The Emerald Princess captain reported yesterday that he was anticipating high tides for today which may impact tender services in later part of the day. And he decided yesterday to arrive Falkland Islands 2 hours earlier to avoid the potential tendering services issues. It placed a cloud on the feasibility of completing our excursion of seeing King penguins which was the main focus of this South America Trip.
Luckily, we got to Port Stanley earlier and the local tour guide company Patrick Watts’ Tour was prepared to take us to Volunteer Point right after we arrived. It took a full 2 1/2 hours 4X4 truck driving over non-paved terrain to reach the Volunteer Point. It was fun and a new experiences for us by just riding on the 4X4 over this terrain.
After we arrived, it only took us about 5 minutes to walk and we were amazed by seeing such wonderful King Penguins Sanctuary with over 1300 King penguins. They are about 3 feet tall and are gathering and standing around. We were able to walk all the way in less than few feet from them. Sometimes, they just walked and wondered around and getting very close to us. We were definitely in heaven with our cameras shooting away.
We learned King Penguins are taking turns parenting chicks and hatching eggs. We could even see some of the eggs and some of the chicks next to their parents. The scene was just wonderful. We spend a solid 1 1/2 hours there just admiring these wonderful creatures.
Luckily, we got to Port Stanley earlier and the local tour guide company Patrick Watts’ Tour was prepared to take us to Volunteer Point right after we arrived. It took a full 2 1/2 hours 4X4 truck driving over non-paved terrain to reach the Volunteer Point. It was fun and a new experiences for us by just riding on the 4X4 over this terrain.
After we arrived, it only took us about 5 minutes to walk and we were amazed by seeing such wonderful King Penguins Sanctuary with over 1300 King penguins. They are about 3 feet tall and are gathering and standing around. We were able to walk all the way in less than few feet from them. Sometimes, they just walked and wondered around and getting very close to us. We were definitely in heaven with our cameras shooting away.
We learned King Penguins are taking turns parenting chicks and hatching eggs. We could even see some of the eggs and some of the chicks next to their parents. The scene was just wonderful. We spend a solid 1 1/2 hours there just admiring these wonderful creatures.
There also have some Gentoo Penguins colony nearby and some Magellanic Penguins. We were also able to walk close to the beach to witness some of the penguins coming up from the ocean. It was just wonderful.
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