The Península Valdés is located on Argentina's east coast in the province of Chubut. Covering 4,000 km², the peninsula has a 400km coastline with a variety of landscapes and habitats - gulfs, rocky cliffs, shallow bays, lagoons, mudflats, beaches and sand dunes. The peninsula is one of the most important wildlife reserves in South America, which can be explored from a base in the Welsh-influenced town of Trelew. Boat trips to the southern Golfo Nuevo between October and December allow you to see southern right whales, about 1,500 of whom come here each year to breed. There are over 1,000 southern elephant seals, in their only South American colony. The coastal area of Punta Tombo is the largest continental nesting ground of Magellanic penguin, with about 40,000 active nests in five colonies. The trail here allows you to walk through large numbers of the penguins to observe their behaviour up close. Other marine mammals on the peninsula include orcas and southern sea lions in addition to land mammals like guanacos, rheas and red foxes.
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Argentina
Travel to Península Valdés
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