August 25, 2010
Causana's New Web
Causana’s new web site is published: www.causana.com
Thirty years ago we adopted Patagonia as our home. All those years we have actively worked in tourism and nature conservation. At the beginning as park ranger and tour guides -later, the second half (fifteen years)- through Causana Viajes, emphasizing the practices of ecotourism and responsible tourism as principal objective.
We are proud of that because -not without effort- so far we have “survived” and maintain our philosophy by doing what we know. Work as we feel we have to work: giving quality, knowledge, and rewarding experiences. Economic facts are important, but for true travelers, the experience is what matters most.
Young people who were trained by us started to work as guides and tour leaders. Today we have a selected team who work with us; some of them out in the field, and others at the office.
We invite you to travel with us discovering and exploring the vast and diverse southern portion of South America: The mystery and solitude of Patagonia, the rough seas and mighty Andes Mountains, giant glaciers, endless steppes. To the north, the chromatic color of the Atacama Desert, the high plateau of the Puna; or the powerful waters of Iguazu Falls, and exuberance of the dense subtropical forest. Leaving mainland the exotic mystery of Eastern Island, awaits to mesmerize you with the incognita of ancient civilization. Or across the rough Drake Passage the incomparable visit to Antarctica, the last continent… In this incomparable scenery –like actors on stage-, the presence of unusual wildlife interacting for centuries with man and his culture, enrich your whole travel experience...
More than 25 years of traveling give us the right to say we know our land, and testimony of our passengers –some of them who traveled more than five times with us- emphasize that.
See our programs and select your next adventure to the end of the world.
We await your visit!
December 3, 2009
BIRDS of ARGENTINA
They frequent open fields or bush covered steppe in small flocks that search for fruits, seeds and tender sprouts on trees, bushes and on the ground. They make short low flights while feeding. There always is a bird “on watch” while the others feed, sometimes they feed on corn or wheat causing loses in the crops. Burrowing Parrots travels extensively in search of food. When it is returning to their roosting sites they fly high, and are very noisy.
They form colonies, dig the long burrows in which they nest, some being a meter in length. These burrows are usually found on cliffs of creeks, rivers or sea shores.
Some pairs mate for life. They lay 2-4 white eggs which they incubate for 20 days.
They gather to sit on telephone wires, posts and exposed branches at top of trees.
They have been heavily combated as a pest or captured to be sold as cage birds.



