Orcas season: Basic data, for beginners
If you plan to come to see orcas and you want to arrive at the right time, you have to read this article, to understand general aspects of the 2 killer whale seasons that occur throughout Peninsula Valdes. One is between March and April when the offspring of sea lions begin to move away fromRead More
Photographers in season of Whales and Orcas
Whale Watching season creates intense seasonal activity y Puerto Piramides and Peninsula Valdes. Waiting during the offseason for the whales to arrive and the possibility of navigating Golfo Nuevo in their presence wakes the adventurous appetite in all of us. Either by large Catamaran, small boat, or in the new innovative semi-submersible Yellow Submarine, providing underwaterRead More
When to see orcas in Punta Norte?
Orcas are the most difficult tourist attraction that Peninsula Valdes has to propose to visitors, but it is probably the most brutally intense. The highest probability of seeing orcas ( killer whales ) during the high season is only 10 or 15 days. The attack time of orcas to sea lion pups occurs only 2Read More
What is the advantage of staying in Puerto Piramides?
Specifically, you would save at least 124 mi (200 km) of your life, every day. The distances in Peninsula Valdes are endless. Choosing to stay in Puerto Piramides will save you a lot of time, money and life. You decide the hotel, hostel, guest house according to your budget. But this is my advice. OfRead More
How to get to Punta Norte?
After a road of 180 km from Puerto Madryn of which 75 km, are gravel or just 80 km from Puerto Piramides, you reach the Punta Norte Reserve, within the protected area. It opens its doors from 8 AM, until sunset. There are no buses that cross the gravel roads of Peninsula Valdes, if youRead More
The orca’s viewpoint of Punta Norte
The Viewpoint ( El Mirador ) is the meeting point for all tourists and visitors. Every year there are more interested people who come to know the orcas in their interaction with sea lions and The Punta Norte Viewpoint is the point of convergence. The hour is the one established by nature. Two hours beforeRead More
The 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
Read MorePark Rangers dedicated to orcas
The Park rangers crew was created by the province of Chubut, on September 29, 1967, it works in the more than 400,000 hectares that make up the 11 Natural Protected Areas of the province of Chubut. Some of these men and women left and continue to make their mark in the Punta Norte Reserve. ToRead More
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 MoreWhere to sleep in Puerto Piramides?
* To be exempt from this 21% VAT... Per national law, a 21% room tax must be paid by Argentinean citizens. To be exempt from this 21% VAT (IVA), a non-Argentinean guest, must present a valid, original passport sealed at the port of entry and must pay with a foreign credit card. Any questions contactRead More
Patagonian Grey Fox
The Grey Fox (Pseudalopex griseus), for the most part, lives a solitary and primarily nocturnal lifestyle. For refuge and for raising its pups it will occupy a cave built earlier by a Hairy Armadillo (Xenarthra) or other burrowing animal or in the hollow of a tree if found. They are territorial animals and will mark their areaRead More
Dwarf Armadillo
The Dwarf Armadillo (Zaedyus pichiy), from the same family as the Mulita and Hairy Armadillo (Xenarthra), spends most of its time with its nose to the ground searching for food. It has short hair and seven articulated bands to its protective shell that are mostly grey with slightly curved, beige edges. It has much less hair on
Read MoreWhen to see orcas in Caleta Valdes?
The killer whale season in Caleta Valdés is also unpredictable, between October and December the orcas visit the elephant seal colonies, searching for the offspring of elephant seals that are distributed along the coast. Spring, from the southern hemisphere, has the Peninsula Valdes flourishing infauna. The high season of penguins, whales, birds, elephants seals andRead More
Roberto Bubas, Park Ranger and the Orcas
"It has been said that to obtain good scientific information one has to be coldly objective, register with precision the observations made, and above all, avoid all feelings of empathy towards the subject of study. It was by good fortune that I ignored these theories during the first few months in Gombe. A considerable partRead More
