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The Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands
15 days London to London Days 1 & 2. Depart London Depart RAF Brize Norton for the overnight flight to Mount Pleasant where you arrive early afternoon and spend the night at the Darwin House in Stanley. Days 3 to 5. Carcass Island [B, L, D] Today you fly to Carcass Island, on a Falkland Island Government Air Service (FIGAS) flight in a 9-seater aircraft (your mode of transport between all islands). Your accommodation here will be at a small settlement, run by the owners who have lived on the island for nearly 30 years. Within walking distance of the settlement you will find Magellanic Penguins and Striated
Caracaras, to the north Elephant Seals, and to the south a colony of Gentoo Penguins. During your stay you take a boat excursion to West Point Island. West Point Island, formerly known as Albatross Island, lies to the north-west of the Falkland Island group, and is well worth a visit to see the dramatic Devils Nose and Cliff Mountain together with Black-browed Albatross, Rockhopper, and Magellanic Penguins, Striated Caracara and Turkey Vultures. Devils Nose is a rocky outcrop which juts out into the sea in a spectacular fashion from steep cliffs, which are home to over 2,000 breeding pairs of Black-browed Albatross. With 500 pairs of Rockhopper Penguins also in the area, it makes for one of the most amazing sights in the Falkland Islands.
Days 6 to 8. Pebble Island [B, L, D] Today you fly on to Pebble Island, which is 38 kilometres long and is one of the largest islands in the West Falklands group. It has white sand beaches, ponds and wetlands, tussock plantations, moorlands and rocky cliffs which offer shelter and protection to sealions and thousands of penguins, and is in fact the only place in the Falkland Islands where all six species of penguin known to visit the islands have been seen: Magellanic, Gentoo, Rockhopper, Macaroni, King, and Erect-crested. Pebble Island Hotel, where you will be based, used to be the Farm Managers house, but now caters for visitors offering six twin rooms, each with en-suite facilities. It is situated in the middle of the farm settlement and although now ideally adapted to the needs of guests, it retains the warm and friendly atmosphere of a large farm house.
Falklands sunset
Elephant Seal
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