Hi Elaine,

I’m so sorry for the delay in response, seems the comment was being held in the queue for some reason.

I didn’t use my tripod much to be honest, only for long exposure shots of which I didn’t do many. Likewise, with the walking about and sometimes strong wind I didn’t really want to carry it around with me. A good tele-photo lens with a stable hand I think is more than enough for capturing the wildlife, although my videos did suffer not having the tripod with the wind sometimes.

It depends which islands you went too, on some of the smaller ones the plane lands outside the guesthouse doors, others you’ll be driven from the landing strip to the accomodation. Then, it depends on where you go really – in some places I could step outside to the penguins and wildlife and easily not walk more then a few hundreed metres all day, in other islands, where it’s large and not as much to see, I walked extensively, but mostly it was flat and usually the cabin would pick me up and drop me off where ever i wanted. Sometimes they offered tours by jeep. I think you could absolutely pick the islands and destinations to suit your walking preferences, and I’m sure the lovely folks at the tourism board could even help you put a route together based on that.

Thanks so much, it was a very special place indeed!

Thank you Tina – see you again someday there I hope :)

Thank you Arlette – you were a huge part of my adventure and I’m hoping many more people get to experience the Falkland Islands and your Smoko ;)