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Puerto Pirámides

Travel Guide Peninsula Valdez Puerto Pirámides

Introduction

Marine fauna at Puerto Piramides, Valdes Peninsula, Patagonia Argentina

Puerto Pirámides is an Argentine town in Biedma Department, Province of Chubut. Its population as of the 2001 census was 429 inhabitants. It is the only town in the Peninsula Valdez.
During a survey of the area in 1972, famed oceanographer Jacques Cousteau observed how little interest calving Southern Right Whale mothers had in raising their calves in the Golfo Nuevo near Puerto Pirámides, despite preferring to give birth there; when local entrepreneurs launched the first tourist expeditions to the site later that year, however, the calving whales began to stay year-round.
Today, Puerto Pirámides is one of the premier whale watching destinations in the world; the municipality has six hotels, 15 lodges and two campgrounds.

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Sights and Activities

Each year the area surrounding the Peninsula Valdez , from May to December, is occupied by the presence of hundreds of Southern right Whales (Eubalaena Australis). Puerto Piramides is the only port in Argentina where you can embark on a whale watching tour.
The protected area Punta Pirámides has 132 hectares surface and was created on February 1974. It has plenty of small cliffs, and between them small pebble beaches, the ground has arenaceous, argillaceous and fossil elements. Definetely a great stage for photography, especially during Whale Watching Season.
The sunsets enjoyed from Punta Pirámides are all unforgettable, and it is one of the few places in Argentina where you can see how the sun hides behind the sea.

Puerto Piramides, Valdes Peninsula, Patagonia Argentina

Activities at Puerto Piramides:

Whale watching
Marine Life watching (orcas, sea lions, dolphins, penguins and many more)
In land fauna watching (guanacos, sheeps, choikes, birds and many more)
Wild nature photography
Kayaking
Scuba diving
Coastal trekking

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Post

Correos de Argentina is the national postal service of Argentina. There are also two private carriers operating nationwide (OCA and Andreani) and a number of regional ones though Correos de Argentina will be the one most likely to be used by travellers. Post offices are mostly open between 8:00am and 8:00pm Monday to Friday and 9:00am to 1:00pm on Saturday, though there are regional variantions with longer hours in central post offices in big cities and shorter ones in small towns. Services are pretty reliable but slow, mostly taking about two weeks to deliver a postcard or letter to the USA or Europe, but usually within a few days sending it domestically. There is also a more expensive express options. You can track a package online at the Correos de Argentino website. Parcels take at least 3-5 days domestically and weeks internationally. Otherwise try international ones like FedEx or UPS to send parcels both more reliable as well as faster.