of view almost
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The mating between whales
The mating of the Southern Right Whale, or courtship, happens with several males and a courted female, which is enclosed by the sides by 2, 3 or more males. The mating of the whales may take more than a day and the female, to avoid being copulated, is placed on her belly, a position that
Read MoreGuanaco
The Guanacos (Lama guanicoe), are mammals, relatives of llamas belonging to the order of the camelids, they carry with humility the title of being the largest terrestrial vertebrates of Patagonia. This beautiful animal species was before the arrival of the white man, a fundamental ally for the survival of the indigenous people who inhabited Patagonia,
Read MoreSheep in Peninsula Valdes Argentine Patagonia
With the colonization and development of the zone, new animals arrived, one of them was the sheep that to be able to raise and commercialize them they used inventions such as wire fences, private property and their consequent parceling of lands. The guanaco was displaced by this strategy of production of sheep wool and came
Read MoreWildlife Calendar in Peninsula Valdes
The sea lions mothers, defend pups from the orcas
The attack of orcas to sea lion pups is sometimes hampered by the presence of the mother sea lions that stand in the way of the orca that sneaks underwater. With the intention of not being seen, the orca stealth that is often perceived by the fin that appears in the water, other times if
Read MoreConservation and the anonymous Heroes
I will take advantage of this space to keep our collective memory alive and bring to mind a unique story. A collection of newspaper clippings from a bygone era helps us remember a fact that marked a milestone in the history of the preservation of fauna in Argentina, known as “The Battle of the Penguins”.
Read MoreThe callosities of the right whales
Commercial center of Puerto Madryn
Whale Maternity in Puerto Madryn, El Doradillo
ICB Whale Conservation Institute
Patagonian hare
