Saunders is the fourth largest island in the Falklands, and is run as a sheep farm and has an area of 132 square kilometres. Dolphins escorted us in our zodiac, to the island!  

We watched the black-browed albatross chicks nest and moult on the cliff edge, while their parents performed aerial acrobatics and came in for very clumsy grass slope landings…very entertaining. 

And then saw some Magellanic penguins, standing near their burrows.  

When we arrived at Carcass Island in the afternoon, the sunshine was shining, it was ‘hot’ (temperature of 15C, requiring no windbreak clothing nor thermals!!).  Monterey palms were blowing in the breeze, the sea was turquoise blue….and a little yellow yacht was bouncing on the waves. We were slightly confused, a bit mediterranean in feel!! We saw the crested caracara falcon nesting in a tree with its mate, and black-crowned night herons chirping away.   

Our last landing on this most splendid of holidays (and the last time I take off the muck boots, yay!) – we are at sea tomorrow, sailing for Ushuaia, then onto a charter flight to Buenos Aires on 8/3.

The Australian contingent (15) on the ship had a special dinner tonight in the chart room….a lot of fun, there are some characters!