Blogs from Chubut, Argentina, South America - page 36

After spending an amazing day in Puerto Pyramide visiting the whales of Golfo Nuevo, I spent my next day in Puerto Madryn relaxing and enjoying my time away from Buenos Aires. I slept in late, drank my morning coffee leisurely and wrote in my journal all the while trying to figure out a way to travel a little further south in hopes of seeing the elusive Magellan Penguin colony of Punto Tumbo. I had considered an organized tour but felt that it was incredibly overpriced; I was determined to find another way. I had enquired about renting a car and found that it would be cheaper and much better if I could only find one other person to share the cost and experience with. That is when I ran into Erin and Olga, a couple from ... read more

So we left Buenos Aires on Tuesday 19 September and caught the overnight bus all the way down the East coast of Argentina to Puerto Madryn. It was a 20 hour trip but fortunately we were in a business class style bus so was pretty luxurious. They had a bingo game for which Amelia called the English-Spanish translation and then went on to win! They also insist on playing the bloodiest, most violent and scary films imaginable at about 11pm! Puerto Madryn is the nearest town to the Peninsula Valdes which is a funny shaped national park sticking out into the Atlantic. We did a terrifying jeep tour up and down impossibly steep lunar coastal terrain. The most exciting part was the whale watching. We were worried that they wouldn't come out to play for us ... read more

Nous venons tout juste de revenir d'un tour de baleine. C'etait vraiment impressionnant a voir :) Je crois que la sorte de baleine est Franca Austral ou quelques chose comme ça... La saison des baleines est de juillet a decembre et le meilleur moment (la ou il en a le plus) c'est en septembre... (je crois que nous sommes bel et bien en septembre). On a du voir 15-20 baleines de pres (et plusieurs fois tres pres) et pres de 30 de loin :) Il y avait plusieurs mamams avec leurs petits ou des papas qui etaient immenses. Il en a une qui etait tellement pres qu'avec le vent nous avont reçu son jet d'eau. Je peux vous affirmer qu'une baleine a tres mauvaise haleine ;) Nous avons egalement observer quelques baleines sauter, certaines pouvaient presques ... read more

Puerto Madryniin mennaan vain yhdesta syysta: katsomaan valaita! Niin tai merileijonia tai pingviineja, mutta koska pinkut nayttaytyvat nailla leveysasteilla vain kesaisin ja merileijonia ei tielle osunut niin meille syita oli vain tuo yksi. Muuten kaupunki on pieni ja tuulinen, eika tarjoa suuriakaan matkailuelamyksia. Meille viikonloppu tarjosi tervetulleen lepotauon ja mahdollisuuden kerata rinkkaan lisaa puhtaita vaatteita. Tama meidan pyykkipaivien hehkutus voi kuulostaa kotona majaileville Upo Pesukarhun kanssa harva-se-paiva treffaileville hieman omituiselta, mutta kun pussin pohjalla pilkottaa yhdet puhtaat sukat eika sitten muuta niin alkaa miettia itseriittoisesti, etta mitahan dormin muut majoittuvat miettia minusta ja ominaistuoksustani... Puerto Madrynissa Hanna paasi laulamaan partioleirien muistojen kunniaksi laululeikkia "aiti antoi mulle rahaa, osta vahan kalaa. Mina... read more

It was a very long journey down to Puerto Madryn on the northern edge of the Patagonian region. We arrived in the afternoon, leaving us the morning to stare out of the window of the coach and marvel at the sheer nothingness of the barren landscape before us. Puerto Madryn is definitely an upmarket beach resort which would be lovely in the Summer but it does manage to lure visitors in the winter, principally because the Golfo Nuevo bay is the home of the Southern Right Whale during its breeding season! The whales escape from the cold Antartic waters at the beginning of June to bathe in this secluded bay which receives warm tidal fronts from the North, just off the coast of Brazil. Whales continue to arrive up until July as the ecoystem is sufficiently ... read more