IF YOU GO

The most accessible penguin site is at Gypsy Cove, about 10 minutes by car from Stanley. To visit Bertha’s Beach (lots of gentoos) or Volunteer Point (so many kings), contact the property owners or sign up for a tour (see the tourist office contact, below).

Visitors to Sea Lion Island (sealionisland.com), and its lodge, can walk — and sleep — among the gentoo, Magellanic and rockhopper penguins. Kevin and Hattie Kilmartin organize visits to their seabird-rich property, Bluff Cove Lagoon (falklandpenguins.com).

For more information on wildlife viewing opportunities: Falklands Conservation (falklandsconservation.com) and Falkland Islands Tourist Board (falklandislands.com).