WE HEARD SEVERAL TIMES since being here that all penguins leave Argentina by the end of March, going out to sea or to Brazil and not returning until September; and so we weren’t expecting to see any, but today at Cabo Dos Bahia Nature Preserve there they were!
Earlier, we had decided to escape from Ruta 3’s forever flatness by detouring 40 miles to Camarones – which turned out to be a very pleasant small coastal town, so pleasant that we’re camping there tonight – and from Camarones we took a ripio road about 20 miles south to see the nature preserve, hoping to see more sea lions. The sea lions were there, many more than we saw yesterday but much further away, however the path to the beach went right through a colony of Magellan Penguins! They are mostly interested in each other or in keeping an eye on the sea gulls overhead; and just stood in place looking at us as we walked by. We stayed until the sun went down.
Camarones
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