What's on in Stanley (Malvinas), Falkland Islands through the year

Peak crowds — Summer visitor season, Christmas Sports

• Nature

  Sei whale season

  15 Jan – 15 May · usually

  Endangered sei whales feed close inshore in Berkeley Sound and off Cape Pembroke, near Stanley, from late summer into autumn; sightings fall away in May. Source ↗

Still on: Sea trout fishing season (1 Sep – 30 Apr (usually)), Penguin breeding season (1 Oct – 15 Mar (usually)), Summer visitor season (15 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)), Christmas Sports (26 Dec – 2 Jan (usually))

Busy — Summer visitor season, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Sei whale season (15 Jan – 15 May (usually)), Sea trout fishing season (1 Sep – 30 Apr (usually)), Penguin breeding season (1 Oct – 15 Mar (usually)), Summer visitor season (15 Oct – 31 Mar (usually))

Busy — Summer visitor season, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Sei whale season (15 Jan – 15 May (usually)), Sea trout fishing season (1 Sep – 30 Apr (usually)), Penguin breeding season (1 Oct – 15 Mar (usually)), Summer visitor season (15 Oct – 31 Mar (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Sei whale season (15 Jan – 15 May (usually)), Sea trout fishing season (1 Sep – 30 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Closure

  Winter: outer lodges close

  1 May – 15 Sep · usually

  Stanley stays open, but many camp and island lodges shut or run a reduced service through the cold, wet months, and some locals leave for a spell. Book any trip outside town well ahead. Source ↗

Still on: Sei whale season (15 Jan – 15 May (usually))

Busy — Liberation Day, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Liberation Day

  14 JunNational holidayClosuresCrowded

  A thanksgiving service at the cathedral, wreaths at the Liberation Monument and a parade on 14 June, the day the 1982 occupation ended. Offices and most shops close for it. Source ↗

Still on: Winter: outer lodges close (1 May – 15 Sep (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Winter: outer lodges close (1 May – 15 Sep (usually))

Quiet — one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Winter: outer lodges close (1 May – 15 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Sea trout fishing season

  1 Sep – 30 Apr · usuallyForaging season

  The season for sea trout and mullet runs from September to April, and anglers fly in for the rivers of East and West Falkland; Stanley is where trips are arranged. Source ↗

Still on: Winter: outer lodges close (1 May – 15 Sep (usually))

Busy — Summer visitor season

• Nature

  Penguin breeding season

  1 Oct – 15 Mar · usuallyBirdlife season

  King, gentoo and Magellanic colonies fill up from October, with chicks on the ground through December and January. Outside the season the birds are at sea and the tracks out to them are mud.

• Season

  Summer visitor season

  15 Oct – 31 Mar · usuallyCruise seasonCrowdedBook early

  Ships call at Stanley from October to March, and on a two-ship day a town of two thousand takes several thousand visitors. The Volunteer Point trucks and the museum are booked out on those days. Source ↗

Still on: Sea trout fishing season (1 Sep – 30 Apr (usually))

Busy — Summer visitor season

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Sea trout fishing season (1 Sep – 30 Apr (usually)), Penguin breeding season (1 Oct – 15 Mar (usually)), Summer visitor season (15 Oct – 31 Mar (usually))

Peak crowds — Summer visitor season, Christmas Sports

• Festival

  Christmas Sports

  26 Dec – 2 Jan · usuallySporting eventCrowded

  Horse racing at the Stanley racecourse from Boxing Day, with children's races and camp events that come out of the end of the shearing season rather than out of tourism. Source ↗

Still on: Sea trout fishing season (1 Sep – 30 Apr (usually)), Penguin breeding season (1 Oct – 15 Mar (usually)), Summer visitor season (15 Oct – 31 Mar (usually))