TARGET BIRDS FOR THE AREA

Lesser Rhea, Patagonian Tinamou, Upland Goose, Kelp Goose, Flying Steamer-Duck, Flightless Steamer-Duck, Chilean Flamingo, Tawny-throated Dotterel, Two-banded Plover, Magellanic Oystercatcher, Snowy Sheathbill, Magellanic Snipe, Least Seedsnipe, Chilean Skua, Dolphin Gull, South American Tern, King Penguin, Gentoo Penguin, Magellanic Penguin, Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Black-browed Albatross, Southern Giant-Petrel, Red-legged Cormorant, Magellanic Cormorant, Imperial Cormorant, Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle, Lesser Horned Owl, Magellanic Woodpecker, Austral Parakeet, Common Miner, White-throated Treerunner, Band-tailed Earthcreeper, Scale-throated Earthcreeper, Dark-bellied Cinclodes, Thorn-tailed Rayadito, Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail, Austral Canastero, White-crested Elaenia, Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant, Chocolate-vented Tyrant, Chilean Swallow, Grass Wren, Austral Thrush, Patagonian Mockingbird, Austral Blackbird, Patagonian Yellow-Finch.

MAMMAL HIGHLIGHTS

Large Hairy Armadillo, Patagonian Mara, Humboldt´s Hog-nosed Skunk, South American Sea Lion, South American Gray Fox, Guanaco, Commerson´s Dolphin, Peale´s Dolphin

ITINERARY

Day 1: Arrival at Comodoro Rivadavia International Airport "General Enrique Mosconi" (IATA: CRD) and transfer to Puerto Deseado with birding stops. Dinner. Night in Puerto Deseado.

Day 2: Boat trip to Penguin is. Visit to the Southern Rockhopper Penguin colony. Lunch. PM birding around Pto. Deseado. Dinner. Night in Pto. Deseado.

Day 3: Boat trip to Deseado bay (or second chance to Penguin Is. in case of bad weather the day before). Lunch. PM birding around Pto. Deseado. Dinner. Night in Pto. Deseado.

Day 4: AM transfer to Puerto San Julian. Visit to Makenke NP with birding stops. Dinner. Night in Puerto San Julian.

Day 5: AM transfer to Rio Gallegos. Visit to Monte León NP. Visit to the Magellanic Penguin colony. Dinner. Night in Rio Gallegos.

Day 6: Transfer to Río Grande. Visit to the King Penguin colony. Dinner. Night in Río Grande.

Day 7: Transfer to Ushuaia.  Lunch. PM birding in Ushuaia and sorroundings. Dinner. Night in Ushuaia.

Day 8: Boat trip to Martillo Is. Visit to the penguin colonies. Dinner. Night in Ushuaia.

Day 9: Visit to Tierra del Fuego National Park. Lunch. Transfer to the Ushuaia international Airport "Malvinas Argentinas" (IATA: USH). Drop off. End of the tour.

Notes: Itinerary can be changed due to force majeure and accommodation availability.