Gypsy Cove

The 3rd place in the list of the most beautiful islands in Falkland is Gypsy Cove. Yorke Bay is a bay in the Falkland Islands' East Falkland. It is on a peninsula connected to the mainland by the Boxer Bridge and a narrow isthmus known as "The Neck," half a mile north of Port Stanley Airport and four miles northeast of Stanley, the capital city. Gypsy Cove, on the west side of Yorke Bay, is a tiny bay. On their journey to Stanley Harbour, most cruise ships transit through Yorke Bay and Gypsy Cove. It faces north into Port William, with Canopus Hill to the south, and is a popular breeding habitat for the endangered Magellanic penguin.

The environment mimics the Caribbean tropics considerably more than the isolated sub-Antarctic, with blinding white sand and clean azure seas. Gypsy Cove, a wildlife preserve about 5 miles outside of Stanley, has a certain allure. Gypsy Cove is home to colonies of Magellanic penguins, oyster catchers, herons, plovers, ducks, and geese, all of which are protected from the strong Falkland Island weather. While the Falkland Islands may appear to be nothing more than a collection of birds and penguins, this is far from the case. The area immediately surrounding Gypsy Cove exemplifies this, with World War II relics and the shipwreck of the 223-foot British barque Lady Elizabeth just a short distance away.

Location: East Falkland in the Falkland Islands