Tuesday 21 March 2023

The Falkland Islands - overview

Julia and I booked a 2 week land based wildlife holiday on The Falkland Islands via Wildfoot Travel. We flew with the RAF from Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, via Cape Verde. Six hours to Cape Verde, 2.5 hrs lay over, then 10.5 hours across to The Falklands. 


Itinerary

Day 1            overnight flight to The Falklands as above

Day 2            overnight in Stanley (1 night)

Days 3-5       Pebble Island (3 nights)

Days 6-8       Carcass Island (3 nights) - inc. trip to West Point (Black Browed Albatross colony)

Days 9-10     Sea Lion Island (2 nights)

Days 11-12   Stanley (2 nights) - inc. trip to Volunteer Point (King Penguin colony)*

Day 13          Return flight to UK

* our return flight to the UK was delayed by 24 hours so we stayed an additional night in Stanley and booked a half day guided trip to Kidney Cove       


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