Puerto Deseado, originally called Port Desire, is a city of about 10,000 inhabitants and a fishing port in Patagonia in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina. It was named Port Desire by the privateer Thomas Cavendish in 1586 after the name of his ship, and later became known by the Spanish translation of the name.

Tourist Offices
There is an information office at San Martín, 1525 and also another one at the bus station.

Sightseeing
The straggly town has a couple of pleasant squares, a former railway station and two museums, one with a collection of indigenous artefacts and one at the seafront with relics from the caravel Swift which sank in 1770, recovered after its wreck was discovered in the port in 1982. The coast boasts spectacular scenery and colonies of marine wildlife close to the town.

Getting there
There are daily buses from Caleta Olivia, Comodoro Rivadavia, Los antiguos and Perito Moreno.