Wildlife in Patagonia

After about 42 hours of bus ride, we finally arrived in Puerto Madryn at the northern end of Patagonia from Puerto Iguazu. The stopover in Rosario is honestly not worth mentioning, so let's get straight to the point.

Puerto Madryn is a nice smaller city by the sea, from where you can mainly take tours to the Valdés Peninsula and Punta Tombo. On the first day, we visited the nature reserve of Peninsula Valdés. With a guided tour, we drove out to the peninsula and discovered a variety of wild animals along the way.

The guanacos - relatives of the better-known llamas and alpacas - like to mix with the flocks of sheep here and can be seen everywhere. The rheas - a smaller type of ostrich-like bird - are also often found. On the coasts, there are elephant seals and Magellanic penguins. And if you're lucky - and we were lucky as always - you can also encounter one of the small armadillos.

To see the southern right whales, you have to take a boat tour. Although the whale-watching season is almost over, we were lucky here too and were able to spot some of them from the boat.

The second day tour took us south of Puerto Madryn to Punta Tombo. Here is the largest colony of Magellanic penguins outside Antarctica. Approximately 800,000 of them nest on the coast here and at this time of year they are raising their newly hatched chicks. On a short path, you can walk through the protected colony and observe the animals up close.

On the way back, we discovered elephant seals again at another coastal town and were able to admire them up close.

We enjoyed the two days and are looking forward to the next adventures in southern Patagonia. Our next destination is Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, and we will keep you updated from there. But first, we hope you have fun with the video and the photos - see you soon.