Reserva faunística provincial Cabo Dos Bahías, Nature reserve in Florentino Ameghino Department, Argentina.
Reserva faunística provincial Cabo Dos Bahías covers 160 hectares of Patagonian steppe along Argentina's coast. The land includes rocky cliffs, beaches, and flat grassland where different marine mammals and seabirds make their home.
The area received official protection status in 1973 through a government resolution to preserve native wildlife. This decision marked the beginning of efforts to protect the fragile coastal environment of the region.
The reserve's name comes from the cape it protects, and its lookout points are named after nearby islands. From the Mirador de la isla Arce, visitors can see the Rasa and Sola islands, the Aguilón del Norte and Aguilón del Sur islets, and Isla Leones, which holds an old lighthouse built in 1916. The Mirador bahía Camarones looks over the bay, Isla Moreno and the Blancas islands, where the steamship Villarino sank in 1899.
The reserve lies 28 kilometers from Camarones, in the Florentino Ameghino department of Chubut. Access is by road from the town; the final stretch is gravel, so drive slowly and check conditions beforehand. Once inside, an interpretive trail leads to the coast and the penguin colony, and viewpoints face Isla Moreno, Isla Arce and Bahía Camarones.
From the Isla Arce viewpoint you can see the Rasa and Sola islands, the Aguilón del Norte and Aguilón del Sur islets, and Isla Leones, where a lighthouse was built in 1916. Nearby, in the Blancas islands, the steamship Villarino sank in 1899; on its maiden voyage it had carried the remains of General José de San Martín from France to Argentina.
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