On West Falkland, there live fewer than 100 adults. Port Howard is one of the principle settlements, a neat, picturesque place, and the largest privately owned farm in the Islands with approximately 42,000 sheep and 1,000 cattle running across 200,000 acres. The original settlement is 3½ km south and Bold Cove is the site of the first British landing by Captain John Strong in 1690. It’s an excellent base to explore West Falkland . Activities include trout fishing; 4WD tours to wildlife and flora, 1982 war relics, fossil beds; golf at Clippy Hill (overgrown in 2009); hiking to Mount Maria.
About an hour west of Port Howard a road branches northwest to Hill Cove settlement, another 30 minutes drive. You can visit the only forest in the Falklands (an experiment in shelter planting), or make an appointment to see the boutique skin tannery run by Henry Boughton. Further west is Crooked Inlet farm at Roy Cove. Joy and Danny Donnelly run the sheep farm and still use horses for sheep work . The settlement is very photogenic, particularly in late spring when the yellow gorse blooms; commanding views over King George Bay to Rabbit, Hammock and Middle Islands.
In the centre of West Falkland is Little Chartres Farm , which is an ideal base for trips to all points and for trout fishing. West is a beautiful road to Dunnose Head and Shallow Harbour, passing the Narrows and Town Point nature reserves. To the south is Fox Bay, the largest settlement; half is government-owned, half, Fox Bay West, is private. The road passes Hawksnest Ponds, where swans may be seen, in a region of 2,000 lakes and ponds. Port Stephens is a spectacular piece of country at the southwestern tip of West Falkland. Accessible by road and air, the area has rugged headlands, home to rockhopper and gentoo penguins, as well as many unusual geological formations at Indian Village and breathtaking coastal scenery. (See Sleeping, below.).
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