PUERTO PIRAMIDES

Puerto Piramides | Caleta Valdes | Punta Tombo Penguin Rookery | Punta Norte

FAUNA
Puerto Pirámides's main attraction is, obviously, the presence of whales from June to December every year. During that period there are several entrepreneurs actively working in the village on shipboard sightings of whales. Whales may be seen from a ship or from both the coast and the cliffs.

On the reserve, there is a sea lion colony of around 1,500 animals almost 680 pups born every season.

There is also a nesting colony of seagulls with some 330 nests in their mating season, plus some 40 nests of rock cormorants. Sporadically a mating colony of terns is also formed.

Pirámides is also a good place to watch land birds: Patagonian mockingbirds, finches, rufous-collared sparrows and tinamous.

FLORA
The vegetation around Puerto Pirámides is a bushy steppe holding mainly Senecio filaginoides and Mulinum spinosum.

The coverage of the bush layer is about 35% and it is formed by two sub-layers. One is of Mulinum spinosum and Senecio filaginoides, with an average height of 70 cm and the other is of Lycium chilense and Schinus polygamus, with an average height of 1.1 m.

SERVICES
The village camping ground has all the basic services. Bungalows and rooms with a view on the bay can also be have for rent.

In summer, there is a possibility to practice all the various nautical sports: water skiing, fishing, etc.

You can also take scuba-diving excursions from Puerto Pirámides to several different places with different depths and a great variety of sea fauna.

The following excursions leave from Puerto Pirámides:

LOBERIA DE PIRAMIDES (SEA LION COLONY)
This is a colony of "single-furred" sea lions. It is at barely 4 km from the village and is a very popular place for guests.
The seals and their pups can be very easily seen from a natural observation deck on the cliffs that shelter the beach.

PUNTA PARDELAS
Only 12 km from Puerto Pirámides, it has a first class beach for fishing or scuba and snorkeling fans. To get here, one departs the village along National Route Nº 2, up to a signposted turnoff on the right. This track will lead straight onto the beach. It is also a prfect place to trek from Puerto Pirámides, taking the cliff-edge pathway running along the beach.