Whale Watching
Whale watching season in Argentine Patagonia extends from May to December, typically, with the best chances of success during September and October. You cannot miss this wonderful show that is renewed and happens every year. Come to Puerto Madryn, get aboard and be moved to tears sharing the deep blue sea with these giants
The
cities of Puerto
Madryn, Trelew,
Rawson and the little village of Puerto
Pirámides, (this one in the Peninsula de Valdés), are the entrance
to the extraordinary world of the Southern
Whale and the Commerson's Dolphins. Every year they come to
the coast of Patagonia to accomplish their eternal rite of mating.
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An excursion of sea fauna watching
The
watching is done from Pirámides and there are six companies
authorized in the Province for this. They take the necessary care
not to produce environmental impact and not to alter the whales'
behavior.
The trip starts going along the coast in both directions and then
getting one or two miles into the sea, to get in touch with the
whales.
The first stop is generally at La Lobería (sea lion colony) which is perpendicular to Puerto Pirámides and has got 2000 specimens.
The sailing along the coast lets also watch many cormorant colonies. They build their nests against the cliff and there they breed and raise their babies. You can also see other specimens of the coast bird fauna.
Then the ship gets far from the coast, the engine is stopped and for a moment there is plain silence interrupted only by the sounds of penguins, seagulls, gulls and cormorants. It's the moment of waiting somebody watches a group of birds at the distance. The ship gets closer and suddenly, when the whole group is attentive, something silver and white jumps next to the ship, and the strong sound of a body splashing the sea is heard.
It's
all excitement then. Everybody shouts, speaks in different languages,
the children cries blend
And to complete this feast some
dolphins always show up to jump and play in complete freedom.
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