From there, visitors transfer to a boat for a short ride to Isla Martillo, a research station that monitors the 3, 000 pairs of Magellanic penguins and a small colony of gentoo penguins that nest here between September and April.

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"It was blowing 50 knots and I had to transfer again from one boat to another, but it was successful that time, " he said.

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The 8-hour bus drive and transfer between Istanbul and the boat was too long and tiring.

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