Falkland Islands Birds & Wildlife Special

Arrive independently at Mount Pleasant Airport and transfer to Stanley where you will stay at Malvina House Hotel for one night on a bed and breakfast basis. The rest of the day will be at your leisure, allowing you free time to explore around this charming town.

Fly to Sea Lion Island. Three nights full board at Sea Lion Lodge. The Lodge is a short walk from the shoreline through heathland, which is home to snipe and other ground-nesting birds. Introductory Land Rover tour.

Spend time observing and walking amongst the large colonies of elephant and sealions on the beach. See gentoo and Magellenic penguins plus skuas and southern giant petrels. Orca and Commerson’s dolphins can be seen from the shoreline, often close in.

Fly to Bleaker Island. Stay in guest house for two nights on full board basis. Delicious home-cooked food. Bleaker is perfect for walking and self-exploration. Lots of ground nesting birds, geese and black-necked swans, plus colonies of penguins and shags. Take care not to walk too close to nesting southern giant petrels!

Fly to Carcass Island. Three nights full board at the Manager’s House. Your hostess here is renowned for her baking! Lots of land and sea birds to be seen close to the House, including Cobb’s wren, tussock birds and black-throated finches. See elephant seals on the shore and look out for Commerson’s and Peale’s dolphins, often to be seen in the surf.

During one of your days here you will enjoy a full day excursion to West Point Island. Here you will walk or ride to Devil’s Nose, home to large mixed colonies of black-browed albatrosses and rockhopper penguins. See turkey vultures, military starlings or Falklands thrush and striated caracaras.

Fly to Pebble Island, named for its multi-coloured pebbles on eastern beaches. This is the third largest of the offshore islands. Three nights full board at Pebble Lodge and two full and one half day guided wildlife tours.

Colonies of rockhopper, gentoo, Magellenic and macaroni penguins, king and rock shags, giant petrels and striated caracaras to be seen, along with black-necked swans and ground nesting birds. Also aircraft wreckage from 1982 conflict and memorials.

Fly back to Stanley. Two nights at Malvina House Hotel on bed and breakfast basis. Try one of the local pubs and take time to visit Stanley Museum.

Full day 4x4 excursion with packed lunch to Volunteer Point to see the largest colony of king penguins on the islands, plus more gentoos and other birds. Pass through an area of stone runs, a unique geological feature described by Charles Darwin. The area near Stanley also includes battlefield sites from 1982.

Transfer from Stanley to Mount Pleasant Airport.