EXCURSIONS IN PUERTO MADRYN AREA

PENÍNSULA VALDÉS
Heading towards the north, take provincial road 1 and 17 km ahead take road 2. During the whales season (from June to December), it is worthwhile riding the first part of your journey along provincial unpaved road 4 , it will give you the chance of your first coastal whale watching from El Doradillo beach, considered a natural area of reproduction. After travelling for 77 km you will arrive at Itsmo Carlos Ameghino, from where you can see San Jose Gulf and Nuevo Gulf . There you'll have to pay the ticket to enter the reserve. The Interpretation Centre is located here, an ideal place to receive information about flora, fauna, and places to visit.

PENÍNSULA VALDÉS: Caleta Valdés
A continental elephant seals meeting place . Form different view points you can see the fauna.

PENÍNSULA VALDÉS: Punta Norte
Sea lions and sea elephants meeting place, there is a large number of sea lions in summer. From there you might see the orcas.

PENÍNSULA VALDÉS: Punta Delgada
It is only for hotel guests or tourism agencies. 5 km from Itsmo Ameghino, you will find Isla de los Pajaros with an important sea birds reserve. Get information in its Interpretation Centre,where you will be able to admire the island in detail .

PENÍNSULA VALDÉS: Puerto Piramides
A tourist village, lies 25 km ahead. From Puerto Piramides you will be able to board a ship and start your whalewatching adventure. The sea lions meeting place is located 5km from Puerto Piramides and hairy sea lions breed and live here (December through March).

From Puerto Piramides you can also reach Calete Valdes, a continental elephant seals meeting place and Punta norte (sea lions) driving along a grubble road of 75 km. Visitors should get supplies (fuel and water ) in Puerto Piramides.

THE EMPIRE OF MAGUELLAN PENGUINS: PUNTA TOMBO
After nearly 107 kilometers along a gravel road, the penguin reserve in Punta Tombo surprises its visitors for its wonderful landscape full of these animals which come and go looking for their nests or squabs. From September to April, this reserve is visited by lots of tourists coming from Puerto Madryn. To get there, you have to go along National Road 3 in the direction to Rawson, after travelling for 45 minutes aprox. And having passed Treley city, you get a crossroad with Provincial Route 1. This road, with no asphalt, will take you to the biggest continental reserve of Magallanic Penguins. Within the reserve, please, walk on the special paths. You should not forget to take photographs of the squabs swimming with their mothers in the ponds that remain when the tide is low (during February). If you go back by the same road, you will find Provincial Route 25, where you can choose to go to the coast and visit Rawson city and Playa Union, or to go to the Chubut River Valley, going through Trelew. Provincial Route 25 will take you to Gaiman, an old Welsh settlement which still conserves its traditions. Do not miss the Welsh tea.

PUERTO MADRYN: PUNTA LOMA RESERVE
Going southest along Boulevard Brown you'll get to the unpaved path up to the sea lions´ sanctuary This sanctuary was founded on 29th September 1967 through a provincial law (697) and it was one of the first natural reserves in Chubut. In order to reach it you'll have to travel 14km. Once you are there, you will be able to see the beauty of Golfo Nuevo and the place where the sea lions live.There's also a path where typical flora can be seen.. This reserve can be visited all the year round , according to the sea´s low tides. Further south , 3 km away you can get to Cerro Avanzado beach.whose name derives from its geography . Going back to the city , following the coast; you will go by wonderful beaches such as El Pozo, Paraná, Punta Este and Kaiser. This circuit is ideal for mountain bike lovers.

DIQUE FLORENTINO AMEGHINO
60km south away from Puerto Madryn city, along the provincial road N*3, we arrive at Trelew city. When you get to the round about , turn right and drive along provincial road N*25 to Esquel. Las Chapas is 117km away, there , turn left . and after driving 12 km you will arrive at Florentino Ameghino Dam. The reddish rocks build a canyon along which the Chubut river flows There's a camping site. During the summer you can go rafting , trekking and go on safari tours.

CITY TOUR IN PUERTO MADRYN
It starts at Punta Cuevas, where you can find ruins of the first Welsh settlement in the area. These caves are the first houses of Puerto Madryn and some of the oldest in Patagonia. From the Indian monument we can enjoy the beautiful view of the city, beaches and the perisphery. Going down Boulevard Brown we go past the residential area to Roca Avenue. Further,you will be able to see the "Hermandad del Escrófalo",the "Club Social y Deportivo Madryn"and the monument to the Welsh community, built by Estanislao Boris and Luis Perlotti. In the centre of the city you can see the Town Hall Buildings, the Church as well as the oldest buildings in the city . Another option is to visit the provincial Oceanography and Natural Science Museum Finally, at the end of the tour, we arrive at Storni Pier and Aluar Aluminium Plant.

DAY 1 - Arrival to Trelew Airport and transfer to hotel in Puerto Madryn. 03 nts of accommodation with breakfast

DAY 2 - Excursion to Peninsula Valdès Reserve

DAY 3 - Excursion to Punta Tombo Penguin Reserve. Later we visit Trelew and MEF Museum (Dinosaurs of Patagonia) and later Gaiman (Welsh Colony)

DAY 4 - Transfer to airport

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