Today our hostess, Jenny drove us to the north end of the island to see the rockhopper penguins at their nesting sites. The tour also stopped at a memorial to a British frigate that was sunk just offshore by the Argentines during the 1982 war. Some spectacular vertical cliffs nearby challenged the nimble rockhoppers during their climb up to their nests.
The weather which was in the low 60's F or about 17 C was the warmest of the tour.
In the afternoon we were treated to a spectacular show by the local pod of orcas which had made a kill of either a young elephant seal or a penguin, which caused a feeding frenzy amongst the orcas and also attracted a large number of skuas, gulls and giant petrels. This all took place only a couple hundred yards offshore.
At the same beach area there is a large nesting colony of the dapper looking dolphin gulls and a few brown hooded gulls. Oyster catchers are frequently encountered along the beach and this season there are young ones scampering around in the seaweed and beach stones. The adults can be quite aggressive when they feel threatened by beach goers.
One day while on Sea Lion a large search and rescue helicopter from MPA landed to let off about 20 day trippers for an unguided tour of the island. The island hostess has a good rapport with the military staff at MPA as they are able to offer mutual assistance at times.
Kevin got right on our request and had us booked within the week
Linda Cummings
1 day ago
The info on the website was laid out very well. I did some comparisons with other tours and found Adventure Life met a lot of what I wanted in an Antarctica trip at the cheapest price. Requested a quote on Claudia contacted me right away. She answered a lot of questions the I had via email even though she offered to discuss via phone call. I’m more of an email person so appreciated how she accommodated that and answered all my questions. And when I was ready to book, she quickly got the ball rolling with getting our spots reserved on the trip my friend and I wanted. Thanks again, Claudia!
Hazel Araza
1 day ago
(1) great information on the website and throughout all the "materials." (2) Jane Packer is great: knowledgeable, responsive, takes a personal interest and tone, seems to care about the customer as a person not a sale.
Larry Bethune
1 day ago
great people doing a wonderful job to make our voyages happen.
trudy
2 days ago
For our first trip to Costa Rica, Adventure Life designed a tour that meets the interests, ecological and adventure, of our party; but also takes into account our physical limitations sine we are all septuagenarian. We are looking forward to the trip.