Falkland Islands: good to know
The general-information half of trip planning: how expensive Falkland Islands feels, what is considered polite, what is not, and the everyday practicalities - alongside our 32 written places.
Small-town courtesy at the edge of the world; everyone waves, and the weather sets the plan.
✓ Considered polite
- Wave at every passing driver - everyone does, and you will be noticed if you do not
- Ask landowners before crossing farmland - all camp is private, and permission is readily given
- Close every gate behind you
- Give wildlife right of way - stand still and let penguins come to you
✗ Better avoided
- Drive off marked tracks - wheel ruts scar the peat for decades
- Touch or feed wildlife, however close it waddles
- Expect Sunday shopping - Stanley keeps small-town hours
- Rush conversations in shops - a chat is part of every transaction
Worth knowing
- Falkland pounds and UK sterling circulate interchangeably, but local notes are hard to spend back in the UK
- Stanley has one bank and one cash machine - carry cash for camp, where cards rarely work
- FIGAS island-hopper flights are booked by 10:00 the day before, with the schedule announced that afternoon
- Drive on the left, and expect 4x4 tracks and sheep beyond Stanley's paved roads
Plugs and voltage: Wikipedia, «Mains electricity by country» (after the IEC World Plugs list), read 15 October 2026.
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Customs are living things - regions differ, cities relax, generations shift. Take these notes as a friendly head start, watch what locals do, and when in doubt a smile and a greeting in the local language cover almost everything.