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Puerto Madryn: Tour of Welsh Settlements in Patagonia
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Puerto Madryn: Tour of Welsh Settlements in Patagonia

By Flamencotour
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$209 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 6h+
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview
  • Dive into the history of the Welsh in Patagonia
  • Tour the settlements of Trelew, Rawson and Gaiman
  • Visit the Welsh Regional Historical Museum

Activity location

    • Puerto Madryn
    • Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Puerto Madryn
    • Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina

Check availability


Tour without Dolphin Watching Boat Tour
  • Activity duration is 6 hours6h6h
  • English
Price details
AU$209.12 x 2 AdultsAU$418.24

Total
Price is AU$418.24
Tour with Dolphin Watching Boat Tour
  • Activity duration is 10 hours10h10h
  • English
Starting time: 6:00 pm
Price details
AU$458.45 x 2 AdultsAU$916.90

Total
Price is AU$916.90

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pickup and drop-off from Puerto Madryn or Trelew
  • What's includedWhat's included Bilingual tour guide (ask for others languajes, like french, italian or portugues)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFoods and drinks (welsh tea)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Entrance to Egidio Feruglio Paleontological Museum (unless add-on selected at checkout)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Welsh Tea (unless add-on selected at checkout)

What you can expect

After pickup, leave Puerto Madryn and head South to the city of Trelew. The city name which in Welsh means “touwn of Luis”, is a tribute to Lewis Jones, considered the city's founder.

Enjoy a city tour through the city's highlights, such as the Plaza Independencia.

Make a stop at the Egidio Feruglio Paleontological Museum (MEF), where entry is optional. The museum is home to dinosaur skeletons of different species found in the region, murals painted by scenographers of the Colón Theatre in Buenos Aires, as well as thousands of fossil specimens. betwen then is the most big found in the southamerica.
You will also be able to check out the work of scientists while they are cleaning, restoring and classifying fossil pieces.

From Trelew, head south to the town of Rawson and to Playa Union. Here you have the option to embark on a dolphin watching boat tour. Usually they are seen in groups 2 to 10.

From Rawson the tour departs to Gaiman, an old Welsh colony. Walk through its streets, visit the Welsh Regional Historical Museum housed in the former railway station. Visit the first house built in Gaiman in 1874, an old railway tunnel and the old chapels that provided spiritual support for the settlers. we going to stop in the tea house to enjoy the great welsh tea. to many cakes, bread, butter, and much more.
From there the tour returns to the city of Puerto Madryn.

Location

Activity location

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    • Puerto Madryn
    • Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Puerto Madryn
    • Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina