Valdez Peninsula

For the past 4 days my family, including my grandparents and uncle's family, have been staying at a hotel called Las Restingas on the Valdez Peninsula in Argentina. This image gives you an idea where it is.

We stayed there for Christmas and had a delicious meal.

My grandfather at Christmas Dinner.

During those days we saw more penguins, elephant seals and sea lions at wildlife reserves around the peninsula, for we staying in the only town there. We also went to the beach, though the only one who braved the cold waters was my dad. Here is some pictures of the wildlife we saw.

Penguins!

The Valdez Peninsula is the only continental place where the elephant seals live. They spend 6 months at sea before they come to rest at the Valdez or islands in the North/South poles. These guys just lay around all day and were so chubby they couldn't move 3 feet to the water!

 

A fat elephant seal taking a nap.

Though they might look like elephant seals, these guys are sea lions. Here are some differences between the two. 1. Sea Lions have fur and elephant seals don't. 2.Sea Lions are much better equipped for land with there feet like flippers, while elephant seals can't move a foot on land. 3. Elephant seals mostly live at sea, while sea lions spend a lot of time on land. 4. Elephant seals have much more blubber and fat.

A big sea lion on the point where there was a colony