Itinerary
Peninsula Valdes Wildlife, Ushuaia & The Glaciers Area Travel 7 Nights
Departure: WEDNESDAYS
In English or Italian:
2011: Sept 14, Oct 12, Nov 09, Dic 07. 2012: Jan 04, Feb 01, Feb 29 and Mar 28.
In French or Spanish:
2011: Sept 28, Oct 26, Nov 23, Dic 21. 2012: Jan 18, Feb 15 and Mar 14.
Day 1: Buenos Aires / Puerto Madryn
- Flight from Buenos Aires to Trelew airport
FD Transfer in Trelew (REL) airport / Hotel located in Puerto Madryn - visit of PUNTA TOMBO on the way.
Arrival at Trelew airport. You shall be met by our representative and depart for a full day Tour to Punta Tombo Penguins reservoir, on the Atlantic coast. After a 2-hour drive we reach Tombo. Half a million Magellan penguins breed here, the largest penguin nesting ground in continental South America.
There are many others species of seabirds and shorebirds, most notably king and rock cormorants, giant petrels, kelp gulls, flightless steamers ducks, and black oystercatchers. Most of the nesting area is fenced off; this does not prevent your approaching the birds for photography, but remember that penguins can inflict a bite serious enough to require stitches. They remain on land from September to April. Final arrival to Hotel in Puerto Madryn.
- Overnight at the Hotel .
Day 2: Puerto Madryn-- FD Peninsula Valdes
- Breakfast at Hotel
Morning departure for a full day tour to Peninsula Valdes. About 18Km. of Puerto Madryn, across the Carlos Ameghino Isthmus enter Peninsula Valdes, one of the finest wildlife reserves in South America. Sea lions, sea elephants, seals, guanacos, rheas and many seabirds are present in large numbers in the beaches and headlands. Sheep breading
ranches "estancias" occupy most of the peninsula's interior, which includes one of the lowest continental depressions in the world, the salt flats of Salina Grande and Salina Chica, 42 meters below sea level. In the San Jose Gulf, just off the Isthmus, is the Bird's Island, a bird sanctuary off limits to humans but visible through a powerful telescope. Puerto Piramide, the peninsula's only village, was the port of exit for salt from Salina Grande at the turn of the century, but now it depends exclusively on tourism. Right whales visit its sandy white beaches between July and December. Caleta Valdes, on the eastern shore, is a sheltered bay with a long gravel spit onto which Sea Elephants haul up in the spring. They are easily photographed, but should not be approached too closely. Guanacos sometimes stroll across the beach. Return to Puerto Madryn. .
- Overnight at the Hotel.
Day 3: Puerto Madryn / Ushuaia
- Breakfast at Hotel
- Time at Leisure until Transfer out Hotel / Trelew (REL) airport
- Flight to Ushuaia airport ,Upon arrival transfer to the Hotel
- Overnight at the Hotel.
Day 4: Ushuaia- HD National Park
- Breakfast at Hotel
Early departure to Tierra del Fuego National Park. This 63.000-hectare park, extending from the Beagle Channel in the south along the Chilean border to beyond Lago Fagnano in the north, has one of the most beautiful Sub-Antarctic forests of the world. Mostly green in summer, it turns to wonderful reds and browns in autumn, and it becomes completely snowed in winter. In a half-day tour, we shall pass Pipo River, the Panoramic Point, Roca Lake, Ovando River, Green Lagoon, Black Lagoon, ending at Lapataia Bay. In this beautiful National Park you can admire the extreme south Patagonian flora and fauna, as well as the very typical beaver's dam. Return to the Hotel.
- Beagle Channel Navigation
In the afternoon, we shall make 2 hours Navigation through the
Beagle Channel. Leaving from Ushuaia's Port, we shall admire the
Ushuaia Bay, the Beagle Channel, the Bridges Island, the Birds Island,
the Seals Island, and the "Les Eclaireures" lighthouse, an unforgettable
experience. Return to Ushuaia
- Overnight at the Hotel.
Day 5: Ushuaia / El Calafate
- Breakfast at Hotel
- Time at Leisure until Transfer out Hotel / USH airport
- Flight to Calafate airport, Upon arrival Transfer to the Hotel
- Overnight at the Hotel.
Day 6: El Calafate- FD Perito Moreno
- Breakfast at Hotel
Full day tour to Perito Moreno Glacier. After 2 hours drive, the bus
arrives at Perito Moreno where, after a short walk, passengers can
get the fist view of the glacier, whose wall of about 100 meters
height stands in front of them. This glacier is one of the few in the
world still advancing.
- Overnight at the Hotel.
Day 7: El Calafate
- Breakfast at Hotel-Day at Leisure.
- Overnight at the Hotel.
Day 8: El Calafate
- Breakfast at Hotel
- Time at Leisure until Transfer out Hotel / El Calafate (FTE) airport
- Flight to Buenos Aires airport
End of the Services,
Optional Tours On request
FD Upsala Onelli Glaciers Navigation (All Glaciers).
Whales Watching Navigation
Note:
If you need any other dates mentioned in this package the price will be different .
In 30 days prior of the departure the spots will be close .
Minimum 2 passengers - maximum 10 passengers .
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