Resting on the north coast of East Falklands, Cape Bougainville is picturesque site featuring rockhopper penguins, sea lions and southern giant petrels. The Cape was named after French navigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville - founder of the French settlement at Port Louis in 1764.
Cape Bougainville is part of Gibraltar Station, a 52,000 acre sheep property farmed by the Pitaluga family for five generations. Its gaucho heritage can be glimpsed through the turf and stone corrals that were built by members of the Pitaluga family during the 1800s, some of which are still in use today. Wool production continues to be the mainstay of this family-run operation.
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