Whale Safari & Adoption
Join a whale-watching adventure off the coast of Peninsula Valdés, providing a clos encounter with southern right whales - the gentle giants of the sea.
Depart Puerto Madryn with your guide and drive to the entrance of Valdés Peninsula – a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. This amazing place comprises over 1,500 square miles of headlands, salt water lakes, depressions and rocky cliffs jutting 30 miles into the Atlantic. This is also one of the finest wildlife reserves in South America. The surrounding shallow bays, gulfs and beaches make the Peninsula one of the most diverse bio habitats in South America. Over half of the world's southern right whale population frequent the waters off Valdés Peninsula, which is also home to major colonies of seals, sea
lions and seabirds.
You can opt for the traditional navigation on an open boat, or for a ride in a Submarine where these amazing mammals can be watched underwater.
Right whales are friendly creatures, swimming gently under and alongside the boat, sticking their heads out of the water, and showing off their beautiful sculptured tails You will become a whale sponsor by choosing your favourite creature for adoption! The
funds generate through the Whale Adoption Program are used to continue scientific studies that allow finding solutions to the problems faced by whales and transform them into actions for their conservation.
The whales chosen for adoption have a unique and personal life story: which one will be yours? “Nube”, the tiny one, “Aoni” the movie star! , “Manantial” the gentle mother, “Valentina” more than 50 yrs old, “ Mochita” the sociable one.
You will receive an Adoption Certificate plus the biography of your adopted whale and a record of their travels and personality. Finally, we return to the city of Puerto Madryn at sunset.
