Chubut What to visit

		• GIANT LARCH TREES, THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD The Parque Nacional Los Alerces has trees of more than 60m high and 3,000 years old.		How to get there
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		• A PENINSULA OF ANIMALS. On the Península Valdés you can see penguin colonies, seals, elephant seals and sea birds.

		• SEALS AND ELEPHANT SEALS There is a permanent colony of about 800 seals on the sandbar below the cliffs called Punta Loma. Another colony of about 1,500 seals come to breed in the nature reserve Punta Pirámide. The Reserva de Punta Norte harbours the only colony of elephant seals in the continental region. These impressive animals get their name from the trunk-like snout of the males of the species.

		• THE YEARLY GATHERING OF WHALES For thousands of years, at the beginning of the austral winter, whales have been coming from far off to breed in the Golfos Nuevo and San José. Whale-sighting trips leave from Puerto Pirámide.

		• PENGUINS AND SEA BIRDS More than 1,500,000 Magellan penguins live at Punta Tombo, together with a variety of other sea birds. Other places of interest: Trelew, the socio-economic capital of the valley below the River Chubut.