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Getting Here
By air. From Buenos Aires to Esquel, Trelew,
Puerto Madryn and Comodoro Rivadavia. Regional flights from Comodoro
Rivadavia to Esquel and Puerto Madryn.
By bus. From the City of Buenos Aires to
Puerto Madryn, Trelew, Rawson and Comodoro Rivadavia. Regular bus services
between Puerto Madryn - Córdoba, Puerto Madryn - Trelew - Esquel,
Comodoro Rivadavia - Camarones.
Distances from Buenos Aires: Puerto Madryn
1,382 Km, Trelew 1,420 Km, Esquel 2,050 Km, Comodoro Rivadavia 1,850
Km.
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Lodging and Accommodation
Number and category of accommodations. Cholila: 1 (3*), 1 (2*). Comodoro Rivadavia: 2 (4*), 3 (3*), 8 (2*), 1 (Apart). Esquel: 3 (3*), 5 (2*), 2 (Apart). Gaiman: 1 (2*). Los Altares: 1 (2*). Playa Unión: 2 (2*). Puerto Madryn: 1 (4*), 7 (3*), 11 (2*), 11 (Apart). Rawson: 1 (3*). Trelew: 2 (4*), 1 (3*), 1 (2*), 1 (Apart).
Other lodging facilities :Aldea Beleiro, Alto Río Senguer, Camarones, Corcovado, El Hoyo, El Maitén, Epuyén, Dique Florentino Ameghino, Gobernador Costa, Las Golondrinas, Parque Nacional Lago Puelo, Parque Nacional Los Alerces, Puerto Pirámides and Punta Delgada (Península Valdés), Rada Tilly, Río Mayo, Río Pico, Sarmiento and Trevelin.
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Things to do
Adventure Tourism. Trekking in Lago Puelo and Los Alerces national parks. Rafting in rivers Carrileufú and Corcovado. Diving in Puerto Madryn.
Skiing. La Hoya winter resort is 13 Km away from Esquel, and open from June through October.
Sport fishing. Salmon and trout fishing in lakes and rivers. Deep-sea fishing in Mar Argentino.
Watching marine life. On the Atlantic coast, you can see whales, orcas (killer whales), birds, seals, and elephant seals.
Welsh tea and traditional confectionery. Gaiman and Trevelin are typical Welsh communities where you can have Welsh tea with traditional sweets and confectionery.
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Places to visit
HUGE AND ANCIENT LARCHES (Alerces). Los
Alerces National Park preserves this type of trees, which can be more
than 60 meters high and are more than 3,000 years old.
ANIMAL PENINSULA. In Peninsula Valdés,
you can visit sea bird colonies, as well as sea lions and elephant seals
from the South, and the Southern right whale (ballena franca austral).
SEALS AND ELEPHANT SEALS. An important
colony of 800 South American sea lions lives below the steep rocks of
Punta Loma, while 1,500 come to breed to Punta Pirámide Natural
Reserve from December through February. Punta Norte reserve shelters
the world’s most important southern elephant seal continental
colony. These animals get their name from the males’ trunk-like
nose.
ANNUAL WHALE GATHERING. Gulf Nuevo and Gulf of San José are the places where Southern right whales come to give birth and perpetuate their species from June through mid-December. Whale sightseeing tours depart from Puerto Pirámides.
PENGUINS. More than 1,500,000 Magellanic
penguins and other sea bird species, such as skuas, sea gulls, gaviotines
(member of the gull family) and cormorants inhabit Punta Tombo.
Other places of interest: Bosque Petrificado
Sarmiento is a geological reserve formed by the outcropping of almost
65-million-year-old fossilized forests.
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Shopping
Mapuche handicrafts. Silver work, musical instruments, and woolen fabrics with geometric designs.
Regional cooking. Welsh cakes, sweets, seafood, smoked venison and trout, as well as fine and canned fruit.
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Further information
Rawson. Secretaría
de Turismo de la Provincia del Chubut: Av. 9 de Julio 280. Tel./Fax:
(2965) 481113. E-mail: info@chubutur.gov.ar.
Puerto Madryn. Secretaría
de Turismo y Deportes: Av. Julio A. Roca 223. Tel. /Fax: (2965) 453504.
E-mail: informes@madryn.gov.ar.
Trelew. Ente Trelew Turístico:
Mitre 387. Tel./Fax: (2965) 420139. E-mail: turismo@trelew.gov.ar.
Esquel. Secretaría
de Turismo de la Provincia del Chubut: Rivadavia 296. Tel. (2945) 450458.
E-mail: chubuturesq@chubutur.gov.ar.
Secretaría de Turismo: Av. Alvear y Sarmiento. Tel./Fax: (2945)
451927. E-mail: infoturismo@esquel.gov.ar.
Comodoro Rivadavia. Agencia Comodoro Turismo (Comodoro Tourism Agency): Rivadavia 430. Phone: (297) 4462376. Fax: (297) 4474111. E-mail: turismo@comodoro.gov.ar.
Buenos Aires. Casa de
la Provincia del Chubut: Sarmiento 1172. Tel. (11) 4383-2009. E-mail:
chubuturbue@chubutur.gov.ar.
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