Península Valdés Birding Tour
Full‑Day from Puerto Madryn

Birding Península Valdés is a full‑day private bird‑watching tour. We depart from Puerto Madryn and enter the UNESCO World‑Heritage protected area. You’ll explore steppe, salt flats and sea‑cliffs guided by a bilingual ornithologist.

Among the native bushes we search for monte specialties such as Patagonian Canastero, White-throated Cacholote, Patagonian Mockingbird, Carbonated Sierra Finch, plus earthcreepers and tyrants among several others.

Crossing the dawn‑lit steppe, the striking Elegant Crested-Tinamou often appears roadside. At Punta Pirámide we stop by the sea‑lion rookery to watch Snowy Sheathbill, Dolphin Gull, Magellanic and Imperial Cormorants, terns, gulls, Blackish and American Oystercatchers.

We continue across salt flats and lowlands for Two-banded Plover, Cinereous Harrier and, with luck, Choique, Darwin’s Nothura, Rusty-backed Monjita, Seedsnipes and Tawny-throated Dotterel. Mammals such as guanacos, foxes, armadillos and the charming Patagonian Mara (endemic) often accompany the journey.

At Punta Cantor – Caleta Valdés we enjoy dramatic cliffs and colonies of Magellanic Penguin and Southern Elephant Seal. Keep binoculars or camera ready—an inquisitive Orca may patrol the shore!

After a relaxed afternoon with coastal flocks and marine mammals we return to Puerto Madryn by dusk.

Optional (Jun–Dec): a whale‑watching boat trip for Southern Right Whale can be added from Puerto Pirámides.

Check our wildlife calendar to choose the best month for each species.