THE COAST

PLACES and official sites

http://www.wcmc.org.uk/protected_areas/data/wh/pen_vald.html

Natural World Heritage Properties - Peninsula Valdes location

http://www.unesco.org/whc/sites/937.htm - Unesco´s justification and inscription including the Report of the 23d Session of hte Committee

http://www.madryn.gov.ar.htm - Puerto Madryn´s multiple official very interesting site with plenty of information on history, tours, adventure, Scuba Diving, fauna and flora and photos

http://www.piramides.com - Puerto Piramides local site

www.trelew.gov.ar - Trelew´s government´s site

www.trelew.com.ar - Trelew´s local site

www.chubut.net/ Province of Chubut official site

www.advance.com.ar/usuarios/gwestywl/ A Gaiman colonial guest house/hotel/B&B. Do not miss these people, they seem to be really friendly and proud of their ancestors.

www.rawson.com.ar - Rawson´s local site

http://www.pathfinder-travel.com/epat/index.html - "The kingdom of the Marine Giants" - Good advice, unfortuantely some of the links mentioned seem to be inactive.

Commercial sites, containing also some good info

http://titobotazzi.com.ar / commercial site but experienced people´s comments

http://pekesosa.com.ar - same as above

http://www.bootsnall.com/cgi-bin/gt/travelstories/sa/may99patag.shtml?user

A traveller´s comments. An attentive watcher

http://travelantage.com./arg_cpat_valdes.html A commercial site with interesting descriptions either on Valdes, Madryn or Punta Tombo.

www.causana.com.ar - a local travel agency´s site with valuable material offered by a knowledgeable and experienced team

http://www.focustours.com/argentina.html - a commercial site with good information.

http://members.nbci.com/_xmcm/CHUBUT/INDEXE.HTM covering the whole of hte province of Chubut from the coast to the Andes

http://www.bootsnal.com/cgi-bin/gt/samericatravelguides/nov99welsh.shtml?user "Welsh days in Patagonia" by Allan Taylor

http://www.wam.com.ar/tourism/g/reg4/reg4.htm - Argentine Tourism Board site - The Patagonian Atlantic: penguins, whales, seals and sea elephants

http://usuarios.tripod.es/Cethus - "an Argentine non governmental and non profit organization with objectives on research and conservation of cetaceans" - whales, orcas, dolphins et al

http://www.physics.helsinki.fi/whale/argentina/argen.html - Whale Watching Worldwide Web

http://www.physics.hel

http://patagonia-argentina.com/i/actividades/ballenas.htm - Whale Watching in Patagonia - A very interesting site with lots of useful info and updated prices

GENERAL INFO

http://www.argentinasur.com. A multiple site with general info and links to newspapers, news, sports ecology, art, etc. (meant for locals to connect with the world)

ACCOMODATION

www.rinconchico.com.ar - an old estancia recently refurbished

www.laelvira.com.ar - estancia´s accomodation

When in Madryn get a coy of Puerto Madryn´s Townhall brochure called "Animese. comience su aventura Madryn - have a try. start your Madryn adventure" It will be a most useful guide. It is a general overview of the whole area with lots of useful info.