estancia san lorenzo, pinguins land

estancia san lorenzo, pinguins land印象

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  TatianaO943

  We visited Valdes peninsula in the end of 2014. Penguins are absolutely awesome creatures and it's extremely interesting to watch them. And after we spent some time with them we went for lunch in San Lorenzo estancia. And this was our best meal in Argentina. I had never ever tried such lamb barbecue. I even could not imagine that meet can have such a taste! We also had some sausages and ham. They were also great. And the wine was fantastic. The price is very reasonale too. I highly recommend to come here if you are travelling in Valdes. It will be unforgettable. The place is also very quiet, not many people were there at all. Do not miss this unique opportunity!

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  shulamit657

  WE were there in the beginning of November and they were nesting on their eggs, thousands of penguins. You can walk around and there are all these penguins everywhere. wow.

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  MedfordOregonfisher

  My wife and I recently participated in an excursion offered by Princess Cruises to Estancia San Lorenzo. Enroute to the estancia, we were delighted to see numerous small herds of guanico, a pair of rhea, a family of Patagonian hares, a burrowing owl and thousands of Magellenic penquins at Punta Norte. Much to our surprise, the penquin colony exists in the sandy terrain adjacent to the ocean and the trail through it takes one very close to many of the small creatures.The lunch provided by the estancia was a delicious barbeque consisting of many courses, all of which were very tasty. This was one of the very high points of this cruise.

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  Tessiii

  Visited Estancia San Lorenzo last year while traveling around Peninsula Valdes with my parents. Several of my colleagues at Class Adventure Travel advised me to make a stop at the most northern point of the peninsula. All of them have had very good experiences with the tours at the estancia and only had happy clients coming back from their excursions. So said, we did arrive at the estancia around mid-day. It rained a lot during the days before our visit, but because of the good maintenance of the road to the estancia, we were able to get there! Welcomed with a small, but very typical Argentine ‘picada’ (platter of cheeses and salami, olives) and a glass of Malbec wine and water we waited for our tour to depart. As it was a quiet day our guide decided that we would have a private tour, in order to not lose time waiting for other possible visitors to arrive. We took off in one of the estancia’s jeeps and drove to the penguin colony. At that moment the baby penguins were not born yet and all moms would do everything they could to protect their eggs. You will walk on sandy paths in the penguin colony, and every now and then penguins will cross here every now and then, it takes you very very close-by! Take your time to listen to the explanation of the guide, enjoy the penguins playing and of course to take as many photos as you like and don’t forget to sit down for amazing views of the penguins on the long and wide beach. Visiting Estancia San Lorenzo is definitely one of the must do´s while driving around at Peninsula Valdes!

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  CmanFamily

  I can't imagine any place else will get you so close to the Magellanic penguins. The penguins were delightfully curious and stood along the walking path eyeing us up as we passed by. The baby penguins were approaching teenager status by December and were darling gray fuzzballs. We arrived early at the Estancia (about 1130) and initially one employee seemed to be trying to turn us away (our Spanish is shaky to say the least), but we stayed put and were treated to a personal tour just for our family of 4. You will pay for the privilege. It cost almost 700 ARS for 2 adults and 1 child (our 8 yr old was free) but the experience is well worth it compared to seeing them from a 100 meters away on a boardwalk which is the typical experience at most colonies. If you are going to travel this far to see something, spend the money to see it up close, not through a telescope.Some folks comment on other colonies being bigger. We are told 200,000 are at San Lorenzo and we easily saw hundreds if not thousands of penguins standing, walking, running and swimming - how much bigger do you really need?

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  karencN4674CG

  Estancia San Lorenzo was one of our favorite penguin sites (second to Volunteer Point in the Falklands). Magellanic penguins were everywhere - we were able to wander about freely as long as we didn't impede the penguins and stayed within the rock borders. We were amazed at how close we could get to these magnificent birds. They are fearless of humans and pretty much ignore our presence. We were able to explore the nesting area and beaches for an hour before having a delicious lunch at the ranch house. Loved the lamb BBQ, empanadas and Malbec. After lunch we visited Punta Norte, where we saw many sea lions (unfortunately we didn't see any elephant seals as they were further away).

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  landmxf

  A great place to see and walk among penguins. Super meal also. Just a gentle stroll takes you to the beach nag among the penguin burrows.

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  EllenF162

  On an old sheep farm, the penguins have come to nest and raise their young. You can get up close and personal with Magellenic penguins and other South American fauna not usually seen at home.

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  51jimmyl

  We heard about this penguin place by coincidence from somebody in Puerto Madryn, because it´s not on one of the tourist info maps, and that´s a shame because this place is fantastic. Beautiful nature and loads of penguins, all over the place, and the cool thing is that you can walk in between them. They´re so incredibly funny, wonderful creatures. And the guide we had was great, he knew everything about the place and the animals. I think it was good that you can only visit the place with a small group at one time, a good balance between tourism and nature conservation. I recommend this place big time!

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  VilleK827

  This is the place to go to see Penguins on Peninsula Valdes! Estancia is a bit further away which keep most of the masses away. They take you to see the penguins buy car so you can not drive near by them on your own. We had 1 guide to our group of 3. So total 4 people, a beach and hundreds of penguins. Totally worth the drive.The restaurant serves good lunch and service is good.Entry fee to see penguins was 550ARS in November 2014.