Puerto Madryn: Punta Tombo Penguin colony with visit to the Hidden Island
Puerto Madryn: Punta Tombo Penguin colony with visit to the Hidden Island
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Our guide will look for the passengers at their hotels at 07:45, we leave for the Punta Tombo Provincial Reserve, which is home to the largest reproductive colony of Magellanic penguins in the world. We can also get to observe guanacos, piches, maras, choiques and foxes among others.
We will combine this excursion with the wonderful Hidden Island, a virgin beach that has become a rookery for Elephant Seals. In this place we will have the possibility of seeing these immense mammals of up to 4 tons at a privileged distance, making this visit a unique experience that will remain in your memory for the rest of your life.
After the visit to the reserve, we begin the return to Puerto Madryn.
Ages 2-85, max of 10 per group
Duration: 10h
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Meets animal welfare guidelines
Live guide: English, Spanish
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- Transfers: We look for the passengers where they are staying.
- Visit to the Punta Tombo Provincial Reserve
- Guides: Spanish / English
- Guided visit to the hidden Island where the elephant seals live
- Entry/Admission - Punta Tombo
What's not included- Entrance to the reserve
- meals and optional
- Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.Pickup details
- Pick up from hotels located in the central area of Puerto Madryn
Hotel pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Not wheelchair accessible
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 18016P134- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Most travellers can participate
- Our guide will look for passengers at their hotels at 07:45 a.m.
- During the course of September to March, the Magellanic penguins visit us, they can be observed in the different stages of a ritual that they carry out with great care and dedication to reproduce; courtship, pair formation, nest building, hatching of eggs, hatchling, among others. Guanacos and other seabirds can also be seen with a typical Patagonian landscape in the background.
- After visiting the reserve we will go to a meeting with elephant seals in Isla Escondida, a unique experience where you can enjoy these specimens at a very short distance, observing their behavior and enjoying the landscape that surrounds us.
- Duration: Full day - Departure time: 7:45 am approx Arrival time: 6:00 pm approx
- Itinerary: Punta Tombo -730hs to 8hs pick up at the hotels -We leave from Puerto Madryn to Isla Escondida. Where we will hike until we reach the elephant seals, we approach at a safe distance. -After the walk on the beaches of Hidden Island we will go to the Punta Tombo Natural area -We will enter the largest Magellanic penguin reserve in South America. -Lunch in the reserve (restaurant options) -Return to Puerto Madryn. End of the excursion.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travellers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 18016P134
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Itinerary
- Pass byPuerto Madryn
- 1We will head south towards the Punta Tombo protected area during the tour will have an introduction to history, the development of the Lower Valley of the Chubut Valley, and the opportunity to find groups of terrestrial Fauna such as: Guanacos Choiques, Maras, birds Patagonicas and Martinetas, when you arrive at the reserve you will be able to walk the different trails with the guide, the friendly Penguins will intervene an unforgettable moment.Pass byPeninsula Valdes
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- Sightsee6867490 contributionspenguins galoreWe had a fantastic tour guide who made the most of our time together. We had another couple join us late at the penguin colony. Because of this we lingered at the best location and spotted whales! Lunch was fabulous and our host at the ranch was generous and welcoming. The group got anxious about making it back to the cruise ship in time but we did. The tour guide reminded us all that because of our delay we got to see whales. If we had not had that delay we would have missed the whales.Written 5 March 2020
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