Magelhan Pinguins

Puerto Madryn - Peninsula Valdes

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December 13th 2006
After early arrival at the Trelew airport we spend the day at Punta Tombo watching pinguins and their kids, the breading season is about to end. Typical about these birds is that the couples spend the whole year apart from one another but each year at the same time the males are arriving at punta tombo to prepare the nest. Around 40 days later the females arrive and the mating season starts. The ... read more

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more