Falkland Islands Cruises
The Falklands have often been described as the South Atlantic's answer to the Galapagos Islands. Falkland Islands cruises are a bird watcher's and nature lovers paradise. But you don't have to be a bird watcher to enjoy the marvellous wilderness of the Falkland Islands.
Travel map of the Falkland Islands including Stanley Town Plan
Featuring:
- Illustrated biographies of explorers and other notable people
- Historical time line
- Colour Photos and text on the wildlife
- Details of many visitor sites
- General information about the islands
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The smaller islands
Cruising in and around some of the 420 Islands that make up the Falklands of which are Beaver Island and Staats Island.
Beaver supports a colony of around 2,800 pairs of Gentoo Penguins. There's a great deal of activity when the adult Gentoo's return en masse to feed their chicks. You may also come across some southern sea lions which are common at the cruising time of year.
On Staats Island you can take in the lovely sandy beaches and the wildlife.
New Island is the most westerly inhabited point of the Falkland Islands and is home to some beautiful views and one of the largest concentrations of wildlife in the archipelago.
The highlights on West Point Island are superb colonies of Black-browed Albatrosses side-by-side with rookeries of feisty Rockhopper Penguins.
West Falkland
Saunders Island, named after Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, was the site of the first British settlement at Port Egmont in 1765. It is now one of the top wildlife attractions of the Falklands with huge colonies of Gentoo, Magellanic and Rockhopper Penguins. Port Howard, with its green-roofed houses, nestles in a valley, beside a deep river filled with fish, and a working farm of around 40,000 sheep. Perhaps enjoy a shearing demonstration before joining the locals for a barbeque and a relaxing evening at their social club.
Exploring George and Barren Islands, lying off the southern coast of West Falkland you find that these two islands are still worked as sheep farms and are home to an abundance of wildlife. We expect to see Gentoo, Rockhopper and Magellanic Penguins as well as Black-browed Albatrosses and Southern Giant Petrels.
In small yet comfortable Zodiac cruise boats one can explore around the surrounding smaller islands to look for the many birds and seals. Stanley, the capital of these remote South Atlantic Islands features its own 19th century Anglican cathedral.
