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Shore Excursion Punta Loma Sea Lions Reserve Including Puerto Madryn City Tour

3.7(17)Puerto Madryn1 hour
VIATOR3.6(7)TRIPADVISOR3.8(10)

Description

Take this fascinating tour to Punta Loma and see sea lions in their natural habitat. Be part of this exciting experience at one of the most fascinating shows performed by nature: the Sea Lion Colony! ◾ Travel along wild roads and arrive at the Sea Lions Reserve in Punta Loma ◾ Stroll and visit different view points to see where sea lions and other animal species have chosen to comply with an important part of their lives cycle ◾ Be accompanied by an expert guide who will show you around this extraordinary reserve ◾ Discover the beauty and wildlife of this fantastic area and be part of this unforgettable experience ◾ Enjoy a unique natural setting, under the watchful eye of the sea lions ◾ Learn about the flora and fauna in la Patagonia ◾ Take advantage of a short sightseeing around the coastline city of Puerto Madryn Your Punta Loma experience ends with the return to your hotel or port.

Tour Options

Shore Excursion Punta Loma Sea Lions Reserve Including Puerto Madryn City Tour

Itinerary

Admission not included45 min

Visit to the Sea Lions Reserve

Short sightseeing around the city.

Highlights

Hotel pick-up & drop-off
Licensed guide
Transport by air-conditioned vehicle
Port pick-up and drop-off
Professional driver specialized in tourism
Transfer in-out

What's included

Included
Hotel pick-up & drop-off
Licensed guide
Transport by air-conditioned vehicle
Port pick-up and drop-off
Professional driver specialized in tourism
Transfer in-out
Not included
Food or drinks
Gratuities
Admission tickets for the sea lions reserve

Traveller Ratings

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Important Information

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
  • This tour depends on the low tide of each day. Timetables may change according to this situation. You will be informed the start time as soon as you show up at port
  • If you are on board, we adapt the timetables according to your cruise ship schedule
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Refunds will not be issued if tour/activity is missed due to late or non-arrival of cruise ship
  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
  • If portuguese language is required, please advise it at time of booking

Reviews(17)

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mukundab2025
February 17, 2025
doubt it.

The resort is beautiful. Great breakfast. Including toast. The temperature of the room 👌🏽 I would stay again without hesitation.

Operator response

Hola, gracias por enviarnos tu opinión. Con certeza, ayudará a otros viajeros. Cordialmente, Carlos

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Joannegoo
April 10, 2023
Sea lions yes but no penguins

Our driver was excellant and the sea lions were beautiful. however I was disspointed that we did see the Penguins I beleive it was my fault and not noticing that in my booking

Operator response

Hi Joanne, thank you for posting a review about our Shore Excursion Punta Loma Sea Lions Reserve Including Puerto Madryn City Tour. Your opinion is important to us and will certainly help other travelers. In order to see pinguins, you need to visit Punta Tombo or as a second option, Peninsula Valdes which are much farther than Punta Loma, which main attraction is to see the sea lions in their natural enviroment. Best regards, Carlos.

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jgoodwinNBDC
April 1, 2023
Happy tour

Our driver was very informative and extremely friendly I highly reccomend viator not only for.this tour but for all their tours

Operator response

Hi, Mary. Thank you for posting a review about our Shore Excursion Punta Loma Sea Lions Reserve Including Puerto Madryn City Tour. Your opinion is important to us and will certainly help other travelers. We are very glad you enjoyed it and we want to thank you for trusting our agency. Best regards, Carlos

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635wendyg
March 13, 2023
Disappointing

Bus broke down after 30 min. Waited 30 for substitute. Had to run to see penguins 15 there 15 back and back on bus. Very unsatisfactory

Operator response

Hi, thank you for posting a review. We regret to hear that your experience with us was not as good as expected. This situations may happen and the most important is that we could solve it at once and you could see the pinguins. We apologize for any inconvinience. Best regards, Carlos

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Aaron_W
March 10, 2023
Great t our

Great guide very knowledgeable sights were fantastic. Small place lots to see.see lions were amazing sights and history of area were unusual

Operator response

Hi Aaron, thank you for posting a review about our Shore Excursion Punta Loma Sea Lions Reserve Including Puerto Madryn City Tour. Your opinion is important to us and will certainly help other travelers. Best regards, Carlos.

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Jeff_S
March 9, 2023
Great tour to see sea lions

The perfect way to see the sea lions and Puerto Madryn. Nani was a great tour guide and showed us so much, giving us so much information.

Operator response

Hi Jeff, thank you for posting a review about our Shore Excursion Punta Loma Sea Lions Reserve Including Puerto Madryn City Tour. Your opinion is important to us and will certainly help other travelers. Best regards, Carlos.

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DaphneHochstein
February 10, 2023
Punta Loma Preserve

We were a small group of 6 and received very special attention. Our guide, Sylvia was terrific. We did get to view sea lions from the cliffs but it was high tides so the lions were bunched up together.

Operator response

Hi Daphne, thank you for posting a review regarding our Shore Excursion Punta Loma Sea Lions Reserve Including Puerto Madryn City Tour. We are very glad you enjoyed it. We work hard every day to provide the best services and this makes us proud of what we do. We will forward you comments to Sylvia, too. Best regards, Carlos

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Lexi350
February 4, 2023
Sea lions Puerta Madryn

Our tour guide was amazing. She was excellent,knowledgeable and made the trip. Driver Franco was very safety concious. It was great! It was a beautiful day so we were able to walk around after and enjoy the city!

Operator response

Hi, thank you for posting a review about our Shore Excursion Punta Loma Sea Lions Reserve Including Puerto Madryn City Tour. Your opinion is important to us and will certainly help other travelers. We will forward your comments to Franco. Thanks for trusting our agency. Best regards, Carlos Booking Dept.

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shanyni2015
February 3, 2023
Great tour

I arrived on a Norwegian cruise with my two kids. It was a fantastic tour for all of us. The guide was excellent and even took pictures of us whenever we stopped.

Operator response

Hi, thank you for posting a review about our Shore Excursion Punta Loma Sea Lions Reserve Including Puerto Madryn City Tour. You opinion is important to us and will certainly help other travelers. Best regards, Carlos

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Joanne M
January 31, 2023
Dishonest tour operator & very lame, boring and disappointing tour!!! Don’t waste your time or money!!!!

We booked weeks ahead of time for the morning tour of this excursion while our cruise ship was in port in Puerto Madryn. These same tour operators were right outside the cruise ship with a pad of 3” X 6” papers, trying to book as many last minute people from the cruise ship onto the same excursion that we’d booked. OK, fine. But by the time we had walked to the meeting point, the tour operators there told us, “Sorry, your tour has been postponed until later because of the tides”. The later time they rescheduled us for created a situation where we would have to skip lunch that day, which wasn’t ideal. Meanwhile, we watched as all the cruise passengers who’d just (minutes before) bought the same excursion, jump onto the bus that we were supposed to be on, holding their little 3”X6” vouchers. Turns out that they were filling up the tour bus with the last-minute purchasers, and then re-scheduling all the people who had already booked ahead on Viator (and who now couldn’t cancel without losing their money because we were inside the 24 hour no-cancellation window) for later at an unfavorable time. We insisted on going at the originally scheduled time and, after pushing back a LOT, they eventually allowed us to go on the bus we’d originally scheduled for. And it turned out that when we got there that it was low tide, which was actually the MOST favorable conditions for seeing the sea lions! They had straight up lied to us about why we supposedly “needed” to be rescheduled - just so they could make more money by putting last minute passengers into our spaces!!! The second problem was that, although the tour was promoted as being in English (or at least in English and Spanish), none of the guides spoke much English. There was a middle-aged very nice lady who spoke only Spanish, who told the Spanish-speaking folks all about the history of the areas we were passing through, with a lot of interesting anecdotes, based on her audience’s reactions. There were also 3 young women (late teens to early 20’s) who were supposed to be telling the other half of the tour group the same information in English. Unfortunately, only one of the three spoke any English; the other two presented themselves as English speakers but spoke basically no English. And even the one who did speak a bit of English would give only a one or two sentence summary of what the Spanish speaking lady had spent 15 minutes describing and explaining….all of the English speaking audience were left feeling like we were basically missing out on all the information, except for obvious things like “Now we are driving towards the sea lions”. A total waste of our time and money!

Operator response

Hi, we regret to hear your experience was not good. We inform travelers that this tour depends on the tide. It is also stated in our product. Regarding the last minutes bookings, there are many operators waiting at the main entrance, and it is not only this tour but also, to other destinations such as Punta Tombo. Maybe be you saw other people taking this tour that requires an earlier start. We can just tell that we only take bookings that are previously confirmed. All our guides speak english well. Are you sure you took the tour with our agency?. Please inform your booking reference so we can check it. Best regards, Carlos

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