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Monday, August 8, 2011

Valdés, dull plain ...



Valdés Peninsula, nature reserve world heritage of UNESCO, may be disconcerting at first. Out of nearly 400 km, the trails crisscross a flat landscape and desert, reminiscent of the Pampas and has already announced the entry into Patagonia.
 
However, slowing the pace, you can make beautiful games. Easily identifiable by their large slender neck, guanacos appear to deny any relationship to their distant cousins​​, llamas. Accustomed to vehicles, they are often held at the roadside, but they scamper as one of mine if you get out. It is in any case forbidden to move away from the tracks within the reserve, so if you want to approach you, just lower the window ...

 
Just as wild and prone to leakage, ñandus are small ostriches, whose plumage blends completely into the brush. In addition, close to the ground in the early morning or at the end of the day, surely you will come across on your way foxes (the Zorro!), Armadillos, and even these funny bunnies in Patagonia later lined with white lace, the maras.

 
To browse the peninsula, the direction of the circuit depends on the time of the tides. Expect a full day to stop at Punta Norte and Caleta Valdés, in addition to output Piramides to tickle the whale. Throughout the South, access to the coast by Punta Delgada is private. The hotel owner is now asking a toll tag. Only a privileged few can still afford to visit the colony of elephant seals, lounging at the foot of the lighthouse. But the comeback trail offers a magnificent view of the salt in the setting sun ...

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