Penguin poop!

[Can'tstopcruising]

Those of you who have walked amongst the penguins, how did you protect your shoes? Where did you buy covers? Thanks

[donaldsc]

Didn't worry about it as the ship supplied boots. We did have to walk through disinfectant when we returned to the ship.

 

DON

[Floridiana]

Penguins but other critters: I bought water proof Keene sandals for my upcoming Galapagos cruise. Photos show passengers hosing off their shoes on the back platform of the ship.

[Fattony]

You'd think they'd be potty-trained by now. http://penguins.nhl.com/

 

Where will you be? When I went on a day tour to the penguin island off of Ushuaia, I didn't see so much poop that I to worry about it. Trips most cruisers take there are just on boats that stay offshore the island. I wonder how many places there are that you'd be walking around so many penguins that it's a concern. If it is, I'm sure you could buy shoe/boot covers that can be washed or thrown away.

Edited January 8, 2014 by Fattony

[J-D]

Also not a problem when we visited the Magellanic Penguin colonies at Peninsula Valdez (near Puerto Madryn, Argentina) and at Otway Sound (near Punta Arenas, Chile) in Feb. 2013. Visitors walk on well-formed pathways there, with relatively little penguin excrement on the pathways, at least on the dry days when we visited.

 

In contrast, during a visit to a penguin colony on East Falkland Isl. in Feb. 2010 (on a very rainy day), our boots became quite soiled with a mixture of mud and excrement. However, hiking around on the wet ground for an extended period after leaving the colony was sufficient to clean off most of the offending material, and the rest subsequently washed off without too much difficulty. Some people bring disposable shoe-protectors that are sold to house painters (and others) in hardware stores, and that is probably a good idea, at least for the Falklands.

 

John