Falklands Experience

Day 1

Fly to the Falklands

Fly to Mount Pleasant (on East Falkland Island) from either Chile or the UK, before transferring to Stanley and hopping aboard a Falkland Islands Government Air Service (FIGAS) flight to Sea Lion Island, the southernmost inhabited island on the archipelago.

Stay at - Sea Lion Lodge

Days 2-3

Sea Lion Island

Enjoy two full days observing Sea Lion Island’s incredible eco-system, with residents including elephant seals, Magellanic, rockhopper and gentoo penguins, sea lions and a host of migratory sea birds. Animal encounters here are among the most impressive anywhere in the world, so the island’s accommodation is often one of the first to fill up.

Stay at - Sea Lion Lodge

Days 4-5

Bleaker Island

Board another scenic FIGAS flight, this time landing on nearby Bleaker Island. Despite its name, Bleaker is one of the Falkland’s most beautiful islands, with sweeping white sand beaches playing host to an abundance of spectacular wildlife.

Bleaker has its own very sizeable population of penguins, but if you are after something a little different, you can visit its colony of over 8,000 imperial cormorants. One of the island’s most eye-catching events is the battle waged between predators like snowy sheathbills, dolphin gulls and skuas, and the penguin and cormorant parents, desperately trying to protect their eggs and chicks from the constant and persistent threats from above. While harrowing and heart wrenching to watch, it is an impelling spectacle that cannot help but draw the eye.

Stay at - Cassard House

Day 6

Stanley (East Falkland)

Head back to East Falkland and take a tour of Stanley, before continuing to your hotel. Stanley is by far the most heavily occupied settlement in the Falklands, but with a population of only around 2,500 people, it is still smaller than many UK villages and shares many distinguishing features with them.

Stay at - Malvina House

Day 7

Volunteer Point

Set off in a 4×4 vehicle across bumpy terrain to Volunteer Point. It is a rickety, bone rattling, 2.5 hour journey each way, but few scenes could be more worth the effort. Huddled around one main nesting area, with others surfing the waves or marching their way along a striking white sand beach, are over 4,000 king penguins – the largest “accessible” collection of the species on Earth.

Stay at - Malvina House

Day 8

Fly back to the UK or Punta Arenas

Transfer back to Mount Pleasant Airport in time for your flight back to the UK or Chile – where you can continue your adventure.