What do you get for an A$150 tour of Punta Tombo (south or Puerto Madryn)?
About 750,000 penguins.
I did not count them all but that is the estimate of the number of penguins calling Punta Tombo home (for part of the year). I can verify that there are heaps of them.
The tour covers about 400 km during a 10-12 hour day. It is quite long and parts of the tour are not worth it.
The first stop seemed to be almost mid-way between Puerot Madryn and Punta Tombo to see Commerson dolphins. I did not feel like spending the extra $75 for that portion of the trip, so I walked around the small beach town and watched a group of older women getting their exercise on and saw the bike portion of a triathlon.
The tour takes you through a very dusty and dry part of Argentina. If someone offers you beach front property, be sure to ask them to turn from the beach and take a pic to see what you are truly getting.
After my non-dolphin tour, it was back in the minivan to Punta Tombo. The guide tells you there will be many penguins but you do not know quite what to expect.
After we arrived, I took a picuture of the first penguin I saw. Who knows how many I would see along the way and how close I would get.
I did not have to worry. i saw more penguins than i could want to see. And I got close enough to step on them.
...Oops sorry about putting my foot on your tail little buddy. I did not see you down there....
Along with the penguins, we saw one of the 4 types of llamas that are in Argentina. this one is not used to carry goods but people are trying to raise them (or domesticate them) because their wool can get A$200 per kilo (i think they guide said that. he may have said US$200. Whichever the case, big bucks).
Here are a few penguin pics.
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3 comments:
i forget if the penguins in that movie a couple of years ago made noise, squawks or whatever. If so, it must have deafening with thousands of them. Too bad about the bus mix-up; even I know what manana means. Maybe the lady was trying to charge you twice.
Are you preparing an album: Gringo et Senoritas? You can sell it to travel agencies. From our igloo, nance
B, what is a penguin doing in a desert next to a deer?
I'm a change man too. I get a roll of gold dollars every week. The teller sees me coming and gets a roll ready for me.
The Feds are putting out a new gold president's coin every three months. I buy one to put away for you and use the others daily; usually for the people I meet on the street.
I do enjoy your writings and now, after the communter lesson Nancy has given me I can respond.
The downstairs bath is coming along. The shower should be finished tomorrow and then I'll start the wallpaper.
Stay healthy and enjoying.
Dad
B, change the communter to computer. I don't read what I write when I type it but do so when it is a comment. That may explain my mistakes.
Dad
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