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Discover Falkland Islands
Stanley was laid out in the 1840s and remains the islands’ main port and community hub. Points of interest are the Historic Dockyard Museum and 19th-century waterfront buildings. Battlefield stops can be included on private guiding.
Volunteer Point supports the islands’ most accessible king penguin colony alongside large gentoo and Magellanic groups. Day trips operate under strict path and distance rules to protect grass swards and nesting sites.
West Point Island and nearby Steeple Jason together hold among the largest black-browed albatross colonies on Earth, where birds soar over Devil’s Nose and the rims of other cliffs.
Stanley
3,470
Falkland Islander, British, St. Helenian, Filipino, Chilean, Zimbabwean, South African, Peruvian, Australian, Brazilian, New Zealander, Indian
Anglicanism, Catholicism, Presbyterianism, Baptist, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, Seventh-Day Adventists, Baháʼí, Islam, Judaism
English (Falkland Islands English), Spanish
Falkland Islands pound (FKP)
Falkland Islands pound (FKP)
+500
UTC–3 (FKST)
Type G
Lamb, mutton, fish & chips using rock cod, calamari, mussels, scallops, sea trout, tea with home-baked cakes and biscuits
The nearest mainland is Argentina to the west. Long-haul air links and expedition ships route via Chile or Argentina.
Sure Falkland Islands provides SIMs and pay-as-you-go data in Stanley, with limited coverage outside main settlements. Ships provide satellite Wi-Fi for messaging and e-mail.
Falkland Islands visitor permit information is available with the Falkland Islands Government. Contact us for assistance.
Polar destinations have no pre-designed packages. Please get in touch with us or build your own itinerary.
Let’s do it! Perhaps you already know what you want to see and do, perhaps you don’t. Either way, we’ll create the best Falkland Islands tour for you.
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Saunders Island (The Neck) concentrates gentoo, rockhopper, and Magellanic penguins on opposing beaches, with king penguin presence. Winds and swell dictate the landing sequence.
Carcass Island is rat-free and supports Cobb’s wren (endemic) and rich songbird life along tussac edges. Sea Lion Island offers South American sea lion and southern elephant seal haul-outs with dependable summer activity.
New Island, Pebble Island, Bleaker Island, and Kidney Island add further penguin, cormorant, and shearwater encounters, each with site-specific access rules coordinated with wardens and landowners.
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David Smyth
Director, Forward Travel
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Best Time to Travel: December–February
The Falkland Islands are a remote South Atlantic archipelago consisting of two main islands—East and West Falkland—and over 700 smaller islets. Located approximately 480 kilometres off the coast of South America, the islands are a self-governing British Overseas Territory defined by rugged, treeless moorlands, deep-water fjords, and white-sand beaches. Their isolated environment supports a massive biomass of sub-Antarctic wildlife, including five species of penguins and the world’s largest population of black-browed albatrosses, existing alongside a high-latitude sheep farming culture.
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