Full Day Tour to Florentino Ameghino Dam from Puerto Madryn
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Full Day Tour to Florentino Ameghino Dam from Puerto Madryn

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Ages 0-99, max of 30 per group
Duration: 10h
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: English, Spanish
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  • Professional guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Round-trip shared transfer
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
What's not included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities


Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.
  • Puerto Madryn, Puerto Madryn, Province of Chubut, Patagonia
    Departure Point: Centrally located Puerto Madryn hotels. If your hotel is outside the geographic area, we will confirm you the closest meeting point. Indicate the name and address of your hotel.
Pickup details
  • The pick up transfer is only from selected centrally located hotels. If your hotel is outside the geographic area, we will confirm you the closest meeting point. Indicate the name and address of your hotel.
Hotel pickup offered
During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.
    End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

      • Not wheelchair accessible
      If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 5674P134

      • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
      • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
      • Cruise Passengers are not allowed to take this tour
      • Most travelers can participate
      • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers

      • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

      If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 5674P134

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        Las Chapas is the next destination, you will enjoy an amazing colorful landscape: transparent rivers, green willows, among other things. The rocky walls boast an incredible reddish tone and the Chubut River runs between their huge heights for several kilometers. That is the reason why this site was chosen to construct the dam and give shape to an artificial lake that covers 7,000 hectares. It was named Florentino Ameghino to honor the famous naturalist and discoverer. The reservoir is 255 meters long and was designed by the engineer Antonio Pronsato back in 1943. It was not inaugurated until 1963. The trails around the area are usually crossed by the most autochthonous wildlife seen in Patagonia today: guanacos with their offspring, choiques and Patagonian hares.
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      • Tangol Tours Puerto Madryn
        99
        Argentina
        Joined in February 2011
      • Y8873NWbillp
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        excellent penguin experience
        most spectacular 'close encounters' with penguins and guanacos (wild llamas) imaginable...the one mile hike along the boardwalk affords the viewers countless very close encourters with penguins and their gosslings, as well as the occasional encounter with a guanaco.
        Written December 22, 2024
      • TexSteve
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Fantastic Way to See Patagonian Wildlife
        On this tour we got to see so much wildlife. After we were picked up it took about an hour for Juan, our tour guide, to drive our group to the shore. The drive was largely through scrubland. Juan was very observant along the drive, stopping to point out guanacos, rheas, maras, and a rarely seen tinamou. He also answered questions we had along the way. When we arrived at Caleta Valdes we saw many elephant seals laying out on the beach and penguins along various parts of the beach and in the brushy areas. Juan scanned the shoreline with his binoculars and kept track on his phone with other people there to know where to go/look for orcas. Sure enough, we saw several orcas (killer whales) prowling along the shore looking for seals. It was amazing. Then we drove again and arrived at Puerto Piramides where we hopped on a large boat and found a few pairs of mother/baby Southern right whales. (The males had already migrated away by early November.) The whales were near our boat, swam around together, occasionally spouted, and also dove down and showed their flukes. The drive was very comfortable car-wise and temperature-wise. We also enjoyed getting to know the other tourists in the car on our drives. Juan was very focused on identifying as many animals as possible on our trip and his English was perfect.
        Written December 15, 2024
      • mabrincat
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Excellent day out
        Great day and Juan the tour guide was excellent. We managed to see seals, sea lions and some penguins. Unfortunately no Orcas came out to play but that did not deter us. Was an excellent day
        Written March 15, 2024
      • Antoinette P
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Day trip in private car.
        The driver and guide Pedro and Tuiago made sure we had an informed conversation about the vast area we traveled. The car was comfortable for our ride. We traveled quite a lot of miles. We kept on schedule covered all the viewing areas we wanted and made it back to ship at the time we were promised.
        Written February 3, 2024
      • ilhank554
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Highly recommended!
        A wonderful tour seeing so many penguins so close! And the toninas as well. Our guide was a real pro, very knowledgeable and really loving his job! Highly recommended tour that I would love to do again some dayz
        Written December 5, 2023
      • ilhank554
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        An amazing experience!
        An amazing experience, particularly the whale-watching! The whole tour was great, we got to see so many beautiful animals and nature. Can highly recommend! Also, our guide Juan filled me in perfectly on english.
        Written November 4, 2023
      • 873madalenap
        0 contributions
        4.0 of 5 bubbles
        Defintely take the boat tour
        The experience was very nice and I definitely recommend taking the boat tour. The communication with the agency was not very good, I had to message them a couple of times to get a confirmation about the pick up and I didn't get an answer regarding if I needed to buy a ticket for for the park in advance or not and how much it was.
        Written October 28, 2023
      • Norma F
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Many cute penguins
        It is a 2 hour trip from Puerto Madryn to punta Tombo, but the reserve is very interesting, You are able to walk along the different trails , the Penguins are so noisy calling each other to nest, but they and also friendly to take pictures (but do not touch them)It is a 20 minutes walk to the shore where the colony is bigger and you can see them swimming. One comment there is no WIFI or internet so be prepared to pay lunch in cash
        Written November 22, 2022
      • Froniu
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Peninsula Valdes
        Amazing experience with wild nature of Peninsula Valdes and his history with really professional guide and stuff that's work there.
        Written September 17, 2022
      • sofiabellisomo
        0 contributions
        1.0 of 5 bubbles
        Choose something else!
        I would not recommend it at all! Apart from the local flora we saw very little. If the period is not recommended then they should not offer this kind of tour because it is really a waste of money and time. It has been completely different from what was in the description. In particular: - I had requested the tour to be in English and the tour operator kept speaking in Spanish despite me asking to translate. He said only 2/3 sentences in English and I could tell it wasn’t the full explanation he had given in Spanish. So, I didn’t understand almost anything as I don’t speak good Spanish. - The description stated that the access to the Peninsula Valdes is approx. 650 ARS but we had to pay 2800 ARS per person - Before the trip started we asked the tour operator if we needed cash to pay in restaurants and shops and he assured us that we could use credit cards, but this wasn’t the case and we couldn’t even have lunch because we didn’t have cash as we had to pay the high amount to enter the Peninsula - The description didn’t really specify what we could do if we hadn’t purchased the wale experience so we assumed that there were other activities in place or a trip back to the hotel. But when we got to Punto Piramides in the afternoon, we were told we had to wait in the bus for 2 hours which is unacceptable. So, we had to go back to the hotel with a taxi which cost us 10500 ARS. - Also, there were basically no animals. The very few we could see were so far away that we couldn’t even tell what they were. It felt like we have wasted our money and I don’t even understand what the price I paid included besides the transport as I wasn’t provided with what I was supposed to receive. I don't recommend this experience to anyone as my experience was so bad that I wouldn’t want anyone else to experience the same. I send a complaint on August 18 and I'm still waiting to hear a final answer from them despite the many follow-ups.
        Written August 26, 2022
      • 1victor
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Such an wonderful tour
        We did this as a shore excursion and we booked it directly with El Pedral. The El Pedral team at the Puerto Madryn port were well signed and we found our way to our guide, Rodrigo who directed s to the small 'bus we went touring within. Rodrigo was well spoken and an excellent guide giving us great information on the excursion. We saw some wildlife on the journey to El Pedral property. Our first stop was to observe a small nmber of Elephant Seals laying below our cliff top observation point and then we proceeded to the area of the light house. Then came the reason for our journey - the walk, maybe 1500m or more, to the area where the penguins were located. First we saw moulting birds and then more and more and finally we reached the pebble beach where there were many penguins close to the line of surf. A few walked close to us while we stood upon the beach. After we returned to our bus we went to the El Pedral buildings where we had a lunch which included Argentinian style BBQed lamb and wine. This was the best excursion we have ever been on in our 6 cruises.
        Written March 12, 2020
      • HanleyStrappman
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Visiting the penguins on Christmas Day
        We had a great time visiting the penguins. It was an amazing experience walking and sitting on the beach with them. New born chicks were very cute. The overall experience with El Pedral Penguin Colony Tour was outstanding.
        Written January 23, 2020
      • silverwedding
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Great tour and visit
        We were met on the dock by 2 guides and taken to the buses. Had a great drive out to El Pedral, seeing llamas and reals en route. Rodrigo also made mate for everyone to try. Went to see the penguins. Be warned that there is quite a long walk from the bus to the beach, but you will see lots of penguins on the way. You will then be taken by bus for lunch. Only negative was that we had to wait on the bus at the port for over an hour, waiting dor people to disembark as they had decided beforehand who should be on each bus. Might be better to just fill up a bus and go and let the stragglers wait for the other latecomers.
        Written January 13, 2020
      • sailing841
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Simply Amazing!
        This was an amazing trip. Our guide and driver were great. They answered our questions, gave us history and pointed out animals with stops to take photos before we got to the ranch. They discussed all the amazing features of each We had no idea when we booked the trip that the penguin colony was on the ranch's private property. The daily visitors were limited, so it was really private. We were able to go on Christmas which was great as well. Make sure your batteries are fully charged as you will take a ton of photos The only issue was that the brochure did not mention footwear and photos depicted people in sandals. Please do not do this.... it is hard to walk on the rock beach. I'd suggest a light weight hiking shoe or at least tennis shoes.
        Written January 13, 2020
      • cosconstantinou1
        0 contributions
        4.0 of 5 bubbles
        Long day but great wildlife
        The boat ride to see the toninas was cheaper to book during the day trip (about a third of rhe online trip advisor option price) and well worth doing as the boat ride itself was comfortable and we saw many toninas. The penguin colony is a must see as this is the largest accessible colony anywhere. Our guide was very good but was let down by not having a working microphone which made listening to her difficult on the often bumpy and noisy minivan drive.
        Written November 17, 2019
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      AngelaRossi
      Province of Entre Rios, Argentina4 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Feb 2024 • Family
      Including Puerto Madryn in our trip was one of the best decisions we made! The beauty of the area captivates you.
      This excursion gave us a perfect combination of adventure and relaxation, making it a must for anyone traveling to this beautiful city!
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      Written March 11, 2024
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      apollo1169
      Buenos Aires, Argentina176 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Pintoresco y tranquilo pueblito perdido entre las elevaciones de la Meseta Patagónica.
      Pueblito de aproximadamente 50 casas refugiadas al pie de un dique que embalsa las aguas del Río Chubut con un color azul/ verde esmeralda hermoso. Ruta en muy buen estado.
      Para conocer algo distinto dentro de la hermosa Provincia de Chubut.
      Written September 22, 2022
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