Radio presenter Peter Gibbs and producer Matthew Teller meet Hattie and Kevin Kilmartin, Falkland Islands farmers with 35,000 acres of sheep grazing, who diversified into penguin tourism. Wool from their flock of 3,000 sheep is exported to Scotland. There it’s woven...
We loved having TV wildlife presenters Steve Backshall with his film crew and Nigel Marven down at Bluff Cove Lagoon. On Nigel’s second visit he filmed an episode of his “Cruise Ship Adventure” TV series at the Lagoon. During both visits he swam in the sea! Nigel...
Bluff Cove Lagoon Tours has just been awarded “Best Wildlife Tour Company 2017 – Falkland Islands” in the LUX magazine Hospitality Awards. We are most proud to have won Seatrade’s “Innovative Shorex Award” which we went to Hamburg to collect. We have also won...
Every year we are delighted to welcome back veterans of the 1982 war and to have the opportunity to express our gratitude. This year we have hosted the Welsh Guards and the Gunners. From previous pilgrimages we have enjoyed visits from the Gurkhas, 42 Commando led by...
Conservation is very important to us. We are very proud that the Bluff Cove Lagoon King penguin colony continues to grow. The first King penguin chick at the Lagoon was reared successfully by its parents in 2004 and now we have approximately 15 breeding pairs of King...
Leucistic penguins are rare. They are ostracized by their penguin kin due to their unusual colouration – they are partially albino. Few reach adulthood. Our Leucistic Gentoo (below) hatched at Bluff Cove Lagoon as a white fluffy chick and in adulthood found a black...
