Magellan penguins standing on rocks in Puerto Deseado.

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Coastal Patagonia

Patagonia’s cavorting right whales, penguin colonies and traditional Welsh settlements are all accessed by Argentina’s coastal RN 3. While this paved road takes in some fascinating maritime history, it also travels long yawning stretches of landscape that blur the horizon like a never-ending blank slate. It’s also a favored travel route for oversized trucks on long-haul trips.

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  • Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio

    Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio

    Coastal Patagonia

    Showcasing the most important fossil finds in Patagonia, this natural-history museum offers outstanding life-size dinosaur exhibits and more than 1700…

  • EcoCentro

    EcoCentro

    Puerto Madryn

    Celebrating the area’s unique marine ecosystem, this masterpiece brings an artistic sensitivity to extensive scientific research. There are exhibits on…

  • Centro de Visitantes Istmo Carlos Ameghino

    Centro de Visitantes Istmo Carlos Ameghino

    Coastal Patagonia

    This cultural center, 22km beyond the entrance of Reserva Faunística Península Valdés, focuses on natural history, displays a full right-whale skeleton…

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    Área Natural Protegida Punta Tombo

    Coastal Patagonia

    Continental South America’s largest penguin nesting ground, Área Natural Protegida Punta Tombo has a colony of more than half a million Magellanic…

  • A colony of Penguins close to the ocean at Punta Delgada in Península Valdés. A colony of Penguins close to the ocean at Punta Delgada in Península Valdés. 512290698 Colony, Grass, Standing, White, Green Color, Black Color, Long, Hole, South, Lifestyles, USA, Argentina, Bush, Mammal, Penguin, Sand, Peninsula, Beach, Sea, Life

    Reserva Faunística Península Valdés

    Coastal Patagonia

    Lying on Argentina's barren eastern Patagonian coast, this oddly shaped peninsula is home to some of the country's richest wildlife. Elephant seals,…

  • Monumento Natural Bosques Petrificados

    Monumento Natural Bosques Petrificados

    Coastal Patagonia

    During Jurassic times, 150 million years ago, this area enjoyed a humid, temperate climate with flourishing forests, but intense volcanic activity buried…

  • Punta Norte

    Punta Norte

    Coastal Patagonia

    At the far end of Península Valdés, solitary Punta Norte boasts an enormous mixed colony of sea lions and elephant seals. Its remote location means it is…

  • Museo Nacional del Petróleo

    Museo Nacional del Petróleo

    Coastal Patagonia

    This museum provides an insider look at the social and historical aspects of petroleum development. Don’t expect balanced treatment of oil issues – it was…

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