Wildlife: El Pedral and Bahía Bustamante
Wildlife: El Pedral and Bahía Bustamante
PAT
6 Days / 5 Nights Bahia Bustamante / El Pedral
Watching Whales, Puerto Piramides, Chubut. PH Luis Burgueño
TBK0919 TBK0000 What’s included • Needed • Requiredtransfers transfers • Accommodation: • Accommodation: 5 nights Pedral (2) - Bahia Bustamante (3) • El Excursions: • Tours: • Meals: El Pedral: tickets Activities offered by the • Required lodge Bahia Bustamante: Activities offered Day 1 Ciudad. by the lodge B L D Arrival and reception at the • Meals: 5 breakfasts - 5 airport. lunches 5 dinners • Needed tickets to reserves u Season: October to Aprilt
Day 1 Trelew / El Pedral. L D Arrival and reception at the airport of Trelew and transfer to El Pedral, a countryside hotel, located in Punta Ninfas, part of Peninsula Valdes Biosphere Reserve. As soon as we check in, the guide explains us about the activities offered during the stay. Day 2 El Pedral. B L D We keep on enjoying the activities offered by the lodge among which you can select:
• Visit to Punta Ninfas Lighthouse • Walk with Penguins Visit to the
penguin rookery • Walk with Elephant Seals • Self-guided trails.
If you visit the lodge in October or November, we suggest optionally a whale watching to observe them approaching to the coasts of the Golfo Nuevo. This watching requires leaving the lodge in order to go to Puerto Pirámides, from where the activity takes place. Day 3 El Pedral / Bahía Bustamante. B L D Departure to Bahía Bustamante, a Patagonian estancia surrounded by 360 ° of pure nature. Close to the sea, within Patagonia Austral National Park, declared an Area of Importance for Bird Conservation, being one of the few places in the world which concentrates such abundance and diversity of birds and marine mammals. Day 4 & 5 Bahía Bustamante. B L D Days to enjoy the activities offered by Bahia Bustamante, which are planned
the previous night, according to the weather forecast and the tide. • Boat ride: (3 /4 hours approx.) We cruise along seaweed meadows of Malaspina Cove, to watch penguins and birds such as petrels, terns, olrog’s seagull and oyster catchers. • The Peninsula: (4 hours approx.) Ideal to visit by walking, biking, 4x4 or horseback riding. • Petrified Forest: (4/5 hours approx.) A trekking in this place is a living proof of how the landscape looked 60 million years ago. • Penguin Island: (3 hours approx.) During times of low tide, this island is connected to the mainland allowing us to visit and watch the penguins and their nests from nearby. On the way, it is also usual to see maras, choiques and armadillos. • Cape Aristizabal: (4 a 5 horas approx.) A 4×4 drive to reach Cape Aristizabal, an important rockery cape, characterized by its imposing landscape,
dominated by the sea, the stone beaches and fauna. • De Piedra Canyon: (4-5 hours approx.) Trekking through a canyon where a river used to be, until reaching the sea shore. Its 15-metres-high walls (50 ft.), are composed of rocks originated from the Jurassic period of the Mesozoic era. • Historical and Seaweeds Tour: (1-2 hours approx.) Walk through the village to learn about the history, its founder and its inhabitants. • Rural activities: (4 hours approx.) Day 6 Bahía Bustamante /
Trelew or Comodoro Rivadavia. B At due time, transfer to the selected airport. Distance from Comodoro Rivadavia: 163 km (101 miles) Distance from Trelew: 259 km (161 miles) Operational note: Day 1: Arriving in a flight before midday is needed.
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