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      • Safari South-Namibia 2017-03
      • Garden Route and Table Mountain 2017-02
      • South-African National Parks 2017-01
    • 2016 - Southern Africa
      • Tour to Swaziland 2016-12
      • Krüger Nationalpark 2016-11
      • Stay in Switzerland 2016-10
      • Cultures in Namibia 2016-09
      • Botswana and Namibia family safari 2016-08
      • Cape town and surrounds 2016-07
      • Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 2016-06
      • Wine region in South Africa 2016-05
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      • Chile - Lauca National Park - Las Vicuñas 2010-02
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      • 1100km pontoon boat cruise on the Amazon river 2009-07
      • Bolivian low lands and amazon basin 2009-06
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      • Brazil - Spectacular nature 2008-08
      • Transamazônica 2008-07
      • Brazil - Pantanal 2008-07
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      • Argentinia - Experiences with the police 2008-02
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      • Observatory Atacama Desert in Chile 2007-10
      • Mysterious Peru 2007-09
      • The touristic highlights of Peru with Machu Pichu 2007-08
      • From Bolivia to Chile 2007-07
      • Breathtaking mountain ranges in Argentina 2007-05
      • On the Panamericana in Chile 2007-04
      • From Chile to Argentina 2007-03
      • Carretera Austral in Chile 2007-02
      • Tierra del Fuego 2007-01
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      • Earth quake in Chile 2006-10
      • Specialities in Chile 2006-09
      • Chilean beaches 2006-08
      • Crossing the Andes 2006-07
      • Quad bike accident in Argentina 2006-07
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Argentina - wales & dolphins: December 2006

  • Our camp site for observation of baleen whales on the Valdés peninsula.

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  • When they breathe, they exhale a cloud up to 4 meters high.

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  • At birth, the animals weigh up to 2 tons and are 4 to 6 meters long. Adult animals are 12 to 16 meters long and weigh 30 to 50 tons.

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  • Big head – making up approximately one third of the entire body. Broad and short pectoral fins. The body is normally black, sometimes with white, grey or brown spots.

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  • Mouth: an enormous sieve. To feed, they swim slowly, their mouth open and their baleens (length of up to 2.5 meters) filter food out of the water.

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  • The large rudder: The tail fin is horizontal, does not have a bony structure and is their main means of movement. They swim at a speed of between 0.5 and 4 km/h.

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  • The cornea is grey, but looks white because it is populated by whale lice.

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  • A unique cornea, which hardly changes during their lifetime – comparable to fingerprints for identification.

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  • The skin is soft and smooth, the external layer continuously regenerating itself. The large amounts of fat underneath serves as isolation.

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  • Magellan penguins

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  • These birds cannot fly, but are excellent swimmers.

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  • Spending most of their time with the care of their plumage.

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  • They feed on marine animals and weigh 4 to 5 kg.

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