Exclusivo Peninsula Valdes Natureza e vida selvagem para os hóspedes de cruzeiro

It’s a long drive to reach the destination and then a long drive back. Our guide was good giving us good and clear information. Be careful when booking as you have to select your lunch sandwich, chicken or veg or you get chicken. All in all a long day with with a nice walk to see penguins

Very long day with all the driving and it was very hot, but we did see lots of wildlife Stopped at the centre and got my passport stamped, only time whilst I was in Argentina. Kept stopping so that we could see the wildlife., but will admit travelling was slow and bumpy. Saw plenty of different seals; Elephant and Lion, saw Magellanic Penguins, Guanaco, horses, I think sheep and a Rhea. Pleased I got the chance to visit, and see some wildlife in Argentina. There were good parts and bad (travelling and transport broke down; air conditioning stopped), with that in mind I scored average

Loved seeing seals for the first time! Baby seals were so cute to watch playing in the water. Views were stunning too. My only complaint was that all the information centres/displays etc the descriptions are in Spanish. I felt a bit lost and not able to appreciate the significance of things because I didn't understand. Although our guide did a wonderful job 🙂. She knew alot about the local wildlife. Driver was great too safely stopped every time the group asked so we can take a photo of the animals.

We saw lots of different animals. Carla was very interesting and knowledgeable. She kept us well informed...

Drive for 2 hours 30 minute through a desert to get to the beach. The viewing area was at least 120 meters from the animals. We were only there for 50 minutes. A lovely beach but not really worth the cost and time. Bring binoculars. All in all a disappointing experience

We ended up on a tour with just my spouse and I. Roberto was our guide for the day where he treated us like family. He is so knowledgable and passionate about his country that it made for a very enjoyable day. We were fortunate to have good weather with the winds not being too dramatic. Roberto knew so much about every place we went to visit that we got a very vivid idea of what life is like in Puerta Madryn. There was a lot of wildlife along the way to admire. We did see sea lions and seals but the penguins seemed to have taken the day off from viewing as they were no where in sight. Full disclosure, the sea lions and seals are only able to be seen from above on an overlook. Best practice for the animals but there were no up close pictures of these creatures. Our lunch was delicious and plentiful. We did eat in the car as the wind had picked up and it was more comfortable to eat without all the dust. The roads on the peninsula Valdes are all dirt roads that have been have been graded and covered in gravel. It was a smooth enough ride but there is a lot of dust. Puerta Madryn is very different than we had anticipated with the incredibly arid conditions. We were happy that we got a taste of the culture on our short visit.

The scenery once we got to the location. The wildlife was as the guide advised, no guarantees as it depends on the time year for each species. That being said, we saw everything we hoped to see. The guide, Martin was excellent. A lot of the tour was driving over very rough roads

The tour was taken Friday Feb 2nd, 2024. This trip is a long drive of approx 2.5 to 3 hours (from Puerto Madryn)with stops at a Visitor Centre, a viewpoint for seals and a viewpoint for penguins. There are few seals and few penguins. Both are located on beaches below a cliff at a distance. Our tour guide provided average service. We saw another tour guide providing explanations in the Visitor Centre and at the stops along the beach. Ours did not. The microphone did not work well so people in the rear of the van had difficulty hearing. I cannot recommend this tour as it is not good value for the price.

Viatours gave the wrong ship name to their tour guide (NCL rather than Viking), & they did not respond to my ?? the night before tour, asking if 8a was ok to get off the ship, as we had come into port the prior evening. Where they didn't respond, we got off at 8a. We could not find their guide, called & they advised the tour had already left, could not come back nor provide another guide, admitted their 2 mistakes. We thankfully were able to get on a Viking tour, but if cost us $658 for 2, rather than the $300 we paid them. Yes, they refunded our $300, but we felt they should have also credited our CC the additional $358 we incurred due to their mistakes. They refused to do so. We booked 4 Viatours for this cruise, 1st 2 were excellent, 4th will be in Montevideo on 2/10, which I've already confirmed directly with our private guide so don't anticipate any issues. It's the lack of covering our extra costs incurred due to their errors that has us very upset with them, otherwise they do fine.

Good trip, collected and returned to cruise pier without problems. Saw penguins, elephant seals, walruses, burrowing owls, guanacos and rheas . Good packed lunch. It is a lot of driving, and the countryside is repetitive but the guide, Martin, and driver were very good at finding wild life and we were given a lot of interesting information. Well worth it.