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International Tours & Travel the Falkland Islands Travel Specialists Welcome to the Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands Travel Specialists International Tours & Travel www.falklandislands.travel FALKLAND ISLANDS Grand Steeple 1186 Jason Jason 779 Pebble Is. Marble Mt 909 Cape Dolphin First Mt 723 Carcass Is. THE ROOKERY THE NECK 1384 Kepple Is. Rookery Mt Elephant Saunders Is. Beach Farm West Point Is. 1211 Salvador Cli Mt Coutts Hill Douglas 926 Dunbar 751 Salvador Hill Johnson’s 1709 Mt Rosalie Port Station Volunteer Byron Heights Shallow 1396 San Carlos Harbour Mt D’Arcy Point Bay Bombilla Hill Hill Cove 1370 938 er S 648 v RACE POINT a Ri arrah n Port Louis W FARM C a r l o s Roy Cove R BERKLEY SOUND San Carlos i v e Teal Inlet Port r WEST FALKLAND KINGSFORD Long Island 2297 Howard VALLEY FARM Malo Hill 658 Crooked Mt Adam Mt Maria 871 KING 2158 River Mt Low Inlet Muer Jack Mt Marlo Murrell Passage Is. GEORGE 1796 Mt Kent Mt Longdon BAY D 1504 Smoko Mt Two Sisters Cape 2312 1392 Mt Tumbledown N Mt William Pembroke Chartres Saladero Mt Usborne Mt Wickham U 2056 Stanley O Blu Mt Moody Fitzroy River Dunnose Head 1816 S New Haven Mount Pleasant Cove New Is. Little Airport Fitzroy Chartres Darwin Mt Sulivan Spring Point 1554 Goose QUEEN D Lake Green Bertha’s CHARLOTTE Sulivan N Beach Beaver Is. BAY A LAFONIA CHOISEUL SOUND Weddell Is. L EAST FALKLAND 1256 Fox Bay (E) K Mt Weddell Fox Bay (W) Walker South L Harbour Creek A Lively Is. Port Edgar F Mt Emery Mt Young 1164 1115 North Port Arm Mt Alice Stephens 1185 Speedwell Is. Bleaker Is. Albermale Cape Meredith George Is. Bull Point Barren Is. Sea Lion Is. © Studio 52 Page 33 Page 32 Page 31 Page 30 Page 28/29 Page 26/27 Page 25 Page 24 Page 23 Page 22 Page 21 Page 20 Page 18&19 Page 17 Page 16 Page 15 Page 14 Page 13 Page 12 Page 11 Page 10 Page 8&9 Page 6&7 Page 4&5 Page 3 Page 2 Page 1 Inside FrontCover Countryside code,Suggestedreading,Dictionary Booking terms&conditions Antarctica &SouthGeorgia Ascension Island Sample itineraries Optional dayexcursions Stanley hotels&guesthouses Stanley … furtheroffthebeatentrack Island Weddell PointIsland Steeple Jason&West Sea LionIsland Saunders Island Port SanCarlos& Port Stephens Port Howard Pebble Island Darwin (&GooseGreen) Carcass Island Bleaker Island Getting around Wildlife calendar onoffer? What’s informationfortheFalklandIslands Travel Intro onITT&Facts How toreachus Contents Falklands Map International Tours www.falklandislands.travel Falkland Facts delicious food. sobereadytosamplesome hospitality, The Falklandsarefamousfor their by homemadecakesandbiscuits. usually accompanied coffee break, Smoko –localnamefor amorning safestcapital. Stanley –theworld’s Jason Island. Albatross issituated onSteeple browed largestcolony ofBlack- The world’s penguins arefound here. Over 500,000breedingpairsof person! 163sheepper Falklands –that’s Approximately 488,400sheepinthe Wi F i Shop Meal packs Meals Laundry Wi Fi Internet Telephone & Travel 1 Caribbean Sea ATLANTIC OCEAN Caracas 2 VENEZUELA 3 Bogotá COLOMBIA Quito ECUADOR FAST FACT FILE location: Between latitude 51 and 53 south and longitude 57 and 62 PERU Falkland Islands west in the South Atlantic Lima BRAZIL The South Atlantic Route Machu Picchu status: Overseas Territory of the Cuzco The Ministry of Defence operates a “Raw and unspoilt” two of the first words many visitors use to describe the sure-but- United Kingdom Lake Brasília Titicaca La Paz return flight service between Brize subtle lure of one of the most southerly islands in the world. BOLIVIA capital: Stanley N Norton, Oxforshire, England and Mount Arica Sucre Penguins, seals, albatross – all in their natural environment, without viewing platforms area: 4700 sq. miles; 12173 sq W E Iquique Pleasant twice weekly. A schedule is Buzios or hundreds of other people to jostle with to get the perfect photograph; white kilometres Rio de Janeiro S PARAGUAY available on request. This an 18-hour Asunción Sao Paulo sandy beaches, rolling grasslands, superb walking opportunities, clear unpolluted Iguassu Highest Point: Mt. Usborne (705 m) Falls flight with a brief refuelling stop on CHILE skies and crime free. If the natural world is more appealing to you than city life then Ascension Island. International Tours & distance from most E point to Florianópolis the Falklands may be the destination for your next holiday. We are quietly confident SOUTH SOUTH Travel Ltd is happy to assist passengers most W point: 238 kms PACIFIC OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN that by the time you leave you will fully understand why the Falkland Islands are the with their ground arrangements should natural choice. Flag: Dark Blue with Union Jack in Valparaíso URUGUAY they wish to include a longer stopover Santiago Buenos Aires the top left-hand corner and white Montevideo on Ascension. Its not all about the penguins though, the islands are full of precipitous cliffs, Concepción ARGENTINA shield containing the coat of arms in * For the obligatory one night stop- ancient volcanic remains and eye-achingly open vistas with hardly a hint of human the centre of the distal half over each way in Chile we can offer Immigration Requirements intervention, all carved out over countless millennia by the harsh weather regimen Puerto Montt Bariloche Resident Population: 2,932 (2012 you round-trip airport/hotel transfers that subsides for a few months during the summer, allowing a glimpse into a world Valid passports are necessary for Census) and accommodation in both Santiago all visitors. Those from Britain, the almost off the edge of the map. and Punta Arenas. The transfers are language: English FALKLAND Commonwealth, North America, International Tours & Travel, IATA accredited and operating since 1995, brings ISLANDS provided with an English speaking guide Mercosur, Chile and the European Religion: Predominantly Christian Rio together a wealth of experience in the travel industry. Agents from as far a field as Gallegos if required. Community do not require visas. Visitors Uruguay and the United Kingdom are joined by Falkland Islanders to provide expert Main Industries: Deep sea fishing, Punta Arenas Stanley South Georgia from other countries should check with tourism, wool & meat production, Ushuaia and first hand advice on travel to and within the exciting and diverse countries From the USA their nearest British Consulate for visa of the South American continent, Antarctica and of course the Falkland Islands. philately and an emerging oil producer Please also contact us for our very requirements or contact International We are also the Falklands Sales Agent for LAN airlines, allowing us to offer and currency: Falkland Island competitive airfares from the United Tours & Travel Ltd. Please refer to page arrange a complete holiday package from international and/or domestic flights, to Pounds (FKP) (equivalent to and How to States to the Falklands via the USA 4 for more information on immigration accommodation of all levels, excursions, transfers and even cruises. interchangeable with Great Britain gateways of Miami, New York, Los requirements. Pound/Sterling) Angeles and Dallas. The Falklands are sold on a purely tailor-made basis and itineraries can be created reach us specifically to suit the client’s length of stay, interests (whether it be wildlife watching, International dialling code: 500 walking, military history, fishing or just general interest) and budget. In this brochure Electricity supply: 240V using The South American Route lan schedule from chile to the Falklands (saturdays only) southbound you will find some sample itineraries to give you a feel for what you may achieve square 3-pin UK type plugs The Falkland Islands are serviced by in a 7 or 14 night holiday in the Islands, and on pages 8 & 9 a wildlife calendar will Santiago 0805 Falklands 1405 a weekly flight operated by LAN from provide an indication of what stage each species is at in its breeding cycle to help Santiago de Chile to Mount Pleasant Punta Arenas 1230 Falklands 1405 you decide on the timing of your visit. Airport in the Falklands. LAN, (now lan schedule from chile to the Falklands (saturdays only) northbound In addition, the Falklands are an ideal add-on to a mainland South American holiday merged with TAM to form LATAM, and a or perhaps as a pre or post Antarctic and/or South Georgia cruise tour destination. member of the one world alliance) which Falklands 1505 Punta Arenas 1645 has one of the world’s most modern Falklands 1505 Santiago 2120 Our main season runs from October to April with the shoulders being primarily for fleets, operates the Airbus 320 on the those visitors with a particular interest in fishing. November to February is prime- Falklands route. The route makes a stop lan schedule from london to the Falklands southbound wildlife viewing time. However the Falklands are not limited to just wildlife, so please in Punta Arenas (gateway to the Torres Thursday: Heathrow 1735 Madrid 2055 read on to find out more about what the Islands have to offer. del Paine National Park) and regular Thursday: Madrid 2355 Santiago 0945 *the next day We invite you to come and enjoy one of the last places that can truly be described P O Box 408, but less frequent stops in Rio Gallegos Saturday: Santiago 0805 Falklands 1405 as somewhere “where nature is still in charge”, and where 770,000 penguins are 1 dean street, stanley (gateway to Argentine Patagonia). waiting to say hello. Falkland Islands FIQQ 1ZZ lan schedule from the Falklands to london northbound Please contact us for a quotation for Contact us for further details and quotes. tel : +500 22041 fares from the United Kingdom and from Saturday: Falklands 1510 Santiago 2120 Fax :+500 22042 other European cities Sunday: Santiago 2025 Madrid 1325 *the next day [email protected] Monday: Madrid 1525 Heathrow 1645 International Tours & Travel www.falklandislands.travel www.falklandislands.travel International Tours & Travel 4 5 travel information for the Falkland Islands Entry Requirements military facility that handles both military wetter on the east than the west, and back on credit cards are available at the that goods are made so best to bring your own.
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