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Peninsula Valdés Wildlife

Peninsula Valdés
Duration
6 Days · 5 Nights
The route
Peninsula Valdés
Style
Whales, orcas, penguins and seals
Best season
June – December · best
The route

5 nights, 1 stop — whales, orcas, penguins and seals.

Peninsula Valdés.

Peninsula Valdés
What you're tracking

What you'll see

Southern right whale
Southern right whale
Calving in the bays.
Orca
Orca
Beaching to hunt at Punta Norte.
Magellanic penguin
Magellanic penguin
In large colonies.
Southern elephant seal
On the beaches.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Arrive Peninsula Valdés

Arrive Peninsula Valdés

The journey begins.

Arrive in Peninsula Valdés, met and transferred to your accommodation. Nowhere else can you reliably watch orcas deliberately strand on the sand to hunt — a Valdés signature.

02Peninsula Valdés

Peninsula Valdés

A full day in the field.

Tour the peninsula for orcas, sea lions and elephant seals. A full wildlife day along the Valdés coast and steppe.

03Peninsula Valdés

Peninsula Valdés

A full day in the field.

A full wildlife day along the Valdés coast and steppe. Boat and shore wildlife, with guanacos and rheas inland.

04Peninsula Valdés

Peninsula Valdés

A full day in the field.

Boat and shore wildlife, with guanacos and rheas inland. Whale-watch the southern right whales, then the penguin and seal colonies.

05Peninsula Valdés

Peninsula Valdés

A full day in the field.

Whale-watch the southern right whales, then the penguin and seal colonies.

06Depart Peninsula Valdés

Departure

The journey ends.

A final morning in Peninsula Valdés — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

June – December

Peak season

Southern right whale season, peaking September–November with calves in the bays.

February – April

Peak season

The famous orca-beaching season at Punta Norte.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Elephants Marine Mammals Penguin

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

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