Saunders Island
This weekend I was lucky enough to go to Saunders Island with three friends. Saunders is an island in the north west of the Falklands with an impressive amount of wildlife. We flew in a tiny plane with only eight cramped seats and there was a gale blowing so the journey of just over an hour was pretty bumpy but luckily no-one was sick! We landed on a grass strip and were greeted by one of the island’s owners and a lot of magellanic penguins which nested nearby.
Due to a fortuitous problem which meant we couldn’t spend our first night in the accommodation we’d booked we were taken to the Neck, which is famous for its penguins. The accommodation was a small cabin where we could look out of our window and sea penguins by the hundred!
Our second night was spent at the Rookery, where we had originally meant to stay. This was close to numerous black-browed albatross colonies and we could see them soaring in the sky from the window of our house. While the Neck was impressive for the shear number of birds, I preferred the rookery because of the albatrosses and the dramatic scenery.
On the morning of our third day (Sunday) we were taken to the settlement in anticipation of our flight home.
We spent the morning at the original settlement which was the first British settlement in the Falklands. In the early afternoon we were picked up by the plane and taken home, after an absolutely amazing weekend.
Due to a fortuitous problem which meant we couldn’t spend our first night in the accommodation we’d booked we were taken to the Neck, which is famous for its penguins. The accommodation was a small cabin where we could look out of our window and sea penguins by the hundred!
Our second night was spent at the Rookery, where we had originally meant to stay. This was close to numerous black-browed albatross colonies and we could see them soaring in the sky from the window of our house. While the Neck was impressive for the shear number of birds, I preferred the rookery because of the albatrosses and the dramatic scenery.
On the morning of our third day (Sunday) we were taken to the settlement in anticipation of our flight home.
We spent the morning at the original settlement which was the first British settlement in the Falklands. In the early afternoon we were picked up by the plane and taken home, after an absolutely amazing weekend.
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