Sea lions
On the rocks.
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Punta Bermeja is a nature reserve on the Río Negro coast, about forty-five kilometres from Viedma, created in 1971 to protect a large colony of South American sea lions that gathers on the rocks and beaches at the foot of the cliffs. It covers some 1,900 hectares, part of them at sea. Its shore is a line of cliffs up to seventy metres high, their walls showing layers of fossils, with sandy and rocky beaches below. From the cliff top the colony is plain to see: huge maned males, females and pups, their calls rising over the surf. Next to it is La Lobería beach, reached by steps, with lifeguards, a café and services in summer. Viewing from above respects the animals without approaching them, and it pairs easily with El Cóndor on the same coast road.
On the rocks.
With fossil layers.
Steps to the sand.
Provincial Route 1, La Lobería beach, about 45 km from Viedma, Río Negro
About forty-five kilometres along coastal Route 1, past El Cóndor.