| Species | Where they can be seen | How to get there |
| Gentoo, Adelie, Chinstrap and Macaroni | There are many colonies around the islands. Zavodovski has one of the largest penguin colonies anywhere in the world with over 500,000 pairs of breeding Chinstraps present. | You can only get to the South Sandwich Islands by ship. Occasionally cruise ships that operate to the Antarctic Peninsula also visit the South Sandwich Islands. See our Tour Operators page for details |