Private Cruise Shore Excursion to Punta Tombo

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About this activity

This guided tour stands out for the unique experience of exploring breathtaking locations, featuring expert english speakers guides who provide detailed knowledge about the local flora, fauna, and history. Additionally, we offer personalized attention to ensure that each participant fully enjoys the excursion. The tour is distinguished by the exclusivity of our small vehicles, allowing us to arrive first at reserves and avoid large crowds. We don’t use coach buses for tours.

We have been providing shore excursions to cruise passengers for the last 18 seasons.

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At a glance

Duration: 7 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–12
Guide: English, French, Spanish
Operated by: Sentir Patagonia Travel

Ages: Infants (0–2 years) · Children (3–11 years) · Adults (12–90 years)

What is included

Included

Included: All fees and taxes
Included: Vehicle with air conditioning
Included: box lunch (1 Meat Empanada, 1 Chicken / Grill Vegetables sandwich, 1 Argentinean alfajor, 1 brownie and 1 bottle of water) also you can choose between a vegetarian, or gluten free meals.
Included: Professional tour guide

Not included

Not included: Tips are not included
Not included: Park Entrance Fee

Itinerary

Muelle Luis Piedra Buena

3 hours

Meeting and pick up at the pier, we leave Puerto Madryn, toward the south, by the Nº 3 national route, and after traveling through 120 miles of pavement and gravel (approximately 2hs and 30 minutes), we will arrive at Punta Tombo, the greater continental reserve of Magellan Penguins (Spheniscus Magallanicus).

After the time in Punto Tombo we return to Puerto Madryn
Punta Tombo

1 h 30 min Admission included

This Protected Natural Area was created as such, in 1979, has a total extension of 210 hectares, and can be visited from September to April. The beach is considered intangible area, and in February you will find it, full of Penguins Chicks practicing swimming, especially in the small pools leave it from the tides.

This incredible place its home of thousands of Magellan Penguins, and every year since October, they arrive to nest and to have their chicks.

You will have 90 minutes to walk among the penguins and then you can have lunch there before we return.

Returning to Puerto Madryn we will have more than enough time to catch your cruise ship, so you can continue enjoying Patagonia.
Trelew

2 hours

Returning to Puerto Madryn we can make a stop if necessary in Trelew to use the restroom facilities.

Meeting point and pickup

The operator picks every participant up from their accommodation or the points below.

Pickup points

Muelle Luis Piedrabuena

We set each tour starting time according to each cruise ship schedule, so as soon as your ship docks we will be waiting for you at the pier, and also as soon as we start the tour, much better will be our returning on time to the ship and you will have more time to enjoy the trip.

We will be waiting for you at the pier, once you finished the reservation we will inform you via email the exact time and place where we wil be waiting.

After the ship’s crew will let the people disembark, we will wait for no more than 45 minutes to start the tour

The starting time of this tour it will depends on your ships docking time.

07:00 am it's the most typical schedule but we start the tour according to the ship's schedule.

Using your ticket

Nuestro guia tendra los tickets de entrada a Punta Tombo, y seran entregados a la autoridad de control en el acceso a Punta Tombo

Cancellation

Free cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

If you cancel	You get back
At least one day before	100%
Less than a day before	0%

Good to know

Specialized infant seats are available
Service animals allowed
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please let us know if you have any medical condition regarding food, like lactose intolerant or need gluten free food, or if you are vegetarian, so we can set the best box lunch for you