Blogs from Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina, South America

Jan.2/15 On the road again......I find Willys voice in my head often these days:) We have just left a small corky village called Puerto Pirmades, on the Pennisula Valdes, which is an animal reserve for multiple creatures! We arrived here on Jan.2 at about 6:30pm there is only one camp ground in the village to plug into.....it is like nowhere I've ever experienced, we are crammed in here like sardines. I feel like a through back from the 60's a true hippie:):) Jan.3/15 We woke in Puerto Pirmades and began to explore, this is a huge whale watching village for the " Right Whale" season ( Sept-Dec.) we missed that but decided to jump back into the RV and drive to Punta Norte the most northern point on the peninsula which was 80km from the village ... read more

Nach einigen Transit-Tagen erreichten wir die Halbinsel Valdes. Auf dem idyllischen Zeltplatz Municipal zwischen zwei Sanddünen schlugen wir unser Lager auf. Lustigerweise gehörte das Nachbarzelt Dieter aus Luzern (wie sich am Abend herausstellte). So hatten wir am Abend jeweils eine Schweizer Grillrunde. Über Tag erkundigten wir per Auto die Halbinsel und vor allem die Aussichtspunkte, von denen aus Magellan-Pinguine, Seelöwen und Seeelefanten beobachtet werden konnten. Absolutes Lieblingstier wurde jedoch das kleine Gürteltier. Dieses krabbelte hinter den Autos auf dem Parkplatz herum und schien sich grundsätzlich über die vielen fotografierwütigen Touristen zu ärgern. Als Moni jedoch einen Apfel verspies war es zur Stelle und wäre beinahe sogar ins Auto eingestiegen.... read more

This is a 1 horse kind of town. Actually, we saw 4 horses, so we kept changing the name with each additional horse that came into view. We were walking down the street singing out loud, ¨Oh just wandering around a 1 hourse town, I mean a 2 horse town.... na na na.¨Ect.... Puerto Pyramides is a 4 horse town. There are 300 residents, and the town itself is located in a rounded bay on Reserve Valdez, a island-shaped peninsula connected to mainland Argentina by a small sliver of desolate land. The entire island is covered in short drouht tolerent shrubs. Kids run amuk, shooting up and down the street on suped up quads and little go-carts. Many of them carrying groceries and such, but others, obviously just trying to have some fun. The police station ... read more

Nous avons donc quitte Buenos Aires apres cette petite semaine de visite pour descendre vers le sud du pays. Notre premier arret fut a Puerto Madryn ou nous avions rendez-vous avec les baleines. Une fois arrive au terminal apres un voyage fort agreable en bus-cama...c'est un peu comme la classe affaire des avion, ce qui n'est vraiment pas un luxe pour descendre la moitie du continent en bus...Durant lequel nous avons fait la connaissance d'Alinda, nous avons rencontre 3 francais: Moise, Nico et Fred qui eux aussi voulaient rendre visite aux baleines. Nous avons alors decide de faire le dernier bout de chemin ensemble jusqu'a Puerto Piramides et de reserver le bateau en groupe afin de negocier les prix. une fois sur place, la soiree fut d'assez courte duree car le lendemain nous devions nous lever ... read more

For anyone who likes spotting wild animals this is the place to be! One wouldn't think that considering that this is practically a desert - but we have seen so many creatures on land and in the sea... Whale watching tops it all. These huge beings are incredibely docile and curious. They swam around, next to and under our little boat, did breaches to show off... it was certainly one of the most amazing experiences ever! We did the tour several times (never enough ) and every time it was a totally different experience. Just loved it! We also spotted sea lions, elephant seals, penguins, orcas, armadillo, guanacas, rheas, maras, a desert owl and other birds, tarantula type of spider, snake... It's a desert - but full of animals! Here, in this small and totally relaxed ... read more