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RAF Flights to the Falklands (1 Viewer)
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birdboybowley
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I looked at the prices once for getting there with the RAF....only once
lewis20126
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http://www.falklandislands.com/section.php/18/1/by_air
prices here - £2222!
I've never been to the Falklands but am keen to go one day but suspect it will be via Chile, as long as the Argentines still allow overflights! The hardest bit then is getting to a good offshore island on a budget..
I can't help with the Ascencion Frigatebird question, but I don't need it!
cheers, alan
prices here - £2222!
I've never been to the Falklands but am keen to go one day but suspect it will be via Chile, as long as the Argentines still allow overflights! The hardest bit then is getting to a good offshore island on a budget..
I can't help with the Ascencion Frigatebird question, but I don't need it!
cheers, alan
Richard Klim
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...and then there's the price for getting back! :eek!:
Gladiator96
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Coincidence I just saw a documentary on the Falklands today. The documentary was about killer whales primarily but I was amazed at how close the birds come to you.
Farnboro John
Well-known member
I went a very long time ago, and the schedule then was such that you went through Ascension overnight. Fortunately for me the plane went tech at Brize for a few hours and we arrived on the island at dawn: I nailed Ascension Frigatebird, Red-footed Booby and Sooty Tern, and the only one I've seen since is Sooty Tern on Anglesey!
I would check the schedule very carefully before taking this route if you are only doing it for the birds. Try the RAF Ornithological Society, they will have up-to-date gen.
John
I would check the schedule very carefully before taking this route if you are only doing it for the birds. Try the RAF Ornithological Society, they will have up-to-date gen.
John
StuartReeves
Local rarity
I was on Ascension for five days earlier this year. The flight arrives at about 8AM, but you would not be allowed to leave the airport so you would have to rely on a frigatebird flying over while you were there. I reckon this would be pretty unlikely; I only saw birds on the northern & western sides of the island and then only close to the sea.
...and then there's the price for getting back! :eek!:
It's a return ticket
Still almost twice the price of going via Chile though! Seems the RAF is a little short of money ...
You are allowed to make a stop over and catch the next flight three days later though.
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Thanks for all the replies so far. I know the flights are expensive and LAN is cheaper but the whole point of going is to go to Ascencion for the Frigatebird. If i went I would just go one way so price would be half. Another option is to time the flight to just Ascencion for 580 then taking the mail ship to St Helena and then Cape Town.
