Estancia Excursions

Name: Estancia Excursions
Address: 7 Allardyce Street, Stanley, FIQQ1ZZ, GB
Telephone: +50052400
Rating: 4.6

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Falkland Islands wildlife, battlefield & custom made tours, & airport transfers.
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Affordable Falkland Islands wildlife & battlefield tours, for both the cruise ship and land based tourists. We also offer custom made tours to suit your requirements, and airport transfers.

08/06/2024

It's behind you!!
A Sea Lion patrolling the surf at Volunteer Point Beach several years ago.

22/05/2024

Preparation has started for the 24-25 cruise season; adding stickers to packed lunch bags in the evenings whilst I watch TV. It’s much better to have all of the fiddly jobs like this done well in advance. We are already fully booked for a handful of cruise ship dates, so if you’d like a tour drop me an email.

26/03/2024

This awesome bunch of drivers have made this season possible, including a lot more who aren’t in the photo. Today was the last ‘big’ ship of the season. We had a great day with a fab bunch of passengers on a pretty wet track. A huge thank you to everyone who has driven for this season. See you all again in 7 months!!
PS: who knew that Owen Farrell drove for us 😂

24/03/2024

One more round of sandwich making for Tuesday, and then I can retire the butter knife for another winter. Not going to lie, sandwich making isn’t my favourite part of the season, but it has to be done. After a busy season such as this has been, sandwiches don’t really get eaten in our house for the rest of the year. 😂🥪

11/03/2024

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SOUTH GEORGIA. Update, March 2024 – Penguins on the sub-Antarctic Islands of South Georgia have tested positive for Avian flu. This is the first time the virus has been detected …

08/03/2024

☹️ Norwegian Star has decided to cancel their call today, although for some reason they are coming into Port William before they turn and leave. Such a shame for everyone. 🛳️

01/03/2024

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The highly pathogenic bird flu has reached the Antarctic: the H5N1 virus has been detected in two dead skuas found on the Antarctic Peninsula.

01/03/2024

It has been a very busy, very foggy, week with Celebrity Eclipse in port on Monday, Sapphire Princess on Tuesday, Norwegian Star and Marina on Wednesday, and Oosterdam on Thursday. The very low fog did scupper the views until it finally lifted yesterday morning, but all of our passengers still enjoyed their tours and loved the King Penguins at Volunteer Point.
Today we have several tours for visitors who have flown in to the Falklands, and then a well earned weekend off for all of the drivers.

11/02/2024

After a wonderful day today with our Canadian cowboy group, given the forecast we can understand why Celebrity Eclipse has cancelled her call for tomorrow. A bit more than a stiff breeze even by Falklands standards.

10/02/2024

An absolutely beautiful morning, in Stanley, ready for the Norwegian Sun cruise passengers to come ashore.

04/02/2024

It’s pretty windy today and due to get up a bit more as the day goes on, so we were pleasantly surprised that Oosterdam came into port this morning. The tender drivers are doing well so far in quite trying conditions compared that what they are used to.
Our passengers are all ashore and away to Volunteer Point and Bertha’s Beach on their tours. 🚙🐧

03/02/2024

Another sunny excursion to Cape Dolphin today.

01/02/2024

A beautiful start to the day with Azamara in at 0630, followed by Sapphire Princess at 0800. A great shame that Norwegian Star decided to cancel and sail on past the Falklands.

31/01/2024

Despite the overcast start to the day it became beautifully sunny and warm for the Marina and Norwegian Sun passengers today. This is the shore agents and Immigration officers about to head out to the ships this morning on one of the local agents launches.

26/01/2024

A few more from our Cape Dolphin tour yesterday. The sunset was amazing. 🫶

25/01/2024

Today we’re at one of the beautiful Cape Dolphin Southern Sea Lion breeding rookeries. 127 pups counted which is brilliant.

22/01/2024

Super efficient speedy tendering from Oosterdam this morning, who we were quite surprised to see given the wind forecast for the day. Despite the wind everyone had a great day on our Volunteer Point tour. We also had a land based group on a Whale Point tour. The photo is another oldie from Volunteer Point many years ago when my son was much younger and smaller, and didn’t tower over me. 💙

19/01/2024

Another great day at Volunteer Point with wonderful repeat guests from ‘The World’ cruise ship who last toured with us in 2019. A lot has changed around the globe since then. This is an old photo from last year I confess, as it was so windy today that I didn’t venture far.

15/01/2024

And that is that for today. Eclipse and Serenade of the Seas have both decided to cancel due to weather. I now have an awful lot of sandwiches to give away. 😥

08/01/2024

The only ‘photo’ that I have for today. It was however another warm sunny day for Sapphire Princess. Our passengers enjoyed their Volunteer Point tour. 🐧🚙

06/01/2024

Today was the turn of Marina. Despite the misty start it was a beautiful calm, sunny day for everyone to enjoy the Falklands.

03/01/2024

A beautiful summer’s day for Norwegian Star today. ☀️

01/01/2024

Yesterday was Sapphire Princess’s first call of the season to Stanley. 🛳️🐧🚙
We look forward to welcoming her back on the 8th.

31/12/2023

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21/12/2023

07/12/2023

Oosterdam 4/5 February 2024
We are aware that HAL have decided to change the date of Oosterdam’s visit to the Falklands from 5th to 4th February. All passengers booked with us for the 5th will automatically be moved to the 4th. 😁 ⛴️

18/11/2023

Absolutely gutted to hear yesterday morning that Garry Tyrrell had passed away. He was a good friend and had driven with us at Estancia Excursions for many years. I’m sure that if he was your driver you will remember his sense of humour and larger than life character. We will all very much miss him and his antics, and our season certainly won’t be the same without him. Rest easy Gazza. 💔

12/11/2023

I’m afraid that is as close as we’re going to get to Zaandam today. Due to the high winds that will start in a few hours she has had to sail on past this morning. We are still in our very windy Spring season so hopefully by the time Oosterdam visits in a month the wind will have settled down to anticipated summer levels.

06/11/2023

It’s getting busy with tours for visitors who have flown into the Falklands to explore for a week or two, or in some cases even longer. Tomorrow we have a historical battlefield tour to Darwin, Goose Green and San Carlos during which the guests will visit the Para Memorial on Darwin Hill pictured below. Hopefully it’s a nice sunny day for them as it was when I took this photo during a tour last year.

30/10/2023

A little video of the King Penguins with their big fluffy chicks from last Summer at Volunteer Point, taken last Wednesday. The chicks are so cute at this time of year.

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Stanley
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+50052400

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It’s pretty windy today and due to get up a bit more as the day goes on, so we were pleasantly surprised that Oosterdam came into port this morning. The tender drivers are doing well so far in quite trying conditions compared that what they are used to. Our passengers are all ashore and away to Volunteer Point and Bertha’s Beach on their tours. 🚙🐧 #FabulousFalklands #EstanciaExcursions

A little video of the King Penguins with their big fluffy chicks from last Summer at Volunteer Point, taken last Wednesday. The chicks are so cute at this time of year. #FabulousFalklands #KingPenguin

Lots of Magellanic (Jackass) penguins checking that their vocal chords still work today. They predominantly call in the evenings.

Another great trip to Volunteer Point with a lovely couple visiting family in the Falklands. It’s rather noisy at the King Penguin rookery now with lots of chicks around. 🐧

Fair play to the Norwegian Sun Captain and tender drivers today. We were expecting them to cancel but they carried on regardless of the wind. Very happy drivers and passengers. 👍🏻

A short clip that gives you an idea of the distances that you can see on a nice day in the Falklands. Please excuse the small jump in the video. 🙈

Mid Winter Swim 2018. A group of crazy people ran into the freezing South Atlantic today, all in the name of charity. This is an annual event that takes place on the nearest Saturday to Winter Solstice. This year it had to be postponed a week due to the awful weather and pretty rough sea state last weekend. Although the sun was shining it was pretty chilly today so well done to everyone who took part.

It was VERY windy on the beach at Volunteer Point yesterday with lots of drifting sand.

King Penguins at Volunteer Point yesterday.

A short clip to show the Penguin distribution at Volunteer Point, taken yesterday. As you can hear it was a little breezy. Behind the King Penguins you can see 3 of the Gentoo Penguin rookeries.

Very excited King Penguin Chick today!!

Last night the first cruise ship arrived in Stanley, and today the Volunteer Point track opens to the public. In a couple of hours we are taking a group of 19 photographers to Volunteer Point for the day. The season is officially under way!! 😃🐧

Can't seem to rotate this for some reason. Very friendly King Penguin chick 💚

Today I watched a King Penguin feed 2 different chicks. Something I've never seen before but it clearly happens occasionally. Both chicks came out of the group to the adult. The smaller one was fed then chased off by the larger chick, who was then also eventually fed by the same adult.