Patagonia, Argentina
Patagonia is an adventure traveler's paradise. And depending on the age and interest of the kids, the adventure can be soft or extreme. Travel on or off the beaten path. Watch sea life on the Atlantic coast. Scuba dive, cold water mind you, in Puerto Madryn. Dig for fossils in Neuquen. Scale mountains in El Chaltén. Visit one or more national park. Ski and snowboard in Bariloche, San Martin de los Andes, El Calafate and Ushuaia. Enjoy sport fishing just about everywhere. Extending from the Rio Colorado south to the Straights of Magellan, Patagonia covers one-third of Argentina. See sparkling l... Read Moreakes, deep blue seas, jagged peaks, thorny plains, looming glaciers and ever-changing skies. Spend the night at an estancia. Sleep in cozy inns and quaint hotels. A family vacation in Patagonia may be remote but it is hardly a trip to the edge of the world.
Perito Moreno Glacier
Robert Wright courtesy Recoleta Cemetery Blog
Punta Tombo
Southern Right Whale
Penguins
Patagonia tours, guides and outfitters
Bottazzi (Adventure Travel Company)
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Martín Fierro N° 85
9120 Puerto Madryn, Chubut
Argentina
+54 (0) 2965 474110
Bottazzi offers organized tours from Puerto Madryn to Peninsula Valdes, Punta Tombo and Gaiman. Tours vary in nature from jeep safaris to whale watching trips. Pick up and drop off is available from all area hotels. Guides are bilingual; English and Spanish. None of the tours are family departures but all are kid-friendly.
Snorkeling, Peninsula Valdes
Goos (Outfitter)
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Segunda Bajada al Mar
9121 Puerto Pirámides, Chubut
Argentina
+54 (0) 2965 495061
Goos offers scuba trips from Puerto Piramides, Argentina. Trips include coastal dives, photographic dives, sea lion dives and night dives. Goos also rents sand boards and offers sandboarding instruction.
Patagonia Explorers (Outfitter)
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Av. de las Ballenas s/n
9121 Puerto Pirámides, Chubut
Argentina
+54 (0) 2965 15416843
Puerto Piramides based Patagonia Explorers offers day trips and multi-day kayaking expeditions in Pensinsula Valdes, Argentina's premier whale watching region. All trips are moderately demanding and kayaking experience is required on all excursions. Children must be at least 12 years of age to participate in multi-day trips. Among the best choices for families with kayakers ... Read More
Puerto Piramides based Patagonia Explorers offers day trips and multi-day kayaking expeditions in Pensinsula Valdes, Argentina's premier whale watching region. All trips are moderately demanding and kayaking experience is required on all excursions. Children must be at least 12 years of age to participate in multi-day trips. Among the best choices for families with kayakers aged 10 and up are the half-day Gulfo Nuevo and Gulfo San Jose paddles. Both trips - roughly 6 hours in length - are easy paddles and include some hiking. Of note, accommodation on multi-day trips is tented camps.
Kayakers Peninsula Valdes
Whales Argentina (Adventure Travel Company)
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Primera Bajada al Mar
9121 Puerto Pirámides, Chubut
Argentina
+54 (0) 2965 495015
Whales Argentina offers whale watching adventures from Puerto Piramides in Argentina's Peninsula Valdes. These 90 minute boat trips provide an opportunity to view Southern Right Whales in their natural habitat. The ample deck space on the Plinino VII, an open catamaran, ensures all passengers have a chance of spotting sea life. While none of the voyages are family departure ... Read More
Whales Argentina offers whale watching adventures from Puerto Piramides in Argentina's Peninsula Valdes. These 90 minute boat trips provide an opportunity to view Southern Right Whales in their natural habitat. The ample deck space on the Plinino VII, an open catamaran, ensures all passengers have a chance of spotting sea life. While none of the voyages are family departures all are kid-friendly.
Punta Ballenas (Adventure Travel Company)
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Segunda Bajada al Mar
9121 Puerto Pirámides, Chubut
Argentina
+54 (0) 2965 495112
Punta Ballenas has been leading whale watching and marine mammal tours in Argentina's Peninsula Valdes for more 30 years. Southern Right Whales, the main attraction on all boat-based trips, frequent area waters from May through December; the peak whale watching season is September and October. Whale watching trips, roughly 75 minutes long, depart from the small village of P ... Read More
Punta Ballenas has been leading whale watching and marine mammal tours in Argentina's Peninsula Valdes for more 30 years. Southern Right Whales, the main attraction on all boat-based trips, frequent area waters from May through December; the peak whale watching season is September and October. Whale watching trips, roughly 75 minutes long, depart from the small village of Puerto Piramides. Punta Ballenas also offers scuba diving trips, marine life viewing excursions, and deep-sea fishing trips.
Buceo Aventura (Outfitter)
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Primera Bajada
9121 Puerto Pirámides, Chubut
Argentina
+54 (0) 2965 495031
Buceo Aventura, located in Puerto Piramides, was the first dive school in South America to offer scuba courses for children. And while none of their dives are specifically geared to families they are experts in diving with kids. In addition to scuba courses, Buceo Aventura offers coastal dives, boat dives, night dives, deep-water dives and nitrox dives in Peninsula Valdes, Arge ... Read More
Buceo Aventura, located in Puerto Piramides, was the first dive school in South America to offer scuba courses for children. And while none of their dives are specifically geared to families they are experts in diving with kids. In addition to scuba courses, Buceo Aventura offers coastal dives, boat dives, night dives, deep-water dives and nitrox dives in Peninsula Valdes, Argentina's top diving destination.
H&C Patagonia (Outfitter)
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2584 Perito Moreno St.
9120 Puerto Madryn, Chubut
Argentina
+54 (0) 2965 470143
+54 (0) 2965 15637826
H&C Patagonia (formerly Huellas y Costas) offers kayaking trips in Argentina's Peninsula Valdes. All trips are moderately demanding and kayaking experience is required on all multi-day excursions. Multi-day trips are limited to 10 participants and include a fair bit of hiking. Accommodation is tented camps. CSKG qualified sea kayak guides lead all excursions. While H&C Patagonia doesn't offer specific trips for families, kids aged 12 ... Read More
H&C Patagonia (formerly Huellas y Costas) offers kayaking trips in Argentina's Peninsula Valdes. All trips are moderately demanding and kayaking experience is required on all multi-day excursions. Multi-day trips are limited to 10 participants and include a fair bit of hiking. Accommodation is tented camps. CSKG qualified sea kayak guides lead all excursions. While H&C Patagonia doesn't offer specific trips for families, kids aged 12 and up are welcome on all excursions.
Kayaking
Proyecto Dino (Non-profit Organization)
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Av Megaraptor 1450
Lago Barreales, Neuquén
Argentina
+54 (0) 299 154182295
Proyecto Dino is the only dinosaur dig program in Argentina. At this paleontology center, located in the heart of the Argentine badlands, children aged 8 and up learn by doing. Dig for dinosaurs. Learn to clean fossils. Find out about one or more of the over 400 fossils - sauropods, theropods, ornithopods, pterosaurs, crocodiles, turtles, fish and dinosaur eggs - uncovered ... Read More
Proyecto Dino is the only dinosaur dig program in Argentina. At this paleontology center, located in the heart of the Argentine badlands, children aged 8 and up learn by doing. Dig for dinosaurs. Learn to clean fossils. Find out about one or more of the over 400 fossils - sauropods, theropods, ornithopods, pterosaurs, crocodiles, turtles, fish and dinosaur eggs - uncovered at Futalognko, as the center is formally known. Dig for a day. Spend the night and dig for two. Sign up for a multi-day tour and, in addition to digging for fossils at Lago Barreales Paleontology Center, tour nearby natural history museums and paleontology sites. But make no mistake; digging for dinosaurs is both work and fun.
