South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Travel Blogs
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- Day 11What a start to the day! We arrived in Gold Bay prior to breakfast. After breakfast, we headed to get dressed for kayaking. We were uncertain as to whether it would go ahead but th Posted by gpric6 in The Great White South | Feb 26, 2023
- Day 10 cont.Following lunch, we pulled into Jason Harbour. It was reported that the winds were blowing 25 to 30 knots outside this bay, so we were pleased to have shelter. We had back-tracked north to reach this spot. [img=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/410888 Posted by gpric6 in The Great White South | Feb 26, 2023
- Day 10Early rising has not been my thing but there’s nothing like a good glacial mountain range to move these bones. As we sailed down the coast to Grytviken, we witnessed the most beautiful sunrise. [img=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/410888/20230224_0 Posted by gpric6 in The Great White South | Feb 24, 2023
- Day 9 continuedAfter such an amazing morning, we didn’t think it could get much better. The fog had descended on us, but, after lunch, it lifted leaving us with a view of mountains that rose sharply from the water. Glaciers clung to Posted by gpric6 in The Great White South | Feb 24, 2023
- Day 9In North Queensland we talk about where the ‘rainforest meets the sea’. In contrast, here in South Georgia, it’s where the glaciers meet the sea. After 62 hours at sea and almost two boxes of Kwels, we arrived at penguin Posted by gpric6 in The Great White South | Feb 23, 2023
- Day 7 and 8At 2pm this afternoon, we will have been at sea for 48 hours. We left Stanley around 2pm on Monday and we are due to arrive in South Georgia around 6am tomorrow morning (Thursday). It’s a distance of 1500 kilometres. This Posted by gpric6 in The Great White South | Feb 22, 2023
- STROMNESS, South Georgia [img=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/512299/d56d8ef0-8c1d-11ec-a7df-8307d605 Posted by HopeEakins in Here We Go Again | Feb 12, 2022
- FORTUNA BAY, South Georgia[img=https://photos Posted by HopeEakins in Here We Go Again | Feb 11, 2022
- GRYTVIGEN, South Georgia[img=https://photos.trav Posted by HopeEakins in Here We Go Again | Feb 11, 2022
- South Georgia We have just arrived in South Georgia, a small (100 x 22 miles) island in the South Atlantic, just beyond the Antarctic Sea. It took us 2 1/2 days to get here, thro Posted by HopeEakins in Here We Go Again | Feb 10, 2022
- South GeorgiaGryviken Luckily the sea was kind to us and while I wouldn’t call it calm we had two ok days at sea before sighting South Georgia island around 8am in the morning. The island presented with tall snow capped mountains and Posted by MaggieSyd in Our Adventures | Mar 16, 2020
- South Georgia[center]It took a couple of days sailing the open ocean to get to South Georgia, but if you want to see penguins and seals this is the place. South Georgia is another British territory that was occupied briefly by the Posted by Peter and Rose in Peter and Rose's Travels | Jan 20, 2020
- South Africa/Mozambique 2017[img=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/446651/large_90_K800 Posted by Anahera in Sarah is traveling the world... | Apr 10, 2017
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