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Measuring in at more than 600 square kilometers, this pristine preserve is brimming with greater rheas as well as iconic mammals like the guanaco and puma, all while southern right whales can be spotted from the safety of shore from July to November.
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Llama-like guanacos, dwarf armadillos, and giant flightless birds, called choiques, were all frequent visitors.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
After two decades of re-wilding and conservation efforts to mitigate the damage caused by livestock grazing, the area is home to around 3,000 guanacos (a cousin of the llama), 25 adult pumas, 150 Darwin’s rheas (similar to an ostrich), and a small but growing population of endangered guemal deer.
—Mary Holland, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
Stay at the hotel or book a table at its restaurant, the Singular Patagonia, for dishes featuring local guanaco (a relative of the llama), scallops, and rhubarb.
—AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Llama-like guanacos, dwarf armadillos, and giant flightless birds, called choiques, were all frequent visitors.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
After two decades of re-wilding and conservation efforts to mitigate the damage caused by livestock grazing, the area is home to around 3,000 guanacos (a cousin of the llama), 25 adult pumas, 150 Darwin’s rheas (similar to an ostrich), and a small but growing population of endangered guemal deer.
—Mary Holland, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
Stay at the hotel or book a table at its restaurant, the Singular Patagonia, for dishes featuring local guanaco (a relative of the llama), scallops, and rhubarb.
—AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Guanaco.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guanaco. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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guanaco
noun
gua·na·co
gwə-ˈnäk-ō 
plural guanacos
: a South American mammal that has a soft thick light grayish brown coat and is related to the camels but lacks a hump
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