Campamento Darwin eco lodge

COMODORO RIVADAVIA - DARWIN CAMP - 300 km - 4 h 45 min via RN3, RN281, RP47, RP85

Located at the foot of Cerro del Paso, 110 km from Puerto Deseado, on the southern bank of the Ria Deseado, in the Province of Santa Cruz.
Spending three nights in this remote place is the ideal plan for travelers looking for an experience of NATURE, ADVENTURE and PERSONALIZED SERVICE in an environment with large doses of peace and tranquility, framed by the beauty of this crack that cuts across the oldest massif in America.  An imposing estuary, its canyons full of history and unforgettable characters, the immensity of the steppe, the enormous wealth of marine and steppe flora and fauna.

Check-in and  start the tour through the "Casco de la Estancia" (Ranch House). Introduction to the place, visit to the facilities of the old Estancia Cerro del Paso, visit to the shearing shed, the stable, self-guided trails. Welcome dinner.
During your stay at Darwin Camp, you have full board and many optional activities to do, depending on the weather and tide conditions.  Enjoy!!!

DARWIN ECO CAMP

After breakfast, you will follow the FOOTSTEPS OF CHARLES DARWIN
Morning departure on an excursion through the immense steppe until discovering that great crack that surprised Charles Darwin so much in 1833. Tour of the site where he camped out with his team; you will visit the triangular rock that Martens immortalized in his drawings and continue the visit to the canyons of cave paintings  and strange stone formations like  the Virgin and the bird. In the afternoon visit to the  General Store  by the river and learn about the amazing history of this hidden place. 

DARWIN ECO CAMP

Breakfast at the lodge. Today you will venture to meet the rockhopper penguins!!!

Isla Pingüino (Penguin Island) is located southeast of Puerto Deseado. Normally this tour starts very early in the morning to take advantage of the hours with less wind intensity. After an hour of navigation in open waters, with a good dose of adventure, you will arrive at the fantastic Penguin Island, declared a Marine Park for being one of the sites with the greatest marine biodiversity in Patagonia. Upon disembarking on the Island and after listening to the recommendations of the guides  you will start the walk through a labyrinth of rocks among Magellanic penguins and low flights of skuas, the guardians of the island. When ascending to the highest point you will observe the historic abandoned lighthouse, the ruins of the old seal factory that worked at the end of the 18th century, and the spectacular view of the Marine Park. After descending to a small canyon you will see at very short distance the only colony of Rockhopper penguins accessible from the entire Patagonian coast while you listen our to specialists tell you about the behavior of this very particular species., enjoying a good cup of tea or coffee while sharing the fantastic experience with other visitors.  Continuing with the tour, you will walk to a small cove that houses a colony of sea lions, mostly males, and ocasionally some elephant seals mixed in the colony. After some free time for pictures you will return, attentive to the possibility of spotting  southern dolphins (one of the smallest marine dolphins in the world),  albatrosses and petrels.

*This expedition requires good physical mobility due to the possible difficulty of disembarking and embarking on the Island.