Stopped here for lunch on Wayne's Tour - Very friendly and nice to have Home made soup and home made fresh sandwiches which was all excellent - Didn't stay here but i would imagine from everything i saw and witnessed it would be a good place to stay.
I had a night in Darwin House for the third time. While the facilities in the house remained substantially the same, the lodge management and main workers had changed a lot and that made quite a difference to me. I went to New Heavens to view the gentoo penguins for a third year at an extra charge for the rides from and to the house, which was expensive from the Falklands standard. The cost was fine for me as I had been used to it anyway, but what I was disappointed was that the stay at New Heaven was much longer than my past 2 years' since 4 other guests joining the excursion preferred to stay much longer despite the very windy weather in the afternoon. I had no choice other than taking the driver's key and walked a long way back to the jeep for shelter until the last guest told the driver he or she was ready to leave. This had been the only occasion at Darwin for me where the driver did not watch the clock and manage the time fairly among all guests for such excursion. I was very surprised since I happened to be the one who had the most adequate gear for such a windy and cloudy afternoon out there. To be fair to the lodge, the clean living conditions, the addition of a bed to some family/double rooms and the adequate food and hot drinks for breakfast, tea and dinner and the low room rates remained the pros there. The new chef was a gentleman who did have a heart for cookery. The collection of souvenirs available in the lodge remained more or less the same as what I had seen before, and that appears to suggest that most guests were local Falklanders to whom souvenirs might be commonplace items.
This is a great place to stay to explore the area around Goose Green, with its battlefields and memorials. The rooms are very comfortable, the food is good and comes in huge quantities, and the lounge has great views.
The hosts, Anton and Dolly, are very friendly and happy to arrange tours of the area, meet you off the FIGAS plane and so on.
Highly recommended
This is probably the best location outside Stanley from which to see the south of East Falkland. We had three days in Darwin before flying to Port Howard by Islander (10 seats)
The settlement itself is very old and has great views over the bay to what was the old farm sheering shed.
It is less than 10 minuets from the old settlement of Goose Green, with all its farming, port and 1982 history.
It is virtually in the centre of the 82 battlefield.
The airfield is just off the house drive & Anton & Dolly the hosts, are the, Fire Crew, the Met Office, and the Ground Crew, so no chance that one could miss a flight.
Darwin is also well placed for the British War Cemetery at San Carlos the ferry to West Falkland, and the old suspension bridge.
Anton cooked us a mean Patagonian Tooth Fish. So we now have no need to go, "Up West" for such exotic cuisine.
Darwin House is an excellent place from which to explore the 1982 battlefield, and is located more-or-less in the centre of it. Dolly and Anton are hospitable and the food is very good. My room had a great view in two directions, was warm, comfortable and well appointed. Anton arranged a tour of the San Carlos-Goose Green area with the best guide I could have wished for. I was very happy with my two days at Darwin House.
