Accommodation
Bahia Bustamante Lodge
Leave Trelew for the small village of Bahia Bustamante. Drive across the steppe of Patagonia: straight line, flat landscape, no one on the horizon, and the ever-present winds! You will feel the power of Patagonia as you barely begin to enter it.
Leave Road 3 to take a track that follows the seaside leading to the village of Bahia Bustamante. Bahia Bustamante was born as a seaweed fishing village and is now a lodge located in the middle of a true natural wildlife sanctuary. Few places in the world can boast its diversity of seabirds and marine mammals, which explains its inclusion within the "Patagonia Austral" marine and coastal park and the "Blue Patagonia" UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. It is also an IBAs (Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas). Compared to the Galapagos Islands, this is a privileged area to observe many species in diverse
ecosystems: marine, intertidal, marshes, wetlands, steppe, etc
In this incredible surrounding, you will have the chance to observe the following species*:
- Magellanic Penguin colony
- Blue-eyed Cormorant and Rock Cormorant
- Chubut Steamer Duck and Olrog ́s Gull who are both endemic species
- Red knot
- White-rumped sandpiper
- Hudsonian godwit
- Sea Lions colony
- Whales, dolphins and Commerson’s dolphin
- Patagonian Cavy, lesser rheas, guanacos (often seen)
- Tinamous and even grey fox and maras (best time at the sunset)
*November is the best period to optimize your chances of seeing as much wildlife as possible.
Aproximately 3h44 drive, 260km.