Where can you see the Magellanic Penguin?
Some of the best places to see the Magellanic Penguin in the wild include Port Stephens (Falkland Islands), Murrell Farm (Falkland Islands) and Sea Lion Island (Falkland Islands) — among 14 wildlife hotspots across Falkland Islands, Chile, Argentina and Brazil. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Archipiélago Juan Fernández National Park
San Juan Bautista, Chile
+31 birds+2 mammals
Granite peaks rise abruptly from the South Pacific off the Chilean coast, their weathered slopes studded with native woodland and sweeping down to coves where seabirds…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCabo 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 RESERVEChiloé National Park
Dalcahue, Chile
+122 birds+6 mammals
Temperate rainforest cloaks the Chiloé archipelago's northwestern reaches, where granite ridges thrust through dense, moisture-laden canopy and freshwater streams carve ravines toward the Pacific. Across approximately…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCorcovado National Park
Chaitén, Chile
+39 birds+1 mammals
Where temperate rainforest meets the raw Pacific coastline of Chilean Patagonia, Corcovado National Park sprawls across 6,585 square kilometres of some of South America's most pristine…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKidney 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 & ARCHIPELAGOMonte 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…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEPeixe National Park Lagoon
Brazil
+293 birds+4 mammals
Where the coastal plains of Rio Grande do Sul meet the Atlantic, Peixe National Park Lagoon sprawls across nearly 2,200 square kilometres of shallow waters, reed…
VIEW NATIONAL PARK