South Georgia
Penguins in great landscape
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Explore South Georgia
We are planning a new South Georgia photo expedition in October 2026. Let us know if you are interested, so we can add you to the interest list.
The main focus of our South Georgia photo expeditions will be penguins, seabirds, seals, icebergs, and landscapes. South Georgia is one of the best areas for breeding King penguins, Gentoo penguins, and Macaroni penguins. We will have early landings on the beaches (weather dependent) to get the best light conditions, which you will miss on ordinary tourist trips. There are also breeding colonies of albatrosses on the islands.
The Elephant seals and Antarctic fur seals enters the beaches in October, and we will hopefully have a lot of action and photo opportunities when these animals are fighting over the females and the best spots on the beach.
We will schedule longer stops than usual on a normal South Georgia photo tour when going ashore. We do this to provide participants with enough time to get great photo opportunities. We use zodiac boats to get ashore or when searching for wildlife at sea.
With 6-7 full days around South Georgia, these expeditions are for nature photographers who want more quality time with the sub-antarctic wildlife and landscape.
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Itinerary South Georgia
Based on previous South Georgia photo tours in October/November we plan to use the travel route as illustrated on the map, but this may change due to ice, weather, and other conditions.
DAY 1 Departure from Port Stanley, the Falkland Islands. If we have favorable weather conditions, we might have an evening landing in the northeastern parts of the Falkland Islands before heading east toward South Georgia.
DAY 2-3 At sea, heading toward South Georgia.
DAY 4-11 Arriving South Georgia. We are planning to visit some of the best areas for wildlife and landscape photography, such as Salisbury Plains, St. Andrews Bay, Gold Harbour, Cooper Bay, Drygalski Fjord, and other great places. Weather, availability, or restrictions might limit which landings we can do.
DAY 12-14 At sea heading toward the Falkland Islands.
DAY 15 Arriving Port Stalney, Falkland Islands. Transfer to the airport.
Trip reports South Georgia
WildPhoto has organized photo expeditions to South Georgia in 2015, 2018, and twice in 2023. You can read our trip report from 2015 below.
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