FUN-travel: Ushuaia, Argentina to Cape Town, South Africa – Silversea Cruise – Day 3 – Falkland Islands
March 9, 2013 by Susan Clarke
The ABC’s of Islands
A = Awesome
B = Bummer
C = Celebration
Day 34 – Monday, March 4 – West Falkland Islands – Cruise Day 3 – sunny, 60’s – turns to thick clouds – sunrise 6:39 – sunset 7:53
- 6:00 – wake up
Rockhopper Penguins
- A – really good hot cappuccino
- 7:30 – typical fruit breakfast
- 1st expedition – 8:30 to 10:00 – New Island – short zodiac ride, nice long walk to huge amount of nesting albatross chicks & molting rockhopper penguins – high on cliffs overlooking the sea
- C – only 59 people on ship so we can stay longer (not limited since only 100 people can land at any time)
- C – weather spectacular
- A – 10:30 – order omelet from room service (room service available 24 hrs a day)
- 11:30 – expedition recap & briefing for Stanley
- 12:30 – typical lunch – 3 separate buffet spread of salads, vegetables, meats, bread, cheese & desserts
Albatross Chick
- 2nd expedition – 3:30 to 5:00 – Saunders Island – short walk to other side of island – see huge rookeries of rockhopper, gentoo & magellanic penguins – small colony of king penguins
- A – white sandy beach w/steep jagged cliffs jutting out of the ocean
- C – we see 3 kinds of penguins we hadn’t seen before
- 5:30 – happy hour
- 7:30 – more happy hour
- 8:15 – dinner followed by Alfredo in the Panorama lounge – he is very good and has a huge range of songs he can sing
FF – (FUN-fact) – New Island is 8 miles long and is 148 miles from Stanley.
More FF – Saunders Island is the 4th largest island and is run as a sheep farm. Ian Strange has owned it for 50 years & only 8 people live there.
Stricated Cara Cara