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MADRYN ARGENTINA: almost 50,000 inhabitants, located to the
northeast of the Chubut province beside the Nuevo gulf to the
south of the Peninsula Valdes, been founded in 1886 when the
project of the railroad that unite it to Trelew is summed up.
It grows vertiginously starting from the development of the
tourism in the 60’s and with the construction of an aluminum
plant producer (ALUAR) in the decade of the 1970. It has an
important hotel infrastructure and it is visited by tourists
of all parts of the world that use it as entrance door to the
Valdes peninsula right whale watching.
This peninsula is the biggest in the Atlantic coast and it possesses
a very varied and surprising marine fauna where the vedette
is without a doubt, the Southern Right Whale. Besides the whale
watching, Puerto Madryn has other tourist alternatives as the
diving (is considered the capital of the Argentinean diving)
that allow the observation of the submarine flora and fauna
due to the transparency of its waters. Another option is the
mining tourism, entering to the depths of a mine of minerals
located in Bajos del Gualicho, 130 kilometers to the northwest
of the city.
Puerto Madryn is an attractive city itself, where it is very
pleasant to go for a walk by its beautiful coastal avenue, to
enjoy the calm beaches of transparent water, or to travel by
car the surroundings with spectacular views of the cliffs on
the sea. In the industrial park area is located the jetty Almirante
Storni built in the decade of the 70’s that goes into
the sea 1.5 kilometers. There it is worthwhile to visit the
fish processing plant and the aluminum plant mentioned at the
beginning. Right Whale Watching at Peninsula Valdes and Puerto
Madryn, Patagonia Argentina.
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