Ancud and Penguins

Currently in Ancud, Chile, on the island of Chiloe. It’s a cute town, decent size, 40,000 people, right on the ocean that also happens to have penguins! We took a tour this afternoon which was great. We saw two types of penguins, Humboldt and Magellanic. The penguins are found on three islets just off the coast/beach but not close enough to see from shore, so we took a boat.

The process of getting to the boats is quite hilarious. They essentially have an elevated trolley that they wheel into the ocean, which is high enough that you don’t get your feet wet, while workers push us by hand through the waves to our boat. Always feel weird about that kind of stuff, but hey my shoes were dry:)

Love penguins, something so fun about them. Tons of seagulls, pelicans, mergansers and all sorts of other ones whose names I don’t know. It was a fun day. We have one more day of relaxing here in Ancud and then start the long journey to Bariloche.Weiterlesen