Luxury Antarctic Peninsula

Meet at Buenos Aires airport for flight to Ushuaia, the world's southern-most city and also the main town in Tierra del Fuego. 

Transfer to ship, board and set sail in the afternoon.  

Take time as we cross the Drake Passage to watch albatrosses an petrels from the deck or lounge and keep an eye out for your first whale sightings.

Possible areas to visit in this part of the Peninsula are the mountainous landscape of Neko Bay, where we plan to set foot on the continent itself at Neko Harbour, and the glaciers and cliffs of Booth Island - great birding here. On Pleneau, there is a massive colony of gentoo penguins. Also, we hope to enter the scenic and beautiful Lemaire Channel.

On the small island of Goudier, you will have the opportunity to visit Port Lockroy. Initially it served as a relief and repair base for whalers, but in 1944 Port Lockroy became a British base. You will be able to visit the small museum that retraces the life of the base in the 1950s. Since 1996, it has been open to the public during the short Southern Summer and is used for carrying out research on Gentoo Penguins. Nowadays, this base is the most visited site of the White Continent and, thanks to its little store and post office, it is the only place to offer you the opportunity to write to your friends and family and share this unique moment. 

One of the best known of the South Shetland Islands because of its horseshoe shape, Deception has the black sand of volcanic beaches and the remains of abandoned huts that have been overrun by the largest colony of Chinstrap Penguins in the Antarctic Peninsula. Excursions aboard our Zodiacs will allow you to set foot on this expanse of land where more than 100,000 pairs of penguins, elephant seals and fur seals live side by side.

This calm area on the other side of the Peninsula is home to the Weddell seal, known for its ability to stay submerged for up to an hour at a time. It is also recognisable because of its spotted belly. Beautiful ice scenery here and myriad seabirds, especially albatross and petrels.

Last chances to relax and spend time looking for more seabirds and mammals.

Arrive and disembark. Transfer to airport for flight back to Buenos Aires.