The Peninsula Valdes is a peninsula near the Argentinian town of Puerto Madryn. The peninsula is almost an island. Just a very small isthmus connects it to the mainland. Peninsula Valdes is dry and almost barren, the domain of more than 80.000 sheep. It is the coast that is extremely beautiful and interesting. Not only because of the animals like elephant seals, penguins, sea lions and many different birds are to be seen there. But also because of it's coastal formations as such. At the Punta Delgada beach you just sit and look (to hot to move anyway). Quiet not to disturb the sleeping sea elephants... Although you hear them grunting and farting all the time.
Rocky "pots" with seawater
An overview of the coast at Punta Delgada
Divers rock formations
The elephant seals sleep in the (hot) sun. Not much else to do now. Must be nice though to be partly in the water.
Now and then (but not to often) moving to do a bit of neighborly barking....
We were not allowed anymore to walk freely on the beach, as we were 9 years ago. Then I saw a male elephant seal ferreting about in the dry sand.... He was BIG. So I can imagine that besides the aspect of nature conservation, there might also be an aspect of safety in keeping the tourists at a distance.
More about Peninsula Valdes
The Wikipedia about Valdes
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