Darwin Expediciones | Tourist Attraction

April 7th, 2024 by naturwunderer_&photografnix

Closed due to low season.( April 2024 ) they will offer the pinguin tour again in october.
Sad that we are to late.

March 11th, 2024 by andy360

Highly recommended. We did the penguin island tour, which was awesome and well worth the price ($80pp) As per previous comments, Roxana is a fantastic guide and was especially kind to our two young kids. We contacted them in advance via WhatsApp and they advised which day would be best, based on the weather forecast (and we had blue skies and calm wind, pretty rare around here!)

February 24th, 2024 by Les Frabys

Le prix est maintenant de 80000 ARS.
À 8:00 vous embarquez et arriverez une heure plus tard sur l’île. Vous ferez essentiellement 2 endroits et resterez environ 2 heures à observer les manchots. Vous ne serez pas libre d’aller où vous voulez. Dommage. Donc soyez passionné si non ça vous semblera long de devoir rester tous ensemble au même endroit.
Au retour, alors qu’on cherchait à voir des dauphins, le capitaine préférait tourner autour d’une course de triathlon.
En février c’est la saison de mue et septembre octobre, celle de nidification et des naissances

February 8th, 2024 by patreon.com

Highly recommended agency with great 5.5 hour tour. Roxana the guide is great and speaks fluent English. You get sandwiches and juice for lunch on return to the shore. Tour is weather dependent so check the weather to plan and book your trip. Normal price 80 USD but you can negotiate a bit.

March 4th, 2023 by krapattontheroad

We did the tour on isla pingüinos : just amazing ! We saw a lot of birds and marine mammals, from very close.
The tour starts at 8:00 and you come back at 13:30. We spent 3:30 on the island, and you have many time to observe and Takeshi pictures.
The guide Roxana is very welcoming. She knows a lot about animals so you can ask many questions, in many diffrent languages : spanish, english, french, italian and even some portuguese.
We think it will be one of our greatest moments in our Argentinian trip.

February 20th, 2023 by thepostcardman.de

What Lio writes is 100%true.great tour,lovely people and also very safe🦅🕺🏼👌Greetings Matthias

January 17th, 2023 by wuskla

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January 14th, 2023 by Lio

We saw daulphins (two species), penguins (two species), sea lion, sea elephant and a lot of birds. Just amazing ! the tour start at 8:00 and you come back at 14:00. The price was 20'000 pesos or 60 USD after a bit negotiation !
Roxana was very nice. She speak Spanish, English and French very well. We really recommend this company!

November 15th, 2022 by jbaloo

l'expédition a Isla pinguino est un "must to do" en Patagonie. il ne faut vraiment pas passer à côté, c'est exceptionnel, quelque soit l'agence avec laquelle vous passez.
Personnellement nous recommandons Darwin qui propose des excursions en Français (très bon Français) et pour l'attention de Roxana qui fera tout pour rendre votre expérience exceptionnelle

November 4th, 2022 by mmq-photography.com

We did the penguin island excursion. Price was 130 USD for 2 persons, before negotiations it would have been 22.000 ARS pp. The indications in the comments I don't understand, maybe we're talking about different tours. The 2,5 hours bay cruise would have been 9.500 ARS pp. Anyway, the trip was great, so much fun. Excellent guide and only a small group of people. I can recommend it.

February 6th, 2022 by Baluaufweltreise.wordpress.com

We had a lot of time to take photos and sitting between the rockhoppers! We saw Commerson dolphins, Magellan and Rockhopper penguins, sealions and seaelephants. Trip was 6 hours, starting at 8 a.m.
Price cash was Arg$ 9.500 and with credit card Arg$ 11.000

November 29th, 2021 by Einmalrundum

Very recommended tour to Isla Pingüino with Roxane who’s an excellent, knowledgeable and super lovely guide. Lots of sealions, magellan penguins and many birds close up and of course the only rockhoppers colony on mainland Argentina. The price skyrocket with the inflation to 11‘000 pesos pp therefore rather expensive but totally worth the money for a 6h trip in our opinion.

December 26th, 2019 by erich.marti.57

Tour highly recommended. Roxana is a top tour guide.

November 22nd, 2019 by lara.bechara

Lovely tour! Reccomend it.
Now it costs 4800 pesos. Come prepared, you can only pay cash

November 18th, 2019 by The World on a Bus

Was very nice and worth the money. 4800ARS to go to the Pinguin Island.

November 11th, 2019 by massi94

We paid 70$ for the 6h tour and its worth the money for sure. For us was it better than the whale watching tour and of corse better than punta tombo.
They dont do the tour every day its very often they cant because the wind. Ask them a few days befor you go there if they go. They canspeak english, french, italian, portugese and of course spanisch.
Enjoy the trip

October 22nd, 2019 by oldies-auf-achse.de

Great experience, thanks to Roxana ( especially) , Javier and Ricardo. Extremely helpful and friendly, don't miss doing the tour with them!! Thanks again, guys, for your tip with the mechanic :-)

March 28th, 2019 by tux-on-tour.de

Even so it is the end of season, Roxana thought of asking a privat tour if we could join them. We could! Was a great tour, and the owners were really nice. We spend two nights in their parkinglot with wifi. If you would like to buy fresh fish, just ask Roxana, we got in delivered at 10pm 200Ars/kg (4-5 €/kg)

February 24th, 2019 by m-e-a-j.com

Great team, many thanks to Javier and Ricardo. Due to the bad weather and even worst forecast we couldn’t sale to Isla Pingüinos... 😢 they still gave us tips and tricks on what we could do in our way South and offered us to stay for the night in their parking lot and let us use their wifi for the night. Fully recommend these guys for the tour hoping you’ll have better luck with the weather!

February 21st, 2019 by cernidiablik

very nice excursion. well-organized. duration 6 hours. thanks to Roxana and Xavier, for the beautiful day. Maria

January 26th, 2019 by douhe

Fantastic tour to Penguin island. 3000ap pP including lunch. Roxana is just great. We waited three days for the right weather conditions. Thanks to Darwin Expeditiones.

December 27th, 2018 by o.stoller

We wanted to do the isla pinguino tour but it‘s not possible to do it by windy weather. So check it by phone before you do the long way from ruta 3. We were there by windy weather :-( The staff was very friendly and we could sleep at their parking lot. We also could use the toilets, lounges, wifi, ... as it is our home.

December 7th, 2018 by alain.meyere

Very good and friendly, good organisation and well equiped. Enjoyed to have Roxana as guide, she takes care of all of us and answers to all questions you may ask..isla pinguino 3000$ very good excursion. should go for.....

November 6th, 2018 by j4fun

we agree with the positive statements! the equipment is well maintained and save. actual prices are 1200pp for the 2h river tour and 3000pp for the 6h island tour. we did the island tour and saw all the birds, seelions and many dolphins playing around the boat. in the ria the comoranes are easy to see from the cliffs but dolphins are rarely.

November 6th, 2018 by Koen De Vaere

Only if wind is recent and the group has at least 6 persons thé boat is leaving. 7 times in oktober 2018. In januari Every day. We waited 3 days and were very happy we did. Roxane is a lovely guide.

March 4th, 2018 by diederikdewit

Highly recommended! Fantastic tour to islo penguino. We saw dolphins swimming, next to the boat, the rockhopper and magellaen pinguin, sea lions and even sea elephants. Good lunch (vegetarion on demand) and great guide!

February 14th, 2018 by Break-A-Way

A great experience and Roxanna is a perfect guide and English makes it bit easier. Discount is possible. All was perfect.

February 1st, 2018 by malganzweitweg

Very great Tour to the Pinguin Island.
If you come with your motorhome, please ask and you can spend the night on the parkingarea here.

January 28th, 2018 by AshLivin.com

If you plan to do a penguin tour (and more than just walking around on the mainland) at some point on your journey let it be this one to isla penguino! Yes, it’s $100/person but it’s worth it for many reasons:
1) You see magellanic and rockhopper penguins in their natural habitat. We’ve stopped at many other penguin spots along the way and this was definitely the most remote and wild. (We also saw two types of dolphins, sea lions, albatross, and many species of birds also in their natural habitats)
2) The tour groups are *small* - never more than 20 people on a zodiac boat (we had 12 and it’s high season)
3) Roxanna is a fantastic guide (speaks very good English) and Javier, one of the owners, is a great captain and first visited the island 30 years ago.
4) The “parking lot” that they let you camp in is super tranquil, has a great view of the bay/harbor, and the sunsets are beautiful.
***Cash only and they provide a basic lunch***

December 24th, 2017 by claudet.jimmy

Possibilité de dormir sur le parking à côté de Darwin.
Très calme même si nous sommes près de la route.
Vue sur le port et les quais d'embarquement de Darwin.
Toutes l'équipe est chaleureuse et accueillante. Roxanna est un excellent guide et pédagogue avec les enfants.
2 sorties vous sont proposées :
La première durée 2h pour voir les îles avec manchots de magellan et différents types d'oiseaux. 1000$p/Arg
La deuxième durée 6h avec repas du midi inclus.
Nous avons vu manchots de magellan, lion de mer, des éléphants de mer, des tonina overa et des gorfu sauteur.
2000$p/Arg

December 8th, 2017 by SERRAT Daniel

Darwin Expediciones organise des excursions vers l'Île des Pingouins et sur la Ria Deseado où Magellan et Darwin ont fait escale. Vous verrez de très près, les fameux Gorfous (pingouins sauteurs), des colonies de lions de mer, les Albatros. Les dauphins vous accompagneront pendant les 6 heures de bateau. Roxana guide biologiste parle Français et Xavier et Ricardo sont des capitaines qui vous permettront d'accoster sur les îles pour marcher au milieu de la faune sauvage. Vous pouvez en plus bivouaquer sur le parking avec tous les services (électricité, eau, très bonne Wifi) Roxana est très attentionnée et aidante. Nous sommes restés 5 jours pour profiter au mieux des sorties en mer , des beaux paysages et du Soleil.

December 7th, 2017 by niuniu1950

No dejar de visitar la isla pingüino, pero pedir informacion a las otras dos compañias.
[email protected] - [email protected]
Se habla ingles

November 3rd, 2017 by fred+emmy

We did the Isla Pinguino and Ria Deseado tour. It was a magnificent experience, very friendly staff and very good service. A must do.
Nous avons fait Isla Pinguino et Ria Deseado tour. C etait un experience magnifique, une tres aimable equipe et un bon service. A conseiller.

February 11th, 2017 by around-the-world

Did the long boat tour (8 am to 2 pm) to penguin island and loved it. Great guide, bilingual and very knowledgeable. You can walk on the island and the penguins come very close. The rockhoppers are very funny. We could stay at the office for the night and use the nice lounge with wifi. One of the best attractions in the south of Argentina!

January 2nd, 2017 by wu-tour.de

we loved to do both boat tours. yes they are expensive, but worth it. you will get all information- in all languages and you will see magnificent places with a lot of animals. just come here and talk to the very friendly and helpful people!

December 5th, 2016 by jucamadison

Roxana, Javier and Ricardo make a great team! Very friendly and helpful. Roxana (guide) speaks Spanish, French and English (and a bit of Catalan!) They also take very good care of the islands and animals, but there are no fences of any kind in any of the islands. We took both tours and both are amazing. The tour along the turquoise river is a pleasant boat ride, we saw plenty of dolphins, sea lions, megallanic penguins (with babies) and other birds. The tour to Isla Pingüino is a boat ride to the sea, so it is rougher but well worth it; we also saw dolphins, sea lions and megallanic and the so cool rockhopper penguins! The scenery with the old lighthouse on the island is astonishing! Tour to the Penguin Island is 1600 pp including lunch. You can park your camper in their parking lot to spend the night. One of the highlights of our trip!

December 1st, 2016 by matthesteffi

Booked the day tour to the penguin island for the family. 5 pers. 300 US $. Placed the motohome behind the office. Staying the evening with good internet in the lounge.

January 17th, 2016 by verfolgtuns.blogspot.com

They doubled the price of the tours in only two years, without changing anything. We didn't feel like supporting that unreasonable price explosion and went to agency 'Los Vikingos' more further down.

November 23rd, 2015 by bpluess

Expeditions to the Ria Deseado, 2 houres, different species of Kormorans, Magellanpenguins, Sealions and Dolphins. Friendly staff. Price 600.- p.P. There's also a 6 hours trip to the Pinguineisland avaible.