Hercules Bay 2nd Stop of The Day.

Since we couldn't land in Fortuna Bay, we relocated down the coast. We had a couple of hours on the deck viewing Macaroni Penguins, Arctic Terns, Albatrosses, Giant Petrelas, along with others.

The Captain soon took the ship into a Hercules Bay which was sheltered from the wind.

We received notification via the PA system at noon that we would be having Zodiak boat tours of Hercules Bay starting at 2 PM and to check our stateroom TV or App for our tour time.

We had lunch and returned to our stateroom. As we ate lunch, we saw a National Geographic ship sail by because the bay was too small for more than one ship. Now I know why we left Fortuna Bay after only an hour of waiting for the wind to die down.

Our tour is not until 5 PM so I watched out our window at all the Zodiaks touring the Bay. I should spent more time editing pictures but it was too tempting to watch the beautiful views out the window.

We were down in the Landing Area and we were lucky enough to have Stephanie as a guide once again. We saw a bunch of Southern Giant Petrels feeding on the surface of the water.

We made our way to the cliffs and were mesmerized by Macroni Penquins. They were hopping up the cliffs, jumping in the water, and launching themselves out of the water. They are absolutely adorable. We are thankful that we stopped at Hercules Bay because Stephanie said that she had never seen the Macroni penguins.

We continued throughout the bay and saw Gentoo Penguins, King Penguins, Elephant seals, Fur Seals, and one lone Chinstrap Penguin.

Stephanie stopped at a rock formation to point out Sunburst Lichen which is beautiful. I thought of Jenni and was wishing she could see it since she loves lichen.Read more