Wine Penguins & More

January 5, 2024

Danco Island, Antartica

Our afternoon excursion was a hike amongst the gen-too penguins on Danco Island.  We rode the zodiac's ashore and enjoyed a snow & slush ice hike from the shoreline to the summit - approximately 1 mile & 500 foot + elevation game.  Along the way, we crossed multiple penguin "highways" where people definitely "DO NOT" have the right away.  If you strayed slightly off the "marked" snow trail, you would sink up to your knees in powder snow.  The views along the trail were remarkable as you experience the various penguin rookeries on any exposed rock - lots of nesting gen-too penguins.  The penguin communication sounds and the penguin stench were memory points we will not soon forget.  

At the summit of Danco Island, who was there waiting for hikers, but the ship Capitan himself - a very personable and involved leader that interacts freely with guests and the ship crew - very refreshing.  The hike was a chance to get some much needed exercise after enjoying multiple days of great food and drink aboard the Scenic Eclipse.  Enjoy the pictures that give a sense of the experience.  



Scenic Eclipse from Danco Island


Made it to the Summit


Met the Captain at the Summit


People Snow Trail


Penguin Highway


Gen-Too Penguins Nesting


Beautiful Scenery


More Penguins Nesting


Up-Close with a Gen-Too


Zodiac's on the Beach


More Gen-Too Rookeries


Penguin Highway


Not a gradual slope - Uphill to the Summit

Comments

  1. Paula ClemensJanuary 8, 2024 at 8:10 PM

    Great job on your blog and pictures! Are you going to continue with the rest of your trip?

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