Valdes Peninsula Tour

Early morning transfer to Buenos Aires domestic airport, assistance with check-in. 

Direct flight to Trelew, located in the Chubut province (2 hours). 

Arrival in Trelew, private transfer to your hotel in Puerto Madryn (50 min), the gateway to the Valdes Peninsula and Argentina's second-largest fishing port. 

Free afternoon. 

Free evening. 

Overnight at your hotel in Puerto Madryn. 

Remember to bring your binoculars! 

Private transfer to Punta Tombo Reserve (2 hours 30 min). 

Punta Tombo Reserve is home to the largest colony of Magellanic penguins in the world. 

You will learn everything about the 25 to 40-inch tall (60-100 cm) black & white penguins. 

Every year between September and April, thousands of Magellan penguins gather here to mate, nest, incubate their eggs and feed their newly-hatched chicks. 

You will be able to walk around the colony and get really close to the penguins. Please observe the rules given by your guide and do not touch the penguins. 

Afternoon private transfer to Trelew (2 hours 15 min). 

Visit the Egidio Feruglio Museum of Paleontology, home to a huge collection of plant and marine life fossils (about 1,700) and a massive life-size dinosaur. 

Transfer back to Puerto Madryn

Free evening. 

Overnight at your hotel in Puerto Madryn. 

Remember to bring your binoculars! 

Transfer to the Valdes Peninsula Nature Reserve (1 hour). 

Visit the Interpretation Center with its impressive 39-foot whale squeleton (12 metres). 

Transfer to Puerto Piramides (1 hour 15 min), an old port from where salt used to be shipped. 

Board a group sailing trip around the Valdes Peninsula (approx 2 hours), where you will spot southern right whales. 

Declared as Natural World Heritage by UNESCO, the Valdes Peninsula extends over several hundred miles. 

Depending on the season you might spot: sea lions, sea elephants, orcas, whales, dolphins and penguins. 

Disembark and transfer to Caleta Valdes (1 hour). 

After lunch, free time to walk on the marked trails of the reserve to watch elephant seals resting on the beach. 

The tour last stops at 'la boca' ('the mouth') of Caleta Valdes, a lagoon enclosed by a strip of land made of boulders, gravel and sand that opens onto the Argentine Sea through a small mouth at its southern end. This unusual landscape is home to elephant seals between August and April. 

End of the afternoon, transfer back to Puerto Madryn (2 hours). 

Free evening in Puerto Madryn. 

Overnight at your hotel in Puerto Madryn. 

At the indicated time, transfer to Trelew airport

Check-in and assistance.

Direct flight to Buenos Aires (02 hours)