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Antarctic Cruises

 Antarctic Expedition Cruises
Various OptionsPriceRanges approx
from USD3,500 and USD8,550 per person

The information below is only a very brief introduction to this experience. If you are interested please ask us for more information and give us dates and numbers of people. We will offer you the exact same rates that the supplier is offering at time of enquiry – so any special offers we will passed on to you.

Ask us about our USD125 per person credit towards the cost of this reservation.

Antarctica really is the “last frontier” – an entire continent that has not yet been ruined by man. It is located in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Antarctic Circle and home to the South Pole. It is the 5^th largest land mass after Asia, Africa, North America and South America. Over 98% of its surface is covered in an ice sheet measuring, on average, 1.6km in thickness.

People strive to visit Antarctica because it offers a totally unique and different environment to anywhere else on Earth. Its ice-filled waters teaming with marine mammals open up to show seals, whales, penguins and other varieties of life completely at home in their natural habitat. For many it is the opportunity get physically close to such marine wild life that makes the experience so wonderful.  There is also the incredible wind and water-sculptured ice formations, and the silence and the serenity that combine to show how truly wonderful the natural world is. For most people a visit to Antarctica is a “once-in-a-lifetime” experience. Let us organize your trip to “wonderland” with one of the offers below.

Three Options

Expedition Cruise Antarctica XX1 – departures from Punta Arenas & Ushuaia

Expedition Cruise Antarctic Dream – departures from Punta Arenas

Expedition Cruise Hurtigruten – departures from Ushuaia

Antarctic XX1

The Ship

The “Profesor Mutanovsiy” was originally built for Polar oceanographic research and has an ice-strengthened hull.

It carries up to 52 passengers in comfortable cabins with windows. The ship has a dining room, bar, library, sauna and sick bay and 3 passenger decks.

Antarctic XX1 from Punta Arenas (Classic Adventure) 6 nights / 7 days

The great advantage of this option is that people can start the adventure from Punta Arenas where you will be met and taken to a hotel for the night. The next day you will then board a BAE146 for the 3 - hour flight to KingGeorgeIsland, the largest island in the South Shetland Archipelago. Upon arrival you will get a tour of the Chilean and Russian bases before walking down to the beach for embarkation into rib-zodiacs and a sea transfer to get on board the ship. What follows is a 5-day expedition cruise along the Antarctic Peninsula, backed up by informative lectures and excursions in rib-zodiacs to get close to nature.

Departures:

Nov 25 & 30

Dec 05 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25

New Year Departure: Dec 30

Rates from USD8,990 pp

Rates are only a guide only and are based upon 2 people in a cabin, but are per person (pp). Included are all meals, night in Punta Arenas, flights to and return from KingGeorgeIsland, excursions, lectures and guides.

Antarctic XX1 from Ushuaia (Express Adventure) 4 nights / 5 days

This option will enable a visit to the famous Cape Horn and into the area of Antarctica. It is quick and good value. It starts in Ushuaia (Argentina) and ends in Punta Arenas.

Embarkation is at Ushuaia whereupon the sailing route heads across the Beagle Channel to Puerto Williams (in Chile). The itinerary will then continue south towards Cape Horn where, weather permitting, passengers will have the opportunity to board rib-zodiac dinghies and actually be taken to the shores of Cape Horn island itself. After Cape Horn the ship will sail across the Drake Passage, whilst on the lookout for Humpback and Minke Whales as well as Black Browed Albatrosses and Southern Giant Petrels. On day 4 the SouthShetlandIsland will come into view and so will the icebergs.  Passengers will be able to explore on the Island. On the final day 5 passengers will be taken to the Chilean and Russian bases from where they will board the BA146 for the 3-hour flight back to Punta Arenas.

Departures:

Nov 22

Rates from USD3,490 pp

Rates are only a guide only and are based upon 2 people in a cabin, but are per person (pp). Included are all meals, flights from KingGeorgeIsland, excursions, lectures and guides.

Antarctic Dream from Ushuaia back to Ushuaia (10 nights / 11 days)

The Ship

The Ship was originally built for the Chilean Navy for scientific work in and around its Antarctic bases. It has an ice-strengthened hull and endured a total refit in 2003 to become a luxury “intimate-style” passenger vessel for expedition cruises to Antarctica. The objective of the company is to offer the best in Antarctic expedition cruises in terms of comfort and excursions with up to 10 landings in a voyage, weather permitting.

The ship can accommodate up to 78 passengers in luxury cabins on four passenger decks. There is spacious dining room, snug bar, reference library and fitness room aboard too.

Embarkation is in Ushuaia from where the navigation heads across the famous Drake Passage and towards the South Shetland Islands and on to the Antarctic Peninsula. In this ice-filled land the ship will navigate through channels and into inlets to observe wildlife and make landings in rib-zodiac dinghies where possible.

This is an opportunity to enjoy first-class comfort onboard a ship whilst it passes through some of the most incredible scenery on Earth, receive informed lectures and have plenty of time to take it all in.

Departures:

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Rates from USD8,550 pp

Rates are only a guide only and are based upon 2 people in a cabin, but are per person (pp). Included are all meals, excursions, lectures and guides.

Hurtigruten from Buenos Aires return to Ushuaia (9 nights / 10 days)

Hurtigruten is a Norwegian company that specializes in cruises in a number of sought-after destinations in the World. As with most things Norwegian, the quality and standards onboard the ship are exceedingly high and these run throughout all aspects of the cruise. The main advantage of this option is that Hurtigruten pride themselves on education during exploration and passengers will receive a lot of interesting and valuable information as the cruise progresses. The itinerary is very specific in that it is planned well to take in the following places around the Antarctic peninsula:

Whalers Bay – known for its black, volcanic sand.

Half Moon Island – to see Chinstrap Penguins.

Yankee Harbour – to see Gentoo Penguins.

Almirante Brown in ParadiseHarbour – where there are snowy peaks and ice cliffs.

Port Lockroy – a British base.

Petermann Island – where there are more Gentoo Penguins.

Cuverville Island – where there is the largest colony of Gentoo Penguins on the peninsula.

Wilhelmina Bay – a feeding ground for whales and seals.

Antarctic Sound – to see mile-long icebergs.

Brown Buff – to see Weddell Seals.

The Ship

The MS Fram was built in 2007 and has been fitted to the high standards of a Norwegian cruise ship. It is 374ft long and 66ft wide with 318 berths on board. Out of the options on this page this is the largest ship. It is spacious and operated to European standards.

The interior decoration on board reflects a Nordic environment with leather, oak and wool offering a warm ambience and works of art from esteemed Greenlandic artists. Each of the luxury cabins is fitted with air-conditioning, heating and a smoke alarm, and one with facilities for a person with disabilities. Also onboard is a restaurant, two bars, lounges, and internet café and conference rooms. In addition there is a library, a fitness room, a sauna, two heated outdoor Jacuzzis and a gift shop.

Departures from Ushuaia

(but note that number of days includes day of departure in the USA and day 2 inBuenos Aires)

Argentina & Antarctica 13 days

Departures: Nov 17 & 25 / Dec 03 & 11 / Jan 04 & 12 / Feb 13

North & South Antarctica 17 days

Departures: Jan 20 / Feb 01

Christmas & New Year in Antarctica

Departures: Dec 19

Falklands / Malvinas & South Georgia & Antarctica 22 days

Departures: Oct 31

Antarctica & South Georgia & Falklands / Malvinas 22 days

Departures: Feb 21

For late 2010 and early 2011 there are a number of other varied itineraries. Please just ask us what they are.

Rates from USD6,559 pp (includes return air fare from the JFK or MiamiUSA)

Rates are only a guide only and are based upon 2 people in a cabin, but are per person (pp). Included are all meals, excursions, lectures and guides.