Very good day to the whole community, today I show you a unique place: The Valdés Peninsula, protected home for the native flora and fauna of the coast of Chubut.
Muy buen día a toda la comunidad, hoy les muestro un lugar único: La Península de Valdés, hogar protegido para la flora y fauna autóctona de la costa de Chubut.
The peninsula is a coastal accident, an almost quadrangular piece of land linked to the mainland by Florentine Ameghino Ism. It is declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. It contains several nature reserves, but only 3 are enabled for tourism: Caleta Valdés, Punta Norte and Puerto Pirámides.
La península es un accidente costero, una porción de tierra casi cuadrangular unida al continente por el Ismo Florentino Ameghino. Está declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco. Contiene varias reservas naturales, pero solo 3 están habilitadas para el turismo: Caleta Valdés, Punta Norte y Puerto Pirámides.
It is considered one of the main places for whale watching, but there are also Orcas, penguins, elephants and sea lions, guanacos, martens, etc.
Está considerado uno de los principales lugares para avistamiento de ballenas, pero también hay Orcas, pingüinos, elefantes y lobos marinos, guanacos, martas, etc.
From the city of Puerto Madryn it is accessed by paved road and in perfect condition. Entrance fee is charged (in February for Argentine residents it was $AR 800 per person) and it is recommended to make the first stop at the Orientation Center located in the Ismo so that the rangers indicate the roads enabled and the best way to make the route. The roads are gravel in good condition, but the entire route is all day (the distances between one panoramic point and another are around 35 km) so you have to go prepared and with provisions. Keep in mind that it is only allowed to walk in the enabled places, you can not travel or go down to the beach wherever you want, you have to respect the trails.
Desde la ciudad de Puerto Madryn se accede por ruta asfaltada y en perfecto estado. Se cobra entrada (en Febrero para residentes Argentinos era de $AR 800 por persona) y se recomienda hacer la primer parada en el Centro de Orientación ubicado en el Ismo para que los guardafaunas indiquen los caminos habilitados y la mejor forma de hacer el recorrido. Los caminos son de ripio en buen estado, pero el recorrido entero es de todo el día (las distancias entre un punto panorámico y otro son de alrededor de 35 km) por lo que hay que ir preparado y con provisiones. Tengan en cuenta que solo está permitido caminar en los lugares habilitados, no se puede recorrer ni bajar a la playa por donde uno quiera, hay que respetar los senderos.
Our first stop was Caleta Valdés, in the penguin colony. It's the first time I've been so close to a penguin in its natural environment. Super quiet. Then we advanced a few more meters by car to the panoramic point: the imposing sea, the sea lions that own the beach and we came to see the tail of an orca that swam parallel to the coast.
In this place there are public baths and restaurant.
Nuestra primera parada fue Caleta Valdés, en la pingüinera. Es la primera vez que estoy tan cerca de un pingüino en su ambiente natural. Super tranquilos. Luego avanzamos unos metros más en auto hasta el punto panorámico: el mar imponente, los lobos marinos dueños de la playa y llegamos a ver la cola de una orca que nadaba paralela a la costa.
En este lugar hay baños públicos y restaurante.
From there we went to Punta Norte, and as unfortunately the coastal road was closed, we had to go back to the center of the peninsula and climb, about 70 km of gravel, but it was worth it.
De ahí fuimos a Punta Norte, y como lamentablemente el camino costero estaba cerrado, tuvimos que volver al centro de la península y subir, alrededor de 70 km de ripio, pero valió la pena.
The wolfhound is very important, the number of baby lobitos we saw surprised me and the way they take care of them: they are all together in the care of several adults, as if it were a kindergarten. The trails to go through everything are wide and extensive, we spent quite a while in this place, taking photos and observing nature.
La lobería es muy importante, la cantidad de lobitos bebés que vimos me sorprendió y la forma en que los cuidan: están todos juntos al cuidado de varios adultos, como si fuera un jardín de infantes. Los senderos para recorrer todo son amplios y extensos, estuvimos bastante tiempo en este lugar, sacando fotos y observando la naturaleza.
Here there was also a kind of museum with an exhibition of photos taken in the area, impressive and a café. Public toilets as well.
Aquí también había una especie de museo con una exposición de fotos tomadas en la zona, impresionantes y una cafetería. Baños públicos también.
The next point was Puerto Pirámides, and I leave it for another post, since there is enough to talk about this beautiful place.
Continue.... Greetings and thanks for reading it.
El siguiente punto fue Puerto Pirámides, y lo dejo para otro post, ya que hay bastante que hablar de este hermoso lugar.
Continuará…. Saludos y gracias por leerlo.
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Hi Daniela, nice to see the sealife :-)
Are these the same kind of penguins that also migrated close to Cape Town from the Arctic?
Hello, I don't think so, these are the Magellanic penguins and the ones you tell me I think are the emperor penguins, but I'm not sure...
Hm, might have to check the next time I am there to see where they came from. Thanks for your response :-)