Antarctica Cruise

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Small Ship Cruise
Start your adventure on the sophisticated streets and squares of Buenos Aires, the South American capital of food and fashion. Then, in Ushuaia, board a ship bound for the lands known as one of Earth’s final frontiers. You’ll witness towering, glittering glaciers, icebergs in a thousand shades of blue and teeming colonies of penguins and seals that call these...
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Overview

Trip type
Small Ship Cruise
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

Highlights

    • Breeching whales and barking seals
    • The towering, icy cliffs of Lemaire Channel
    • Spectacular Paradise Bay
    • Hundreds of thousands of penguins
    • Stunning icebergs
    • Surprising, sophisticated Buenos Aires

What's this trip about?

    Start your adventure on the sophisticated streets and squares of Buenos Aires, the South American capital of food and fashion. Then, in Ushuaia, board a ship bound for the lands known as one of Earth’s final frontiers. You’ll witness towering, glittering glaciers, icebergs in a thousand shades of blue and teeming colonies of penguins and seals that call these rocky shores home.

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Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeStandard Group - 25 + people
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportAll internal ground transport included
Start CityBuenos Aires
End CityBuenos Aires

Travel Themes

  • National Parks
  • Nature & Wildlife
  • Small Ship Cruise

Destinations

  • South America
  • Argentina

Attractions

  • Buenos Aires
  • Livingstone
  • Shetland Islands
  • Ushuaia

Activities

  • Historic sightseeing
  • Nature
  • Wildlife viewing

Trip includes

    • 3 nights in handpicked hotels, 9 nights aboard M/V USHUAIA Cruise ship
    • Breakfast daily; 8 lunches, 9 dinners aboard cruise; 2 three-course dinners on land with beer or wine
    • Multilingual Tour Director on land, expert wildlife guides aboard the cruise ship
    • Private deluxe motor coach
    • Guided sightseeing and select entrance fees

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Itinerary

OVERNIGHT FLIGHT 1 night

Day 1: Travel day
Board your overnight flight to Buenos Aires today.

BUENOS AIRES 1 night Hotel info

Day 2: Arrival in Buenos Aires

Included meals:
Dinner Welcome to Argentina! Touch down in Buenos Aires, where you’ll meet your fellow travelers at tonight’s welcome dinner.

USHUAIA 1 night Hotel info

Day 3: Flight to Ushuaia

Included meals:
Breakfast Fly to Ushuaia and get acquainted with the city on a guided walking tour. Then, spend the rest of the day exploring on your own.

CRUISE 9 nights Hotel info

Day 4: Cruise embarkation

Included meals:
Breakfast, Dinner Travel through coastal landscapes and glacial valleys on an excursion to Tierra del Fuego National Park before boarding a cruise ship bound for the Antarctic. Visit Bahia Ensenada and view evidence of the 6,500-year-old native settlements Take in views of Roca Lake and Lapataia Bay

Day 5: Day at sea

Included meals
: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Spend the day crossing the legendary Drake Passage.

Day 6: Day at sea

Included meals
: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Spend another day crossing the legendary Drake Passage.

Day 7: South Shetland Islands

Included meals
: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Start your four-day exploration of the rocky South Shetland Islands and the northernmost tip of the Antarctic continent. Please

note:
the contents of your Antarctica itinerary are weather-dependent. Visit penguin rookeries  Cruise through Neptune’s Bellows into the natural harbor at Deception Island

Day 8: King George & Livingston Islands

Included meals
: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Encounter Adélie and chinstrap penguins on King George Island and come face-to-face with elephant seals on Livingston Island.

Please note
: Your Antarctica itinerary is weather-dependent.

Day 9: Lemaire & Neumayer Channels

Included meals
: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Cruise along the Antarctic coast in the Gerlache Strait and gaze in awe at the towering sea cliffs lining the Lemaire and Neumayer Channels. You might also make stops at Paulet Island, the Melchior Islands and Portal Point.

Please note
: Your Antarctica itinerary is weather-dependent.

Day 10: Antarctic Islands

Included meals
: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Enjoy your final day of cruising in Antarctica. Depending on your ship’s itinerary, you may: Discover the gentoo penguin rookery and the towering icebergs of Cuverville Island  Spy the calving icebergs at Neko Harbor View the shallow b...
Please note:
The contents of your Antarctica itinerary are weather-dependent.

Day 11: Day at sea

Included meals:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Begin the first of two days of uninterrupted cruising back to South America. Join the ship’s lecturers and naturalists on deck for whale- and bird-watching.

Day 12: Day at sea

Included meals:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Spend another day cruising to the South American mainland.

BUENOS AIRES 1 night Hotel info

Day 13: Cruise disembarkation & flight to Buenos Aires

Included meals:
Breakfast, Dinner After disembarking your cruise ship, board a flight to Buenos Aires. There, you’ll celebrate your trip with your fellow travelers at a farewell dinner, including a special tango performance.

Day 14: Sightseeing tour of Buenos Aires & departure

Included meals:
Breakfast Before heading home, take in the highlights of Buenos Aires on a guided sightseeing tour. Visit the beautiful Plaza de Mayo to see the Casa Rosada, the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Cabildo Pass through the historic neighborhood of San Telmo before exploring ...
OVERNIGHT FLIGHT 1 night

Day 15: Travel day
Arrive home after your overnight flight. Add Buenos Aires $349 pp Recover from your weeks in the frigid Antarctic with some extra time in sizzling Buenos Aires. Delve deeper into the city’s eclectic architecture, flavorful cuisine and sensual music and dance, or venture out of the city on our optional excursion.

BUENOS AIRES 2 nights Hotel info

Day 14: Free day in Buenos Aires

Included meals:
Breakfast Spend the day exploring Buenos Aires at your leisure. Please note: Some of the contents of your itinerary today will overlap with the main tour.

Day 15: Free day in Buenos Aires

Included meals:
Breakfast Enjoy another free day in the city or add an excursion.

Day 16: Departure

Included meals:
Breakfast (excluding early morning departures) Transfer to the airport for your overnight flight home.

OVERNIGHT FLIGHT 1 night

Day 17: Travel day
Arrive home after your overnight flight.

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