Where can you see the Rock Shag?
Some of the best places to see the Rock Shag in the wild include Port Stephens (Falkland Islands), Murrell Farm (Falkland Islands) and Volunteer Point (Falkland Islands) — among 8 wildlife hotspots across Falkland Islands, Chile and Argentina. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Cape 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 PARKMonte 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 RESERVEPort Stephens
Port Stephens, Falkland Islands
+29 birds
Windswept moorlands sweep down to pristine beaches where kelp forests fringe the turquoise shallows, their giant fronds swaying in the southern current. Port Stephens, cradled on…
VIEW NATURE RESERVETorres del Paine National Park
Torres del Paine, Chile
+143 birds+10 mammals
Where granite spires pierce the Patagonian sky, Torres del Paine commands one of South America's most dramatic landscapes. Across 4,106 square kilometres of southern Chile, jagged…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKVolunteer Point
Stanley, Falkland Islands
+70 birds+3 mammals
Windswept grasslands meet volcanic black sand beaches where three penguin species converge in the South Atlantic's most theatrical wildlife theatre. This remote peninsula on East Falkland…
VIEW NATURE RESERVEWest Point Island
West Point, Falkland Islands
+67 birds+3 mammals
Windswept cliffs plunge dramatically into the South Atlantic, their rust-coloured rock faces sculpted by millennia of gales and spray. This northwestern outpost of the Falkland Islands…
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