Travel Reference
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In high season, a hut next to Bistro de Mar Nautico offers lessons and rents out regular
and wide boards and kayaks by the hour. South of Muelle Piedrabuena,
Playa Tomás
Curti
is a popular windsurfing spot.
Huellas y Costas
KAYAKING
( 15-466-4772, 447-0143;
www.huellasycostas.com
; 3-day kayak excursion US$1085)
A praised
outfitter offering multiday kayak excursions in small groups with bilingual guides.
Whale-watching is a big element of these trips, though the price drops low season.
Napra Club
WATER SPORTS
( 445-5633;
www.napraclub.com
;
Costanera s/n; 9am-7pm)
This rental shack offers bi-
cycles (per hour AR$30), stand-up paddle (SUP) boards (per hour AR$80) and guided
seakayaking (per two hours AR$190); if need be you can also rent a wetsuit (AR$20).
Located next to Bistro de Mar Nautico.
Tours
Countless agencies sell tours to Península Valdés; prices do not include the AR$130 park
admission fee or whale-watching (AR$490). Most hotels and hostels also offer tours; get
recommendations from fellow travelers before choosing. Ask how large the bus was, if it
came with an English-speaking guide, where they ate and what they saw where - differ-
ent tour companies often visit different locations. Bringing your own binoculars is a good
idea.
Tours to Punta Tombo from Puerto Madryn cost about the same as those offered from
Trelew, but they require more driving time and thus less time with the penguins.
Flamenco Tour
GUIDED TOUR
( 445-5505;
www.flamencotour.com
; Belgrano 25)
Offerings range from the standard
whale-watching and snorkeling trips to stargazing 4WD journeys along the coast (tele-
scopes and bilingual instruction included).
Nievemar
GUIDED TOUR
( 445-5544;
www.nievemartours.com.ar
;
Av Roca 493)
Amex representative. Excursions in-
clude whale-watching and visits to sea-lion colonies and the petrified forest.
