We had a great time in Puerto Madryn. It was our first opportunity to relax and just hang out in a city since we began traveling again in February. We had four days, and the place is a relatively small city (100,000 people, but most work at the aluminum plant; it’s not driven by tourism like some other places.
It is a beach town, but we didn’t spend much time in the sand. We relaxed, planned some of our travel (boring but necessary), and we visited Peninsula Valdes, a great natural reserve located on the Argentinian Atlantic Coast. We visited a few spots, and here’s what we saw:
A penguin colony (click the photo below to see all the penguin photos)
A guanaco, an armadillo, a whale skeleton, and a cormorant (click the photo below to see all the assorted photos)
A few elephant seals at Punta Cantor (click the photo below to see all the photos)
A lot of sea lions, sea gulls, and a few elephant seals at Punta Norte (click the photo below to see all the photos)
We had a great day – it was really sunny (as you can see), and our guide (who had been there for 9 years), was really knowledgeable and helpful. Plus we loved our hostel, so it worked out!
We did see a few things around town, including this great Yuengling beer (American beer made in upstate PA, near where were from November to January) poster (click the photo to see the others we got from around town):
