Where can you see the Southern Royal Albatross?
Some of the best places to see the Southern Royal Albatross in the wild include Elsehul Bay (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands), Murrell Farm (Falkland Islands) and Fortuna Bay (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) — among 6 wildlife hotspots across South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Falkland Islands 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 PARKElsehul 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 LANDSCAPEMurrell 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 RESERVEPrion Island
Prince Olav Harbour, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
+36 birds+2 mammals
Windswept tussock grasslands rise sharply from boulder-strewn beaches where the Southern Ocean hurls its grey swells against black volcanic rock. This remote speck in South Georgia's…
VIEW ISLAND & ARCHIPELAGOSea 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 & ARCHIPELAGO