On our last day we have two stops, the first being Ocean Harbour. Little remains of an old whaling station and the elephant and fur seals are taking over again. There is the wreck of the Bayard, which now hosts a breeding colony of blue eyed shags/ cormorants in the tussock grass that is growing on board.
St Andrews Bay is the largest King Penguin colony in South Georgia with approximately 170 000 breeding pairs and their chicks!! The beach is 3km long with penguins from one end to the other and a dramatic back drop of 3 glaciers and glacial valleys is home to this beautiful species. The thousands of dots on the photos are penguins!!! The penguins standing in the river are at different stages of moulting- being close to the river for to cool down and have a water source. Blessed with beautiful weather and some free time we can soak in the views from a short walk up a hill and are just spell bound by the extensive beauty of the Bay! This was the most magical place that we could have finished our South Georgia trip on, but we have many nautical miles before the South Shetlands- and more specifically Elephant Island… so we head off even further down south.
