Thursday, 29 January 2015

Penguins!! Puerto Madryn (Punta Tombo)

Today is penguin day! Just about 79 degrees and we're off in search of our fuzzy tuxedoed friends.

A long bus ride South down the Argentinian coast but it was worth it.

Punta Tombo is peppered with Magellenic pingüinos, some marching a beeline to the ocean, some coming and going with food for the babes, others snoozing, and those seemingly wandering, arms flapping the familiar flap and beaks to the wind. We did see some dead bodies as well. Even those they drag back to their burrows and use for shelter. Although we stayed on a path, the penguins cut back and forth in front of us, unfazed by our presence.

Half a million penguins and a few Llamas! Awesome!

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