Peninsula Valdez

The Valdez Peninsula is one of the "must to see" attractions of Patagonia, an important nature reserve and a World Heritage Site. The main attractions are represented by the rich aquatic and terrestrial fauna, primarily whales (whale watching is a big industry here!) but also sea lions, orcas, guanacos, penguins, etc. The vegetation of the island belongs to the category of dry steppe.

The only settelment on the peninsula is Puerto Pirámides, here we spent a night at the village's campsite (obvious deficits compared to other campsites in Argentina, but unfortunately there is no competition). Being a nature reserve, the roads on the peninsula are not paved, there are only gravel roads. Unfortunately, the quality of these gravel roads is poor (lot of long streches with big ''waves"), it took us more than four hours to cover about 150 km (between various points of interest)… Although I got annoyed while driving on poorly maintained gravel roads, at the end of the day it was worth it! 😀Read more