Slightly groggy from another marathon 22hr bus ride, including a 3hr breakdown, we arrived into Puerto Madryn, the town just outside of Peninsular Valdez, ready to sign up for some whale watching. After the horrendous weather in Buenos Aires we were lucky to get perfect conditions for some wildlife watching.
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| Not so wild, but cute |
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| Somewhere there's a whale |
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| Southern Right Whale youngster getting a good look at us while his mother waits |
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| Picture perfect whale tail |
The whale watching trip was only an hour and a half so all too soon we were back on land. Luckily there was more wildlife to see in the park.
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| Nesting brown backed hawk |
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| Elephant seals |
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| Desert Cavy |
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| Mara - related to guinea pigs |
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| Magellanic penguin |
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| The penguin choir . . . not so musical as it's quite a braying noise |
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| Solo performer |
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| Flat out elephant seal at the river mouth |
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| Large seagull type |
Even though we looked hard for them no orcas put in an appearance and eventually it was time to leave the park and head back to town, across the flat Patagonian plains.
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