Puerto Madryn Shore Excursion: Private Day Trip to Punta Tombo Penguin Colony
Overview
Inclusions
- Professional guide
- Port pickup and drop-off
- Worry-Free Shore Excursion Guarantee
- Entrance ticket
- Entry/Admission - Punta Tombo
What to expect
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Punta Tombo, Ruta Provincial Nro.1, Dos Pozos Argentina
This peninsula, a fauna and penguin preservation area created in 1979, is home to the most important Magellan penguins colony in Patagonia.
Almost one million of these loveable creatures arrive from the Atlantic at this place every year in order to breed, incubate their eggs, and prepare their offspring for migration.
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: Puerto Madryn, Puerto Madryn, Province of Chubut, Patagonia
Puerto Madryn
Pass By: Province of Chubut, Province of Chubut, Patagonia
Punta Tombo
Additional information
- For the safety of the penguins, you must never touch or bother them, as this is a special area devoted to preserving this species and its natural habitat
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- Face masks required for travelers in public areas
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Social distancing enforced throughout experience
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Regular temperature checks for staff
- Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
- Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
- We will be operating only with private groups, only your party, and we follow government mandates.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 7 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
Ticket delivery
Cancellation
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.
Three of us went on a private tour with our guide Maria and her driver.
There was a little confusion on the pick up at the port but we eventually got under way.
It's about 180 km to the colony and the scenery is consistently boring but unique to this part of the world. Our guide spok...
Three of us went on a private tour with our guide Maria and her driver.
There was a little confusion on the pick up at the port but we eventually got under way.
It's about 180 km to the colony and the scenery is consistently boring but unique to this part of the world. Our guide spoke excellent English and was friendly, knowledgeable and engaging, which made the long trip pass quickly.
Our driver drove fast but safe and being in a private party we decided to skip the long line of tour buses at the service stations and hot foot it straight through to the colony. Because of this we were there ahead of the bulk of visitors which we were grateful for.
The colony is well organised with a museum, toilets, gift shop and snack bars.
You follow a one way track across land to the main colony at the ocean. There are penguins all along the track and although you can't wander from this path the photo opportunities are continual without other tourists getting in the way of your subjects.
It's a long journey but worth it to see the penguins, having been I wouldn't want to go again however I would recommend the trip to anyone who loves penguins.
Without doubt our trip was made by the friendliness of our young guide and her willingness to chat about anything we were interested in on the long journey.
The Punta Tombo penguin rookery was amazing. Getting to see so many penguins up close and personal was a fabulous experience. Communication was difficult which limited the educational side. The driver seemed to be very knowledgeable but didn’t speak English, and the interpreter was not very g...
The Punta Tombo penguin rookery was amazing. Getting to see so many penguins up close and personal was a fabulous experience. Communication was difficult which limited the educational side. The driver seemed to be very knowledgeable but didn’t speak English, and the interpreter was not very good.
The Good: Going to Punta Tombo in a private car is much easier/faster than going on a bus. We got there earlier and before the tourists and were able to enjoy it with less people rather than loads of crowds. The penguins are the cutest!! We saw a lot of their chicks that were in the nests wait...
The Good: Going to Punta Tombo in a private car is much easier/faster than going on a bus. We got there earlier and before the tourists and were able to enjoy it with less people rather than loads of crowds. The penguins are the cutest!! We saw a lot of their chicks that were in the nests waiting for the parents to bring them food. Our driver took us to another private beach to see the Seals that you don't normally see with a bus tour, or you see them from afar, not up close. Just note it is a bit of a drive from Puerto Madryn to the Penguin Colony about 2.5 hrs so can image it's must longer with a bus
What can be improved: Our tour guide forgot about us : there was definitely a misunderstanding about the scheduled tour even though we had email confirmation including pick-up time. It was quite frustrating and scary when they told us there is no tour but the guy was able to get a drive in 20 min so he came through and we were able to have our tour. Perhaps just double-check with the company a week before to ensure it's confirmed :
Well worth the effort to go to see thousands of penguins.
Being only two in the private tour with a guide/driver that was little or no help during the tour. You would think for the money paid the touring group who would have made more of effort for the 600 plus invested.
Well worth the effort to go to see thousands of penguins.
Being only two in the private tour with a guide/driver that was little or no help during the tour. You would think for the money paid the touring group who would have made more of effort for the 600 plus invested.
This tour is quite expensive, however, if you can afford it, definitely go PRIVATE!
We were part of the Celebrity cruise stopping at Punta Tombo. With the private tour, we were able to beat all the buses 10 bus load at least of people going to the Pneguin Colony. We had the freedom of arr...
This tour is quite expensive, however, if you can afford it, definitely go PRIVATE!
We were part of the Celebrity cruise stopping at Punta Tombo. With the private tour, we were able to beat all the buses 10 bus load at least of people going to the Pneguin Colony. We had the freedom of arriving before anyone - the place was practically empty when we arrived and as we were leaving, some of the folks on the bus were just arriving.
This is an amazing place with million of penguin! It was not at all as I expected - I thought they would all be gathered on the beach, but in actually, there were bushes and trees every where and families of penguins have their own homes disbursed around the entire area.
Definitely a must see!
Well worth the drive to see penguins living in such an unlikely habitat.
Well worth the drive to see penguins living in such an unlikely habitat.