Island Caracas

Caracas Island (Isla del Rosario) is the largest island from the West point of the Falkland Islands. Caracas Island to the Northwest of West Falkland and South East of the Jason Islands. And up to 10 km (6.2 miles) in length, with a maximum width of 2.5 km (1.6 mile), plus 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi) in area. The highest point on the island is Mount Stanley and Ping plateau at 220 m (720 ft). The north-eastern coast has slopes and large sandy bays as tidal rocky point on the Northwest. The island also extends from duneland. Often used as a Leopard beach access point to the island.

The island of Caracas is a gem location. Located about an hour from the twin-engine plane flight of 10 seats of Stanley. There can be access to three lanes on the grass, allowing the landing even during the summer.

You can enjoy the island with a very nice places, and by many wildlife photographers, especially for birds. In fact, some people in the farm come all the way from Europe to photograph birds from the island for some time! You can get some great wildlife photos highlighting the island and walk the wonderful and terrible.

The island is considered one of the possible locations of Caracas for the British amphibious landing during the Falklands war, it came under the British landings at San Carlos water in the West of East Falkland. The plan was to drop "stone aircraft carrier", they encounteredthree times the main objections to this plan:

1) island of Caracas, and in the West of the archipelago, the closest to continental Argentine bases

2) proximity to the air base at Pebble island.

3) distance from Stanley, and remoteness from the main objectives, wevokland which is at the end of the war.

Although Caracas island is a small island, but it's too big when you go walk to be able to extend about 700 meters wide up to the highest point on the island. You can access the highest point on the island to return to the airstrip, and then tracks in Rocky Hill to reach the bottom of the main places of the island. There are settlement a few miles from the farm and the scenery along the way.

You can also see the neighbouring islands with some local birds of prey, and birds, caracara planned. It hovers a few feet above your head. When you keep you along the edge you will get the best scenes of the Bay including the beautiful beaches on the other side of the Gulf. Wonderful beaches of the Caribbean Sea. However, most of the beaches of the Caribbean Sea with the penguins. You can watch the penguins and other birds on the beach to swim around and drink little water, and they are very nice.

You can reach the island of Caracas through flights from Stanley and enjoy wildlife and photography, it is one of the Falkland Islands.