Puerto Piramides and the subsecretary of Tourism of Chubut arranged to perform on Saturday June 4 the official release of the upcoming season in the tourist village Peninsula Valdes, which attracts thousands of people every year from Argentina and the world to enjoy a unique experience as are the sightings in the waters of Golfo Nuevo.
The whale "official" season's runs between June and December each year. Cetaceans move to that area to fulfill key stages of their life cycle.
The females, which conveniently accumulated fat for months will pass on the coasts, can weigh up to 50 tons and have a length of 16 meters.
They will look to mate and after having about five or six males, the female select the sperm genetically more convenient and expel the rest.
After birth, the females suckle their young for about six months until they can fend for themselves.
Patagonia, offers one of the world's best places for whale watching, and it is: Peninsula Valdes.
The morphology of this region provides extremely calm and quite waters where these sea giants, decided to choose it as one of the ideal areas to give birth to their pups and mate, like many other animal species, making this World Heritage humanity in a awesome maternity.
The whale (Ballena Franca Austral) begin to arrive on these shores in late April and early May, day by day the number of whales is growing and when the Doradillo Beach becomes the best place to see them from shore at a distance incredibly close.
When September arrives, Peninsula Valdes has the largest concentration of whales of the season.
Puerto Piramides is becoming undisputed place to see the behavior of these curious and friendly animals in the traditional whale watching is done in this area, single port Whale Watching in Argentina.
The season continues in the months of October November whales and more whales are many individuals with different behaviors, females were young, they observed the calf, much thinner than when they arrived, and female whales that were not calf, are coveted by the males who harass among many, creating one of the most massive processions of nature.
From the industry that brings together travel agents and tourism is expected an interesting season as the inquiries and bookings are increasing as they approach the months of June and July-the latter especially dedicated to the winter holidays.
To launch the season, will remain the same costs of water-watching trips over the last year, and will cost $ 180.
Other attractions in the area are tourism, adventure, diving with sea lions and other activities available during the coming winter.