16-night Antarctica expedition cruise — round-trip from Ushuaia, via South Georgia • Antarctic Peninsula.
This route is a guide, not a fixed product. Once you enquire we match you to a suitable expedition ship and departure — across operators from Oceanwide and Quark to Ponant — and plan the trip with you personally. Zodiac landings and wildlife happen as ice, weather and the captain allow.
Embark at Ushuaia, settle into your cabin aboard the expedition ship, meet the team and set sail.
A day at sea crossing the Southern Ocean, with albatrosses and whales from the deck.
Sail the Scotia Sea, watching for seabirds and the first ice.
Land at a vast king penguin colony — tens of thousands of birds at St Andrews Bay or Salisbury Plain.
Among elephant seals and fur seals on the beaches, with wandering albatrosses overhead.
Visit Grytviken and Shackleton's grave amid the island's astonishing wildlife.
Zodiac cruising and landings along South Georgia's wildlife-packed coast.
Land at a vast king penguin colony — tens of thousands of birds at St Andrews Bay or Salisbury Plain.
Among elephant seals and fur seals on the beaches, with wandering albatrosses overhead.
Zodiac landings among gentoo, chinstrap and Adélie penguin colonies, with leopard seals on the ice.
Cruise iceberg-filled channels for humpback whales and orcas, beneath glacier fronts.
A continental landing and a hike above the bay, surrounded by ice and wildlife.
Zodiac excursions past glaciers and brash ice, visiting a research station or historic hut.
Explore the peninsula's bays and straits, with whales, seals and penguins all around.
Cross the Drake Passage, with albatrosses and petrels gliding in the ship's wake.
A day at sea on the Drake, watching seabirds and scanning for the first icebergs.
Disembark at Ushuaia after breakfast, with onward travel from there.
The austral-summer expedition window — the only season Antarctica is accessible.
Outside the season; Antarctica is dark, frozen and inaccessible.
The wildlife-focused expedition specialist behind many of our polar voyages. Small, ice-strengthened ships that put zodiac landings and Antarctic wildlife first. Fleet: Hondius · Ortelius · Plancius.
A polar specialist with the broadest activity programme — kayaking, camping and, aboard Ultramarine, twin-helicopter access deep into the ice. Fleet: Ultramarine · Ocean Explorer · World Explorer.
The National Geographic partner, famed for naturalist-led Antarctic voyages aboard purpose-built polar ships. Fleet: National Geographic Endurance · National Geographic Resolution.
French luxury expedition cruising; Le Commandant Charcot is a high-ice-class flagship that reaches the most extreme southern latitudes. Fleet: Le Commandant Charcot · Le Boréal · Le Lyrial.
Ultra-luxury, all-inclusive discovery yachts carrying submersibles and helicopters for an immersive Antarctic experience. Fleet: Scenic Eclipse I · Scenic Eclipse II.
Luxury polar voyages with all-suite ships and butler service across Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic islands. Fleet: Silver Endeavour · Silver Cloud.
Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.