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Argentina - Northern Patagonia & Pampas

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One of the classic birdwatching destinations, Argentina’s Northern Patagonia and Pampas areas not only offers superb birding, but also excellent cuisine, accommodation and transport. A vast country that possesses a large variety of habitats and climates, our tour introduces one to the famous Gaucho ridden Pampas, windswept steppes and endless barren Atlantic shores. Bird diversity thrives here, with almost half of Argentina’s endemics available. The southern Atlantic coasts will provide for some of the most spectacular scenery in the country.

We start off with some relaxed city birding around Buenos Aires before heading south, birding the wetlands and tidal mudflats to Punta Rasa. We search for the rare and endangered Yellow Cardinal and range restricted Pampas Meadowlark around Bahía Blanca, while targeting two endemics - White-throated Cacholote and Sandy Gallito around Las Grutas. With a burgeoning list of impressive species, we head to what will surely be one of the tour highlights, the magnificent Valdés Peninsula, home of Sea Lion hunting Killer Whales as well as several immense bird and marine mammal breeding grounds.

2022 Prices are an estimate, dates are not confirmed and may change.

Top Birds

Pampas Meadowlark, Yellow Cardinal, Olrog’s Gull, Darwin's Nothura, Patagonian & Red-winged Tinamous, Burrowing Parrot, Sandy Gallito, Carbonated Sierra Finch, White-throated Cacholote, Straight-billed and Curve-billed Reedhaunters, White-tipped Plantcutter, Elegant Crested Tinamou, Scaly-throated & Band-tailed Earthcreepers, Patagonian Canastero, Patagonian & Cordilleran Canasteros, Magellanic Penguin, Blackish Oystercatcher, Dolphin Gull, Patagonian Mockingbird, Andean Condor, Short-billed Miner, Austral Negrito, Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant, Coscoroba & Black-necked Swans, Masked Gnatcatcher, Yellow-billed Cardinal, Black-and-rufous Warbling Finch, Spectacled Tyrant, Pampa Finch, Greater & Lesser Rheas, Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper, Brown Cacholote, Lark-like Brushrunner, Short-billed Canastero,  Tufted Tit-Spinetail, Diademed Tanager, Southern Screamer, Long-winged Harrier, Giant Wood Rail, White-tipped Dove, Checkered Woodpecker, Chotoy Spinetail, Warbling Doradito, Spotted Nothura, Chiloe Wigeon, Cinnamon Teal, Red Shoveler, Sulphur-bearded Spinetail, Scarlet-headed Blackbird, South American Painted-snipe, Hudson’s Canastero, Firewood-Gatherer, Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail, Black-headed Duck, Dot-winged Crake, Speckled Rail, Many-colored Rush Tyrant, Snowy-crowned Tern, White-winged Black Tyrant, Southern Giant Petrel, Snowy Sheathbill.

Top Mammals

Pampas Deer, Guanaco, Patagonian Mara, South American Grey Fox, Culpeo, Humboldt’s Hog-nosed Skunk, Large Hairy Armadillo, South American Sea Lion, Southern Elephant Seal, Killer Whale, Patagonian Huemul, Patagonian Lesser Cavy, Lesser Grison, Geoffroy’s Cat

Habitats Covered

Patagonian steppe, wetlands, tidal mudflats, coastal steppe, Atlantic Patagonia, Patagonian plateau

Expected Climate

moderate along the coast, moderate to cold in the higher steppe, strong winds can be expected at times

Max Group Size

8 with 1 Rockjumper leader & local birding leader

Tour Pace & Walking

mostly relaxed

Accommodation

comfortable to very comfortable

Ease of Birding

moderate with some tricky species

Other Attractions

spectacular scenery, pristine & little-explored wilderness, great cuisine, super-friendly people

Photographic Opportunities

excellent

What our clients say about us

Stephan Lorenz
TM, Argentina 2023

This trip was excellent, the guide excellent, and the group experience was great.

Peter Kaestner
GL & CL, Argentina 2022

Peter Kaestner was an excellent guide, combining outstanding bird-finding and identification abilities, capable and efficient logistical planning, and strong social and interpersonal skills. One especially commendable feature of Peter's bird guiding is his limiting of playback to the minimum needed for the bird to come out and be seen by the whole group (rather than for optimal photos or prolonged views), thereby minimizing disturbance to what are often localized or threatened bird species. We hope that other Rockjumper guides will adopt Peter's approach.

Robert Wilcox
JW, Argentina 2022

Bobby Wilcox was a very capable and congenial leader. Our group consisted of birders of all levels of expertise. Bobby did his very best to make certain everyone got the opportunities they needed to have a very positive experience.

Peter Kaestner
SG, Argentina 2022

Peter Kaestner was completely committed to getting every bird possible on both tours. He was sensitive to all the needs of the participants and worked tirelessly on what could have been potentially serious limitations to the logistics. Getting the chauffeur/vehicle company to recognize the needs of a birding tour was difficult. And because of lack of flexibility in overtime use of the driver and deviations from an original itinerary, Peter had to work hard to make sure we had opportunities for every bird regardless. He was uncommonly successful in achieving these results.

Peter Kaestner
FO, Argentina 2022

Peter is an excellent guide! He’s very friendly and did an excellent job is solving an problem that came along. PLU, He knows the birds well and would help us key in on the differences. I will go with him again! Pablo was our local guide and did a phenomenal job as well.

Argentina - Northern Patagonia & Pampas 2025

23 Oct 2025 - 01 Nov 2025 (10 days)

USD6,000 - Spaces Available

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Tour Leader: Robert Wilcox

Pricing notes : *Prices are estimated and dates may change* **Argentina is experiencing significant hyperinflation making accurate price estimation impossible**

Tour price (Per person): USD6,000 * GBP4,851 * EUR5,627 * AUD9,352

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