Monday 2 November 2009

In search of Southern right whales

Today we were on a day long tour to Peninsula Valdes, a protected area and Unesco world heritage site. We´ve never seen so many whales, surfacing to breathe, with calves, tails coming out of the water, and some breaching too. It was incredible. Some were right beside the boat.
After lunch we went up the coast to see elephant seals, and Magellanic penguins on their eggs - some only about 4 feet from the fence; along the way we also saw sheep, wild ostrich, and guanoco. See the new websites added at the bottom of the page for more detail.
Photo by otomir (Flickr Creative Commons)