A remote sea kayaking adventure offering the opportunity for close encounters with wildlife in the Peninsula Valdes Nature Reserve. Home to a number of species including sea lions, various sea birds, penguins, and the rare but majestic southern right whale, you are sure to spot wildlife on this active camping adventure. At the end of the day, sleep in tents under the spectacular Patagonian sky.
Arrive today to the Trelew airport and meet your transfer to your hotel in Puerto Madryn. Meet your guide for the next four days and take part in a safety briefing and equipment check.
Day 2: Peninsula Valdes Kayaking
1 Breakfast, 1 Lunch, 1 Dinner
Early this morning leave Puerto Madryn towards the San Jose gulf located on the north side of the Peninsula Valdes Nature Reserve. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999, the reserve provides important natural habitat for a number of species including sea lions, Patagonian foxes, armadillos, guanacos, Magellanic penguins, and numerous others.
After an hour and a half, arrive to Punta Tehuelche where your kayaking adventure begins. Paddle eastwards in search of Cerro Monticulo, your stop for lunch. Paddle past sand and stone beaches combined with rocky formations and cliffs that plunge into the ocean which create prime nesting places for various sea birds. Enjoy small sea lion colonies en route as well as the southern right whales that shelter themselves in San Jose's waters.
Continue paddling along the beach at leisure towards the end of the day. Feast on a typical Patagonian lamb barbeque and fall asleep with the background ambiance of whales huffing and blowing in the gulf.
Day 3: Punta Conos and El Puente
1 Breakfast, 1 Lunch, 1 Dinner
After breakfast, set out from camp for a big kayaking day! Today you paddle towards Punta Conos and El Puente (the Bridge), a maritime rock formation. Conos, names after the cone-like hillocks in the area, boasts a huge concentration of marine fossils. Observe the fossils embedded in the soil of ancient species that used to inhabit the region.
Due to a plunging coastline, you are able to paddle just a few meters from cormorant and black crowned night heron nests. Paddle through El Puente and arrive to a small beach for your seaside lunch and much needed leg stretch. After resting, set sail again to visit a large single-hair sea lion colony nearby. Enjoy the curiosity of the sea lions who tend to swim right next to your kayaks trying to catch a peek of you! Head back to the beach and your camp for the late afternoon and evening.
This morning pack up camp and drive to Puerto Piramides to visit the small village. Here board a boat whale-watching excursion, and with any luck witness one of these magnificent creatures swimming alongside the vessel. The population of southern right whales comes here to breed between June and mid-December. After being hunted to near-extinction during the heyday of the whaling industry, the southern right is now one of the most rare whales in the world. After lunch, drive back to Puerto Madryn where you overnight.
Day 5: Return Buenos Aires
1 Breakfast
Transfer back to the Trelew airport for your flight back to Buenos Aires or on to your next region in Argentina.
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Kate was great to work with in the planning stage. She was prompt, helpful, and efficient. Our tour guide, Edwin, was knowledgeable and passionate. We were very happy to have traveled with Adventure Life, it made the trip easy and a true pleasure. We could concentrate on enjoying the experience rather than the details of travel.
Lisa Bridge
TrustScore 4.8 | 174 reviews
TrustScore 4.8 of 5
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8 hours ago
The trip was not only memorable for the amount of animals we saw but also for the people and accommodations at the two camps where we stayed. Our first guide, BK, was a wealth of information about the animals, landscape and down to the plants and what they were used for. Everyday out was a learning experience with him. All the people at the camps were gracious and the food was excellent.
Our second camp in the Okavanga was just as good as the first as far as the staff, accommodations, food and animals. After our experience at the first camp we amazed that the high quality remained the same. Our guide, G, made sure we were able to enjoy every experience including a rush through the bush to witness a cheetah and an ensuing hunt that he heard over his radio.
In both camps there were enough guides out that if they saw something the other guides were informed which helped in seeing as much as possible. It was also nice that the concessions were large enough that we did not have vehicles following each other throughout the day.
Normally there is always something in a trip of this length that we think could be improved upon but this is the rare case where we cannot think of anything. From the time we left the States to when we returned it was one of the most hassle free vacations we took.
Perhaps emphasizing the use of the laundry facilities at the camps would be useful because of the luggage restrictions would be the only thing I can think of as an improvement to future clients.
Kenneth Dropek
1 day ago
Mary was so pleasant and professional. She made sure all of our questions were answered.
