Antarctica Cruise

Go Ahead Tours
4.9 . Excellent
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Travel Style: Array Relaxed
Physical Level: Walking or physical activity half to most of day - no carrying equipment. Easy
Lodging Level: 3 to 4 star western hotel equivalents. While not all lodging will be 'luxury' they will be quite comfortable by western standards. Comfort (4*)
15 days
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Overview

Highlights (Bullets)

  • 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

Short Description

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.

Style Small ship cruise
See all the highlights and popular spots on a classic tour.
Itinerary Focus Classic Highlights
3 to 4 star western hotel equivalents. While not all lodging will be 'luxury' they will be quite comfortable by western standards.
Lodging Level Comfort (4*)
Flight & Transport Inclusions All internal ground transport
Start City Buenos Aires
End City Buenos Aires

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 bay filled with resting icebergs at Pleneau Island
  • Visit the world’s southernmost colony of gentoo penguins at Petermann Island
  • Venture into the placid waters of Paradise Bay, where the sea serves as a mirror for the surrounding mountains

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 the colorful streets of La Boca
Drive along 9 de Julio Avenue, the widest street in the world, to Palermo and its beautiful parks
Visit the aristocratic Recoleta neighborhood and the grave of Eva Perón
This evening, transfer to the airport for your overnight flight home, or extend your stay to explore Buenos Aires.

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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Will Refuse to Refund

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I made a reservation last Thursday (11/16/2023) for a trip to Iceland from 12/02/2023-12/07/2023 and then I was told that I can’t have my refund back.

When I called on last Thursday (11/16/2023) to place my reservation, the agent (Kathy) I talked to stressed about she "cannot" guarantee that I will be able to go on the trip. Before I provided the payment information, I specifically asked if I will be able to get the refund because the trip is coming up so soon. The agent ensured that I will be able to get a full refund back within 60 days if I decided to cancel the trip. I was also told that I am basically on a wait list and someone will contact me once I can go on the trip. No one contacted me about whether the agency was able to process my information at all, so I've been left in the dark about this trip since the beginning.

I called the help line this morning (11/20/2023) around 9:00 Eastern Standard Time to cancel my reservation. I was informed by the agent that I will not be able to get my full refund back since it's too close to the trip date. Basically I was told that Kathy gave me the wrong information, so I will have to pay the cancellation fee. The only reason I provided my payment information is because Kathy specifically stated that I will be able to cancel the trip and receive a full refund.

I've never been so frustrated with a traveling agency. I made sure to ask this agent regarding the refund policy twice before giving her my payment information, and she still couldn't provide me with the correct information. It's unbelievable that such a big traveling agency cannot uniformly train their employees with the correct set of information.
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Stay Away - Class Action lawsuit for ripping off children

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This greedy and unethical company is being sued for keeping money from school children and their parents after the company canceled trips due to Coronavirus. They have a pattern of canceling trips and keeping your money and you get nothing! They only care about money and not earning it.
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Wouldn't Refund Full Payment of Tour They Cancelled

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Our trip was to be in May 2020 and was cancelled by Go Ahead due to the Coronavirus after we had paid the full cost of the trip for two. When contacted about a refund, the only way we would NOT lose our deposit of $600 was if we allowed them to keep the entire amount paid until the trip was rescheduled or changed to another tour. We asked them to refund everything EXCEPT the deposit and carry the deposit until another trip could be scheduled. They refused to consider carrying our deposit. The only was to get our $6000 payment back was to lose our $600 deposit. After several wonderful tours, Go Ahead proved themselves to be unconcerned about our financial loss or hardships caused by their inflexibility.
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I took every additional tour and the tour guides were excellent!

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Go Ahead Tours was selected for their attention to detail, and this tour did not disappoint! I must give credit to our wonderful tour director, Alessandra, who has over 25 years of experience, and we were the beneficiaries of her compassionate regard for our tour's wellbeing. She was attentive and even gave us souvenir momentos from each city we visited. I took every additional tour and the tour guides were excellent! I especially liked our guides for the Colosseum, in Rome, a mature woman who was Greek, and thus, she was very personable. Also, Katia, our tour guide for the Vatican and the Catacombs was very knowledgeable and entertaining. The last night was fun in our send off dinner consisted of a dinner theater billed as four tenors and featured an opera troup serenading us during our three-course meal. Great fun and the perfect meal to conclude our action packed 7-day tour of three Italian Cities boasting magnificent art and history!
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Amazing trip of a lifetime!

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My husband and I went on this tour for our five year anniversary. It was both of our first trips to Europe and it was WONDERFUL! Our tour guide, Alessandra, was fantastic & our group got along so well. We made friends and always had a blast. It's a wonderful mix of guided tours & free time. It was so nice to not have to stress about travel arrangements between cities because Go Ahead has done it all. We would definitely book again!
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By far the BEST Trip EVER

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WOW. That’s the best word to summarize this tour. 1st class everything, from the private chauffeur upon arrival to the 5 star hotels to the fancy restaurants, but the icing on the cake is the guided tour director. Nicola was BY FAR THE BEST trip mom EVER. I went to Europe by myself and she made sure I was always fitting right in, she was very patient, kind and understanding. Very knowledgeable, oh man she was the absolute best seriously. I want her on every tour
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Flight & Transport Inclusions

All internal ground transport

Group Size

Standard Group - 25 + people

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