Where can you see the Royal Penguin?
Some of the best places to see the Royal Penguin in the wild include Sea Lion Island (Falkland Islands), West Point Island (Falkland Islands) and Freycinet National Park (Australia). Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Freycinet National Park
Coles Bay, Australia
+115 birds+9 mammals
Granite peaks rise abruptly from the Tasmanian coast where Coles Bay opens into the Freycinet Peninsula, sculpting one of southeastern Australia's most dramatically vertical national parks.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSea Lion Island
Sealion Island Settlement, Falkland Islands
+74 birds+3 mammals
Windswept tussock grasslands roll across volcanic terrain where Southern Ocean swells crash against rocky shores, creating one of the Falkland Islands' most dramatic wildlife theatres. This…
VIEW ISLAND & ARCHIPELAGOWest 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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