ATLANTIC PATAGONIA

Penguins, Whales, Seals and sea Elephants Imposing mammals and sea birds, half way between real life and fantasy, spend certain seasons on the rough coasts of Patagonia where they complete part of their life cycle. Colonies of seals play on the islets and sandbanks. In the Valdés Peninsula the southern elephant seals have the most important continental colony in the world, a magical place where the southern right whales regularly come to the Nuevo and San José gulfs to breed. Patagonian hares, "ñandúes" (South American ostrich) and "guanacos" run about the steppes, and the largest colony of Magellanic penguins in the world nest at Punta Tombo..In the south, Tierra del Fuego where it is the World's southernmost city, Ushuaia, a gateway towards the vast and mysterious Antarctica. Ushuaia and Tierra del Fuego National Park Located on the shores of the Beagle Channel, Ushuaia is the southernmost city in the world. Take a visit to its World's End and Maritime museums - old prison - and enjoy its natural surroundings. A small train takes us to the gates of the Tierra del Fuego National Park with diverse species of flora and fauna. The park is home to red foxes, guanacos, beavers and condors. In excursions along the Beagle Channel you can see seals, Magellanic penguins and cormorants.- Across the mountain rangeFrom Ushuaia take a beautiful route which crosses the Paso Garibaldi mountain range, with cross-country skiing, impenetrable forests, peat bogs, lakes such as the Fagnano and the Escondido and extensive plains where thousands of sheep graze. At the end of the journey, we reach Río Grande where a visit is suggested to the Salesian Mission and the María Behety ranch with its shearing shed for 5,000 sheep. USHUAIA/CALAFATE (by plane) 6 nights, Ushuaia/Calafate Escursions: Tierra del Fuego National Park, Perito Moreno Glaciers.