Saturday: Mount Pleasant - Darwin House: Pick-up at hotel and transfer to the airport for you flight to Mount Pleasant. Arrival at Mount Pleasant Airport, and transfer to Darwin House, where you will spend your first night on the Falkland Islands. Darwin House offers comfortable surroundings and excellent cuisine using local produce. Prettily located at the northern end of the Darwin harbour and with excellent views of Mount Usborne, it was named after Charles Darwin, the British naturalist and father of evolutionary theory who once camped there. In the 19th century it was the principal centre of farming activity in the Islands and still retains traces of those times. (BD)

Pebble Island: After breakfast, transfer to Goose Green for flight to Pebble Island , the fourth largest island in the Falklands. Its diverse terrain offers vast white sandy beaches, moor lands and rocky peaks, an extensive area of ponds and wetlands, and dramatic coastal cliffs. All of these provide vital breeding habitats for numerous birds. Thousands of Gentoo, Rockhopper and Magellan penguins breed on Pebble Island each summer.  Overnight at a traditional Falkland farm house. Explore the island and experience a Falkland farm working with some 10,000 sheep while enjoying the highest standards of hospitality and customer service on the lodge. (B,L,D)

Sea Lion Island: Take a flight with the Falkland Island Air Service to Sea Lion Island. Welcome and transfer to the nearby lodge. After lunch an orientation drive is scheduled to observe the premier wildlife destination of the Falklands. The Island is home to 49 species of visiting or nesting birds, at times up to 5 species of penguins. The beaches host the major Elephant Seal breeding population of the Falklands: South American Sea Lions bread beneath the cliffs. Here Leopard Seals and Fur Seals can also occasionally be observed. On Sea Lion Island many small birds including the endemic cobs wren can be observed. After an exciting day of exploring feel free to relax in the lounge bar which provides reference books, magazines and some favourite board games. Overnight stay at Sea Lion Lodge. (B, L, D)

Port Stanley: After breakfast, fly back to Port Stanley. Upon arrival a transfer will take you to the Guest house. The afternoon is at leisure. Stanley has several attractions to offer which can be discovered easily on your own. The capital of the Falkland Islands is a bright picturesque town overlooking the harbour. With approx. 1.600 residents, it offers all the facilities you find in a small English town – post office, bank, some small shops, swimming pool and well equipped leisure centre, pubs and guest houses. There is an excellent museum dedicated to the heritage of the islands and a self-guided maritime history trail. Stanley harbour is probably the largest graveyard of 19th century shipping in the world and the trail signposts explain the rich maritime history of this once busy harbour. Overnight stay at the Malvinas House. (B)

Port Stanley: Full day excursion to Volunteer Point: After breakfast you will start a full day Land Rover excursion to Volunteers Point; one of the very few places to spot King Penguin colonies outside the Antarctic. You will enjoy this amazing wildlife experience. Overnight stay at Darwin House. (B, BL)

Port Stanley: Transfer in regular coach to Mount Pleasant International Airport for LAN Chile flight to Punta Arenas. Arrival and transfer to hotel. (B).