Where can you see the King Penguin?
Some of the best places to see the King Penguin in the wild include Lemaire Channel (Antarctica), Elsehul Bay (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) and Murrell Farm (Falkland Islands) — among 15 wildlife hotspots across South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Falkland Islands, Antarctica, Argentina and Chile. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Cabo de Hornos National Park
Cape Horn, Chile
+88 birds+9 mammals
Where the Andes plunge into the Southern Ocean and the Drake Passage churns between two continents, Cabo de Hornos National Park sprawls across one of Earth's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCape Dolphin
falskland islands, Falkland Islands
+54 birds+1 mammals
Where windswept grasslands meet dramatic coastal cliffs, the Falkland Islands' northern reaches reveal one of the Southern Hemisphere's most compelling seabird sanctuaries. The terrain here is…
VIEW NATURE RESERVECooper Bay
Cooper Bay, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
+28 birds+5 mammals
Where black-sand beaches meet towering cliffs striped with cascading meltwater, one of the Southern Ocean's most dramatic amphitheaters reveals itself. Cooper Bay cuts a deep indent…
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPEElsehul Bay
Bird Island Station, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
+33 birds+4 mammals
Granite peaks rise sheer from the Southern Ocean, their weathered faces streaked with cascading meltwater and cloaked in tussock grass that bends beneath relentless winds. This…
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPEFortuna Bay
Stromness, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
+37 birds+5 mammals
Where tussock grasslands sweep down to black-sand beaches and elephant seals haul out in thunderous colonies, the raw sub-Antarctic landscape reveals itself in its most dramatic…
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPEKidney Island
Stanley, Falkland Islands
+47 birds
Wind-scoured tussock grassland sweeps across this remote South Atlantic outcrop, where peaty soils and exposed rock formations create a landscape as austere as it is vital.…
VIEW ISLAND & ARCHIPELAGOLemaire Channel
Orne Harbour, Antarctica
+25 birds+13 mammals
Where granite peaks plunge into steel-grey waters, the Lemaire Channel carves one of Antarctica's most dramatic passages. This narrow strait, squeezed between the Antarctic Peninsula and…
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPEMonte León National Park
Argentina
+100 birds+4 mammals
Where the Patagonian steppe meets the Atlantic, Monte León National Park protects a landscape of windswept coastal cliffs, rocky outcrops, and semi-arid grassland spanning over 1,200…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMurrell Farm
falskland islands, Falkland Islands
+54 birds
Rolling grasslands sweep across windswept plateaux where the South Atlantic exerts its relentless influence on the vegetation, sculpting tussock grassland into a tapestry of browns and…
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