Patagonia Nature Tour 2027 – From Dinosaurs to Whales

A journey through time – from dinosaurs to whales

This journey through Patagonia is designed especially for families, nature-loving parents and older schoolchildren or teenagers who want to discover wildlife, landscapes and natural history together. We watch Southern Right Whales from the beach, enter the water with sea lions, travel by boat into remote estuaries and to offshore islands – and then travel millions of years into the past, from Patagonia’s giant dinosaurs to forests turned to stone and the landscapes Charles Darwin explored aboard HMS Beagle.

All in a relaxed, personal atmosphere with Judith and Frank, combining knowledge with adventure rather than turning the journey into a classroom.

Highlights

• Southern Right Whales from the beach at El Doradillo and on a whale-watching boat trip
• Two snorkelling excursions with curious South American sea lions
• Magellanic Penguins at close range and Southern Rockhopper Penguins on Isla Pingüino
• Commerson’s Dolphins in the Ría Deseado
• Península Valdés, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, by car, on foot, by boat and by mountain bike
• Dinosaurs in Trelew’s palaeontological museum and the Petrified Forest of Sarmiento
• In the wake of Darwin through the Ría Deseado

Itinerary

• 16 Oct – Buenos Aires: meet at 13:00 at the hotel, La Boca and San Telmo, dinner at Desnivel
• 17 Oct – Buenos Aires → Puerto Madryn: free morning, afternoon flight south
• 18 Oct – El Doradillo: Southern Right Whales from the beach
• 19 Oct – Sea lions: snorkelling with sea lions, evening whale watching at El Doradillo
• 20 Oct – Península Valdés: transfer to Puerto Pirámides, dinner at La Estación
• 21 Oct – Golfo San José: hike with whales on the horizon
• 22 Oct – La Lobería: second sea lion snorkelling
• 23 Oct – Whales & adventure: whale-watching boat trip with Punta Ballenas, mountain biking on Península Valdés
• 24 Oct – Trelew → Sarmiento: palaeontological museum, drive inland
• 25 Oct – Petrified Forest → Puerto Deseado
• 26 Oct – Ría Deseado: boat trip for penguins, sea lions, cormorants and Commerson’s Dolphins
• 27 Oct – Isla Pingüino: full-day excursion to the Rockhopper Penguins
• 28 Oct – In the wake of Darwin: exploring the Ría Deseado
• 29 Oct – Comodoro Rivadavia → Buenos Aires: flight north, farewell Asado in San Telmo
• 30 Oct – Buenos Aires: free morning, individual departures

Included

• Accommodation as mentioned in the itinerary
• Breakfast at all hotels, except the self-catering accommodation in Sarmiento
• All transfers and overland transportation mentioned in the programme
• All excursions and activities described in the itinerary, with guided wildlife and nature experiences
• 2 sea lion snorkelling excursions and 1 whale-watching boat excursion
• Mountain bike excursion on Península Valdés
• Wildlife boat excursion and Darwin-themed excursion in the Ría Deseado
• Full-day excursion to Isla Pingüino
• Farewell Asado dinner in Buenos Aires
• Organisation and assistance throughout the programme

Not included

• International flights to and from Argentina, and domestic flights within Argentina
• Travel, cancellation, medical and other personal insurance
• Entrance fees to Península Valdés, the Trelew museum and other parks, reserves or museums unless stated
• Meals not mentioned in the itinerary, drinks and alcoholic beverages
• Personal expenses, tips and optional activities
• Services before or after the official programme, and pre- or post-tour arrangements

Price

Group size: minimum 12, maximum 24 participants.

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