Wild Faroe Islands 
Photo Adventure

Day 1 - Arrive in the Faroes

• Bender and James will meet the group at the airport to pick up luggage and take everyone to our lodging in the capital city of Tórshavn.

• Along the way, we may make a stop or two to give the group their first taste of the Faroese landscape.

• Depending on flight times and general group feel, we will head out to a local spot to find some of the smaller species that thrive in the more urban areas of the capital, such as the common blackbird. 

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Day 2 – Tórshavn and surrounding area

• This will be the first day to get used to the northern latitude.

• We will travel to the southern town of Kirkjubøur on the island of Streymoy. This village is regarded as the most important historical site in the Faroe Islands. Here we will be able to learn about some of the cultural history of the islands while we look for species like Eurasian oystercatchers, common eiders, and wagtails. 

• After lunch, we will have a bit of rest time to acclimate to the long days ahead of us, as well as to pack an overnight bag.

• Mid-afternoon, we will take a ferry to a neighboring island where colonies of puffins, storm-petrels, arctic terns, black-legged kittiwakes, and many others nest. Here we will stay the night, allowing us to photograph these birds through the long golden light and again in the soft morning glow.

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Day 3 – Tórshavn and surrounding area

• We continue to photograph the various bird species on this island through the morning.

• A short stop will be made to visit and talk with some of the ladies of the island who knit and weave Faroese wool into beautiful but practical clothing items, such as sweaters (jumpers), socks, and beanies.

• That afternoon we will catch the ferry back to Tórshavn where we will get lunch and visit a local park for some of the smaller species like common blackbirds, warblers, and flycatchers.

• This will also be the afternoon to explore Tórshavn for any personal purchases in which you would like to take home to further remember your time here. 

• As evening approaches, we will decide as a group if we want an early rest or to go out for additional landscape/wildlife photography as the sun sinks over the isles. 

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Day 4 - Mykines (pronounced 'Mee-chi-nes)

• The morning sees us getting up early to pack an overnight bag and heading off to catch the morning ferry to the western most island in the Faroes - the island of Mykines.

• This very special island is home to only 40 houses and 11 permanent residents. We will be staying overnight on the island in order to take advantage of having unlimited access to the hiking trails that surround the village and the long hours of light. 

• Here we will have the unique opportunity to get within minimum focal distance of thousands of Atlantic puffins in the largest puffin colony in the Faroes. 

• Beyond puffins, the island is home to nesting northern gannets, common murres, guillemots, terns, gulls, skuas, northern fulmars, swifts, wrens, martins, and many other species. Truly a bird photographer's paradise! 

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Day 5 - Mykines

• Waking up, surrounded by the green slopes of Mykines, we once again head out early to capture more images of the birdlife that call the island home for the summer. 

• Taking a break mid-morning to pack up and check out of our lodging, we will grab an early lunch at the local cafe that serves homemade Faroese staples like fish stew, French hot dogs, and beef sandwiches.

• We will then wrap up our visit and catch the afternoon ferry back to Vágar and return to Tórshavn for the evening.

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Day 6 - Suðuroy

• We board the morning ferry to Suðuroy. This ferry will take us to the southernmost island of Suðuroy. Thankfully, with about a two hour ride, we can all catch a few more hours of rest before arrival.

• Once on Suðuroy, we will be visiting a series of different locations, from high cliffs to one of the few natural sandy beaches in the Faroes and the southernmost lighthouse in the islands, each of which presents photographic opportunities for various bird species and land/seascape images.

• Potential species include puffins, oystercatchers, guillemots, northern fulmars, gulls, arctic terns, great skua, common redshanks, meadow pipits, and common ring plovers.

• We will take advantage of the late ferry sailing to return to our lodging in Tórshavn late that evening having made the most of the long light hours this day.

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Day 7 - Northern Islands

• Having a bit of a lie-in this morning to recoup from the previous day, we head out late morning to explore the far northern islands of Eysturoy, Bordoy, Kunoy, and Vidoy. 

• During this day’s explorations we will visit different vista points, harbors, and picturesque villages as we look for more puffins, whooper swans, eiders, golden plovers, jaegers, skua, and many other species.

• This evening we will start packing up for departures the following day.

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Day 8 - Depart the Faroes

• After breakfast we will finish packing and load up for the last time on this tour.

• All participants are dropped off at the airport for departing flights.

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