Private Cruise Shore Excursion to Punta Tombo
Description
This guided tour stands out for the unique experience of exploring breathtaking locations, featuring expert english speakers guides who provide detailed knowledge about the local flora, fauna, and history. Additionally, we offer personalized attention to ensure that each participant fully enjoys the excursion. The tour is distinguished by the exclusivity of our small vehicles, allowing us to arrive first at reserves and avoid large crowds. We don’t use coach buses for tours. We have been providing shore excursions to cruise passengers for the last 18 seasons.
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Itinerary
Meeting and pick up at the pier, we leave Puerto Madryn, toward the south, by the Nº 3 national route, and after traveling through 120 miles of pavement and gravel (approximately 2hs and 30 minutes), we will arrive at Punta Tombo, the greater continental reserve of Magellan Penguins (Spheniscus Magallanicus). After the time in Punto Tombo we return to Puerto Madryn
This Protected Natural Area was created as such, in 1979, has a total extension of 210 hectares, and can be visited from September to April. The beach is considered intangible area, and in February you will find it, full of Penguins Chicks practicing swimming, especially in the small pools leave it from the tides. This incredible place its home of thousands of Magellan Penguins, and every year since October, they arrive to nest and to have their chicks. You will have 90 minutes to walk among the penguins and then you can have lunch there before we return. Returning to Puerto Madryn we will have more than enough time to catch your cruise ship, so you can continue enjoying Patagonia.
Returning to Puerto Madryn we can make a stop if necessary in Trelew to use the restroom facilities.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We set each tour starting time according to each cruise ship schedule, so as soon as your ship docks we will be waiting for you at the pier, and also as soon as we start the tour, much better will be our returning on time to the ship and you will have more time to enjoy the trip. We will be waiting for you at the pier, once you finished the reservation we will inform you via email the exact time and place where we wil be waiting. After the ship’s crew will let the people disembark, we will wait for no more than 45 minutes to start the tour The starting time of this tour it will depends on your ships docking time. 07:00 am it's the most typical schedule but we start the tour according to the ship's schedule.
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Important Information
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Service animals allowed
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please let us know if you have any medical condition regarding food, like lactose intolerant or need gluten free food, or if you are vegetarian, so we can set the best box lunch for you
Reviews(2)
This tour was absolutely awesome. Fernando got us there safely and was very pleasant to chat with and knowledgeable about his home area. Diego met us right at the pier holding a blue balloon just like he said. Would highly recommend.
Nelson and Sol were great We weren’t allowed off the ship for over an hour due to formalities but they were patiently waiting at the port. Punta Tombo was great fun seeing all the penguins in their natural habitat. Sol was an excellent tour guide with a lot of knowledge.
