Small ship cruise, zodiac excursions, hiking and wildlife viewing adventure to the last frontier. Experience the last utterly untamed place on earth as we cruise to the "White Continent". Explore giant penguin and seabird colonies, the greatest concentration of sea mammals in the world, and a vast, stark landscape of monstrous icebergs, snow covered mountains and endless glaciers.
Your Itinerary
Days 1-3: Tierra Del Fuego - Beagle Channel - Drake Passage
Embark from Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, cruise through the Beagle Channel and then across the Drake Passage to the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctica Peninsula. During our journey we cross the Antarctic Convergence and start meeting the birds of the Antarctic--albatrosses, pigeons, fulmars and petrels--and encounter our first awesome icebergs. (B/L/D). (Day 1 – only dinner).
Days 4-5: South Shetlands
We may visit Aitcho, Penguin, Half Moon or Livingston Islands with their thriving penguin and sea bird colonies and the chance of spotting southern fur and elephant seals. At Deception Island we may land at Baily Head with its 10,000 chinstrap penguins and take the exciting ridge hike to Whaler's Bay. Inside Deception Island's harbor (a giant collapsed volcanic caldera) thousands of cape pigeons, gulls, skuas, terns and petrels make their home. We may even take a dip in the island's natural "hot tub", the best and only place to swim in the Antarctic! (B/L/D).
Days 6-8: Antarctic Peninsula
We continue south to the Antarctic Peninsula and head for Neko Harbor and Paradise Bay where our zodiacs cruise among gleaming icebergs and deep cut fjords with great opportunities to spot Weddell and crabeater seals and humpback, fin and even blue whales. Further south we enter spectacular Lemaire Channel, one of Antarctica's most photogenic landscapes (nicknamed "Kodak Gap"), with sheer cliffs that fall straight to the sea. At the south end of the channel we visit Petermann Island with its adelie penguins and blue-eyed shags. We then turn north to Neumayer Channel where glaciers pour into the sea and cruise across Gerlache Strait to the Melchior Islands with more exciting zodiac cruises for seals and whales. (B/L/D).
Days 9-11: Drake Passage – Ushuaia
The final three days are spent re-crossing the Drake Passage for our return to Ushuaia on the final morning. (B/L/D). (Day 11 – only breakfast and lunch).
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
2007 Cost:
Twin Shared Bath:
$4650 for 2/28, 3/5 and 3/10 departures
$5290 for 11/28, 11/29, 12/8 and 12/9 departures
$5350 for 2/22 departure
$5490 for 1/21 and 1/31 departures
$6050 for 1/17 and 12/19 departures
$6650 for 12/18, 12/23 and 12/29 departures
Twin Private Bath:
$5290 for 2/28, 3/5 and 3/10 departures
$5990 for 11/28, 11/29, 12/8 and 12/9 departures
$6090 for 2/22 departure
$6290 for 1/21 and 1/31 departures
$6890 for 12/19 departure
$6950 for 1/17 departure
$7590 for 12/18, 12/23 and 12/29 departures
Superior:
$6150 for 2/28, 3/5 and 3/10 departures
$6990 for 11/28, 11/29, 12/8 and 12/9 departures
$7090 for 2/22 departure
$7350 for 1/21 and 1/31 departures
$8090 for 1/17 and 12/19 departures
$8890 for 12/18, 12/23 and 12/29 departures
Single Supplement: As available for twin shared bath and twin private bath cabins for a 70% addition to the double occupancy rate above; 100% addition for superior cabins.
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Antarctica
Antarctica
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