Falklands & Ascension Inc Flights from UK

Depart RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire by RAF transport plane at 2300 hours. Check-in 3 hours prior to departure. Arrives in Ascension the following day at 0810 hours. Short refuelling stop on Ascension Island then depart at 0955 hours. Arrives in to Mount Pleasant, Falklands at 1515 hours.

Luggage allowance 27 Kilos per person. Hand Luggage a maximum of 9 Kilos & cannot exceed 56cm 45cm x 25 cm. There are no duty free facilities at RAF Brize Norton. Please note this detailed information could change at any time, please check with one of our specialists.

Arrive Mount Pleasant Airport in Falkland Islands at 1515 hours and welcomed by your WILDFOOT partner representative. 30 Minute transfer to Malvina Hotel in Port Stanley. Geese, ducks, petrels and other birds can be seen in the waterfront area.

Breakfast included the following morning before check out. May have time for shopping in Stanley subject to the Pebble Island flight departure time.

Transfer to Stanley Airport for flight to Pebble Island, named for its multi-coloured pebbles on eastern beaches. Warm welcome by Ricky and his team who run the lodge on Pebble. This is the third largest of the offshore islands. Three night’s full board at Pebble Lodge and two full day guided wildlife tours.

Colonies of rockhopper, gentoo, Magellenic and macaroni penguins, king and rock shags, giant petrels and striated caracaras to be seen, along with black-necked swans and ground nesting birds. Also aircraft wreckage from 1982 conflict and memorials.

Fly to Carcass island. Three nights full board at the Manager’s House. Warm Falklands welcome from Carcass Island Lodge. Your host here is renowned for her baking! Lots of land and sea birds to be seen close to the House, including Cobb’s wren, tussock birds and black-throated finches. Full board meals provided during your stay on Carcass.

An Exceptional full day excursion to West Point Island by boat. Pack lunch provided at Carcass Lodge. Walk or ride to Devil’s Nose, home to large mixed colonies of black-browed albatrosses and rockhopper penguins. See turkey vultures, military starlings or Falklands thrush and striated caracaras.

Important Note: At this time (Feb 2017) the vessel which operates this trip has been sold and no longer included in the price. The new owner may start the West Point trips in the future, please speak to one of our specialists.

Carcass Island. Walk or take a land-rover excursion for more bird and wildlife spotting (there are no roads on the island!) See elephant seals on the shore and look out for Commerson’s and Peale’s dolphins, often to be seen in the surf. 

Fly to Sea Lion Island. Three nights full board at Sea Lion Lodge. The Lodge is a short walk from the shoreline through heathland, which is home to snipe and other ground-nesting birds. Introductory Land Rover tour guided by your lodge keeper. Exceptional wildlife encounters.

Spend time observing and walking amongst the large colonies of elephant and sealions on the beach. See gentoo and Magellenic penguins plus skuas and southern giant petrels. Orca and Commerson’s dolphins can be seen from the shoreline, often close in.

Fly back to Stanley. Two nights at the Malvina Hotel on bed and breakfast basis. Free time to visit Stanley Museum (entry price included in your tour), take a local coastal nature walk from Stanley or time to take a walk in and around Stanley to meet the locals or shop for souvenirs.

After breakfast at Malvina Hotel a full day 4x4 excursion with packed lunch (provided by the hotel) to Volunteer Point to see the largest colony of king penguins on the islands, plus more gentoos and other birds. Pass through an area of stone runs, a unique geological feature described by Charles Darwin. The area near Stanley also includes battlefield sites from 1982.
Last chance to do some last minute souvenir shopping in Stanley.

Breakfast at The Malvina Hotel. Transfer from Stanley to Mount Pleasant Airport for 8 hour flight to Ascension Island departing at 1015 hours. Arrive Ascension Island at 2050 hours and a short transfer to Obsidian Hotel. Bed and breakfast. Guided tours may be arranged (not included in the price) through WILDFOOT with The Ministry of Tourism. An official Ascension Island Tourist Office guide will accompany you on tours and guided walks to share wildlife, conservation and history knowledge with you. Please speak to one of our specialists. Self drive can also be arranged in advance by WILDFOOT so you can make a tour independently.

Guided tours are available (not included but can be arranged through WILDFOOT) by the Ministry of Tourism. Wideawake tern colony. Masked & brown boobies, tropic birds, frigate birds fairy terns and more to be seen, plus land crabs. Evening and/or dawn visit to beach at Georgetown to carefully observe nesting and newly hatched turtles. 

We can arrange a guided tour around Green Mountain with a Ministry of Tourism expert (not included in the price). We have arranged for you to keep your room until you leave for the Airstrip and evening flight departure from Ascension at 2235 hours

Arriving in at 0730 Saturday morning.