Seal Bay Tour

Tour Description

This tour begins in the frontier town of Port Stanley where you will be met by your local driver at the tender drop off point if you are coming off a cruise ship, or from the place you are staying within Stanley. You will then travel in 4×4 vehicles driving to our family owned farm called Port Louis. You will drive on road for 1 hour and then continue off road for 12 miles which takes 1½ hours, a unique experience not to be missed! The number of guests visiting Seal Bay is strictly limited by the family to 24 per day making it one of the most exclusive tours within the Falkland Islands.

Our first stop will be at the Rockhopper penguins where Macaroni penguins can also be sighted. Here, you will have approximately one hour to take photos and merely marvel at these normally elusive birds. There is a restroom within walking distance of the site.

Your next stop is a 20 minute drive to Swan Pond where you get to experience driving through this expansive pond, another adventure with great photo opportunities! You will then be driven onto the beautiful white sandy beach where tables are set up to eat your lunch; all our packaging is eco friendly. On the beach, Gentoo and Magellanic penguins can be seen along with the occasional King penguin and Sea Lion plus other native birds such as Oyster Catchers, Grebes, Logger Ducks, Grey Ducks, Kelp Geese and Upland Geese. If you keep your eye out, you may also see dolphins and whales. Enjoy your packed lunch along with a hot tea and coffee enjoying the expansive yet private beach views of North Falklands.

Your next and final stop is at the Gentoo penguin colony where we often see one or two King penguins hanging out as well if you are lucky! This is a great final photo opportunity and rounds your wildlife packed day off nicely before we head back to Port Stanley. For cruise ship passengers – once in the capital town, time permitting, our drivers will offer to give you a short tour of the town pointing out highlights before dropping you back to the jetty.

GREEN SEAL SCHEME

Fantastic news, we are now part of the Green Seal Scheme! Want to help keep the Falklands pristine? Book a tour with us.

As a tourist business operating in such natural and untouched surroundings, we aim to be as environmentally friendly as possible. Since we started the business in 2019, we have invested in eco-friendly lunch packaging, ensuring that we are plastic free and only use biodegradable and reusable items. This packaging consists of reusable lunch bags, paper sandwich bags, paper Sellotape, reusable water bottles that are sanitized after each use, and biodegradable paper cups. We also ensure that all our cleaning products for the bathrooms we have on site are eco-friendly. Our aim is to continue to minimise our carbon footprint in order to protect our wildlife and natural environment.

Tour Highlights

Small group overland 4×4 journey

Heartland of Falkland Island Countryside

Penguins – up to 5 species!

Lots of native wildlife

Stunning views and beaches

Driving through Swan Pond

Souvenirs and memories to take home

About Us

We are based in the Falkland Islands and offer exclusive day tours to Seal Bay on the North Coast of Port Louis where you can see up to 5 species of penguins. Our eco friendly tour is the most exclusive on the Islands, our maximum number being 24 people on any one day.

Testimonials

Great guides, wonderful wildlife experience. Photographers will be in their element with this unique tour

We hit the jackpot with the Seal Bay Tour in January 2019– especially having Petra as our guide. She was extremely informative, and made the tour fun. And the scenery… WOW… breathtaking, stunning, and spectacular all come to mind. Not to mention having direct access to 5 varieties of penguins – absolutely amazing! Hands down, the highlight of our trip! Could not have asked for more!

My wife and I were very fortunate to take the tour 1/17/2020. Petra was our guide and did a wonderful job. Saw lots and lots of penguins and had a marvelous time! I would highly recommend this tour. You will not go wrong! Thanks so much!

Thanks so much for the great tour of your islands yesterday and for visiting the penguins. We had a fabulous day with you and would love to return and spend more time on the Falkland Islands another time! Thanks for being such good hosts and good drivers in the difficult terrain! Traversing the lake was also great fun and the packed lunch was perfect!

Loved it. They thought of everything. Lots of details!

We absolutely loved this tour. The 12 mile ride through the rugged terrain was long, but well worth it once we got to the coast.

The Port Louis Seal Bay Tour is a small group tour (limited to 24 guests) that travels off road to very remote areas outside of Port Stanley. I made the excursion from a ship visiting Port Stanley and the pick up and drop off were right from the pier. Port Louis is a working farm of 43,500 acres and we were lucky enough to have Petra, one of the owners’ daughters, as our driver…