Puerto Madryn

This city is a part of the coast corridor formed also by the cities of Trelew, Gaiman, Rawson and West San Antonio, the entire region is tipically characterized by the long beaches and its big marine fauna.
Puerto Madryn has the special world recognition for its excellent quality of service during all year round not only in accommodation but also in gastronomy and england teas. It brings a touristic offer to the visitor who wants to mix the nature, the fauna and all the adventure of its 30 km. of beaches and natural countryside. There, the traveler can perform many activities such as watching the fauna, diving, fishing, windsurf, kayakismo, sailing, going in a Catamaran, trekking, horse riding, mountain bike, birdwatching and camping.

This majestic sight in the waters is accompanied by the presence of other big mammals, such as south sea elephants, seals of one hair, killer whales and dolphins. There is a rich earthly fauna such as guanacos, rheas, mare patagonicas, piches, gray and red foxes, herons and skunks, etc. Travelling not more than an hour it is the Valdes Peninsula, one of the biggest sanctuaries of the fauna of the world. It gives the tourist the possibility of seeing the Franca Whale, which visits this zone from June to December.

To consider other important touristic points in the Peninsula you can find the Bird's Island, located in the Golf of San Jose. You can see a great variety of birds, Pyramid Port, which has clear and deep waters. They bring the tourist the possibility to practice sub-aquatic activities. The Faunistic Reserve of North Point unique continental place for sea elephants in the world and Caleta Valdes, surprising geographical accident inside which there are important samples of sea elephants.
Located to 107 km. to the south of Trelew, Tombo Point Reserve is one of the most beautiful examples of fauna in the world. It is only comparable with the Galapagos. There is not any other colony of penguins of this magnitude and that is so easy to reach.
There, find shelter the most important colonies of birds and marine fauna of the country and the biggest colonies of continental Magallanes Penguins ( in season there are more than one million animals).