SHORE EXCURSIONS
The best days ashore.
The 8 most popular puerto madryn tours for cruise passengers. The trips worth your hours ashore, what each one runs, who operates it and how to be back before all-aboard.
See Patagonia wildlife on a 7-hour Peninsula Valdes tour from Puerto Madryn, with pier pickup, an English guide, and a boxed lunch.
Most Popular“Not good for visiting penguins, just wasted time, though the guider is not bad. The food is not good either”
Punta Tombo penguin reserve shore excursion from Puerto Madryn. Cruise-pier pickup, 2-hour photo time, and a box lunch included.
“I cannot speak highly enough about the communications from this company. . First class! Through no fault of anyone, we did not dock until 3/4 hours after our supposed arrival time due to gale force winds and original approach was aborted at last minute. As our tour was a full day tour it could not…”
Walk among thousands of Magellanic penguins at Punta Tombo from Puerto Madryn, with lunch included and a small-group ride in comfort.
“Lots and lots of penguins. Something like 20,000 nesting burrows. A nice area to view them swimming from above the beach, also a herd of guanacos in the park, and some cute little “scuis” (cava). You will see penguins”
Peninsula Valdés and San Lorenzo in Patagonia: up-close Magellanic penguins, seals, and elephant seals, plus a hearty boxed lunch.
“Beto was a great guide, friendly and informative. We first visited the elephant seals and sea lions at Port Norte. But the highlight was the visit to the Magellanic penguin rookery at the farm Beto took us to. Seeing the penguins "guarding" their homes, "cleaning" their homes, then walk to the ocean where we saw…”
Punta Tombo penguin colony from Puerto Madryn. A small-group shore excursion with boardwalk time, lunch, and air-conditioned transport.
“We saw lots of nesting penguins and the llamas even babies up close. You don’t get to walk on the shore but the penguins walk right up to you.”
A 7-hour shore excursion from Puerto Madryn into Peninsula Valdés: seals, penguins, sea lions, viewpoints, and animal spotting with expert guiding.
“Getting back to the ship was the highlight. 90 min via a derelict visitors centre to stop number one. Penguins of which there were 3. Reason given that the whole colony was out at sea fishing. Second stop the seal colony which numbered 20, these also at sea fishing. Stop at a dodgy restaurant for…”
7-hour Peninsula Valdés shore excursion from Puerto Madryn with A/C van, wildlife viewing, and a box lunch. Park fee extra.
“non ho fatto l'escursione. avevo comprato escursione di 7 ore. non potevano fornirla e non mi hanno rimborsato. agenzia molto disonesta. In altri casi, agenzie serie che non avevano potuto dare il servizio acquistato hanno rimborsato. questa agenzia invece non si presenta e ruba i soldi. In questo caso, anche Get Tour Guide, che di…”
6-hour Peninsula Valdes cruise shore excursion with A/C van and bilingual guide, featuring whale skeleton, elephant seals, sea lions, penguins.
“Über 2,5 Stunden fahrt zur Hälfte Über Schotter Straßen für 10 min Pinguin gucken aus 200m Entfernung und danach 40 min seeelefanten auch aus sehr weiter Entfernung, danach das ganze wieder zurück... nervig”
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