North Chubut

After many nights in the car, we decided to stay for two nights at Punta Ballenas hostel in Puerto Madryn. We started the visit of this balnear city by the museum ecocentro. Not the long and boring usual musuem, this one is really interessant with real aquariums, movies of animals, and a great view on Puerto Madryn !

Saturday : « Ripio dia ! » We took the « road » early to go to Peninsula Valdes. This natural reserve of 3600 km² is registred at UNESCO patrimoine with 400 kms of coasts full of protected animals. People comes all over the world to see whales and orcs but sadly we were not here at the good season… Anyway we still drove 200 kms on pists with no car problems enjoying arids landscapes. Sea’s lion, pinguinos, peludos, guanacos, fox, sheeps, geckos…so many animals to see free in here ! We enjoy the playa of our first step in Puerto Pyramides, only village with some kind of activities. The view is great in « early » morning with no tourits !

Then we stop at Punta Cantor were a peludo welcomes us on the parking with some foxs. A path take us to the cost were we can see a colony of sea’s lions, pinguinos and some birds. But at Punta Norte we are much next to them and we can see properly males roaring and babyes in waves. We desepertaly look for an orque to come eat one of them. But even if it is high tide time, nothing at the horizon !

We take the car back to Puerto madryn after had lunch sitting on whales bones !