PUERTO MADRYN and PENINSULA VALDÉS

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The Valdes Peninsula is an important nature reserve, listed by UNESCO as World Heritage site. The peninsula is breeding and birth place for seals, sea lions, elephant seals and magellanic penguins. In winter (from May to Nov) baleen whales may be seen too. 

But perhaps the most espectacular visitors are Orcas, a dolphin mistakenly called Killer whales. These hunters usually visit the peninsula between Feb and April, when baby seals are doing their first attempts in the sea. They have being filmed intentionaly beaching themselves temporarily to grab their pray.