Antarctica Expedition

This Expedition offers you the ideal introduction  to the                      “Great White Continent" exploration on the incomparably beautiful Antarctic Peninsula and the surrounding islands and waterways.     

Our program is oriented towards the viewing of wildlife.

M/V Antarctic Dream

Antarctica Expedition (11 days / 10 nights)

M/V A N T A R C T I C D R E A M

Discovering the White Continent

11 days - starting at $6,900

Day 1: Ushuaia, Argentina

Passengers board the M/V Antarctic Dream where you will be greeted by our Expedition Leader and staff and shown to your cabin. Check-in will begin at 2:30 pm. aprox.on departure day.

Day 2 to 3: Drake Passage

Wandering albatrosses, storm petrels and other seabirds will escort the vessel as you sail south across this famous passage named after Sir Francis Drake, the 16th-century English navigator

Day 4: Aitcho Island

Aitcho Island will give us an early taste of what the Antarctic really is. It is the biggest island of the South Shetlands, where we will disembark in Potter Bay. In the afternoon we will disembark at Aitcho Island

Day 5: Antarctic Peninsula & Neko Bay

Besides the magnificent scenery of mountains, snow and ice, in Antarctica you can expect to see a wide variety of the native wildlife.

Day 6: Paradise Bay - Cuverville Island

At this point of our program we will begin our return voyage. During the morning and, stressing again that if weather permits, we will disembark or use our zodiacs in Paradise Bay.

Day 7: Pleneau - Petermann Island

We sail south through the narrow Lemaire Channel who’s high, sheer cliffs suggest that no passage could be found. Once through the channel, known as one of the most beautiful places in the world.

Day 8: Deception Island - Whaler’s Bay - Pendulum Cove

We continue sailing to Deception Island which is the largest active volcano in the area at the northwest side of the Peninsula.

During the morning we will try to disembark in Whaler’s Bay and Pendulum Cove.

Days 9 and 10: Drake Passage

Today, we will leave the Antarctic and head north back across the Drake Passage. Now is the chance to compare and revise notes and dwell on the adventures of the past week, to take in the final lectures and to enjoy the delicious gastronomy on board as you return to Ushuaia

Day 11: Ushuaia, Argentina

After an early breakfast we will land at 9:00 am. aprox. and bid farewell to our guests.

Thus ends an incredible and unique expedition

   

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