In terms of fauna the Peninsula Valdes and specifically this hotel is the top attraction of Argentina. Depending on when you are visiting you can spot seals, dolphins, killer whales, whales. This official site of Madryn has some nice calendars and a lot of useful information on the area madryn with a very nice map of the area map In our trip we were very lucky, sea elephants were present in large groups. Unfortunately the males were out in the sea and are expected back on the beach in January. Males are around 4000 kg while females are 'just' 700 - 900 kg! We were even more lucky with the whales. The season for watching the Right Whale (noordkaper (NL)) officially ends 15th of Dec. And we were at Punta Piramides port for watching the whales
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