Naturally dressed for any black-tie affair, penguins unfortunately get few party offers, probably on account of their ridiculous waddle and that offensive habit of coughing up dead fish. Yet, cute as hell, we just can't help but bring the party to them. Here are some of the best places on the planet to catch these remarkable birds in action - on their own terms! | Arlo Hemphill
South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands, Subantarctic Islands: More
penguins, elephant seals and albatross than you can shake a stick at!
All of the allure of Antarctica at half the distance (from the tip of
South America that is). One of the world's last true wildlife
spectacles. Photo by Jad in Antarctica - OtterBox
Mainland West
Antarctica: Want to see the March of the Penguins first hand? This is
where that beautiful mess goes down! Home to emperor penguin rookeries
and Antarctica's highest peak, Mainland West Antarctica is a true
adventure traveler's ice dream come true! Antarctica: McMurdo / Emperor
Penguins - elisfanclub
Boulders Beach, South Africa: I love jackass
penguins, they seriously rule! And in South Africa - or Africa period
for that matter, this is where to see them. Beautifully ironic
juxtaposition with the Cape Town beaches, sun, sand, surf and sharks.
Couldn't be more surreal, or more real South Africa. A great little
spot. Photo by Paul Mannix
Punta Tombo, Argentina: Amazing. Camelids
walking amongst scores of penguins in a desert. Add maras and elephant
seals to the equation, and you have all of God's creatures jumbled up
into a jigsaw puzzle that only makes sense to Darwin. Love this place.
Amazing beautiful and utterly fascinating. Photo by Rafa
Paracas National Reserve: Peru's wildest
coastal treasure. A truly raw, starkly beautiful corner of the world -
home to abundant Humboldt penguins. geoglyphs, sea lions and guano birds
galore. Paracas alone is reason enough to visit Peru. Photo by
Frank_am_Main
Yécapasela Reserve, Ushuaia, Argentina: Ushuaia may be
the gateway to Antarctica, but you'll start feeling the penguin
infestation before you are even out the gate. Yecapasela is home to
thousands of Magellanic penguins, along with a nice handful of gentoo
penguins and rock cormorants. I'm confused as to whether it's a coastal
wonderland or black-tie only convention, but I love it. The universe
left magic dust at the tip of South America. Photo by Liam Quinn
Antarctic
Peninsula: The Antarctic Peninsula is the Antarctica most people get to
see. An immense strip of land jutting into the Southern Ocean, it is
home to penguins, seals, killer whales and every shade of ice you can
possibly imagine. This is also the region of Antarctica most impacted by
climate change. It's an icy world in a state of rapid change. Catch it
now before it's character is lost to us. Photo by Liam Quinn
Penguin
Parade, Philip Island, Australia: Amazing! Each sunset, hundreds of
little fairy penguins emerge from the chilly Southern Ocean, waddle up
the beach and into the bushes to locate their chicks, patiently waiting
in nest burrows. The Penguin Parade has an excellent visitor facility
with arena seating, an educational center and a network of boardwalks,
allowing you to observe the penguins up close without disturbing them.
Photo by angrysunbird
Pinnacle Rock, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: Probably the most iconic
landmark in the Galapagos Islands. This place is fantastically beautiful
and even more fantastically interesting. There is a bizarre history of
military occupation around the pinnacle and best of all, the penguins
live here! Photo by Peter Gene
South Islands, New Zealand: Who would ever expect to see penguins in a land that looks surprisingly (or not) like the Lord of the Ring's Middle Earth? But even weirder than that is, who'd expect to find penguins living in the rainforest?? Well, that's New Zealand for you, a land of oddities and contradictions at every corner. Here on the South Island, you'll find three of the world's most unique penguins - the little blue penguin (the world’s smallest penguin), the rare yellow-eyed penguin, and that rainforest-dwelling fiordland crested penguin. And in such a dramatically beautiful landscape, these are truly penguins in paradise! Photo courtesy of Gogobot
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