Antarctica, Crossing the Drake

Private transfer into town, about 15 minutes, and a walk along the port facing the Beagle Channel.

• Private airport transfer
• Hotel night in Ushuaia
• Beagle Channel waterfront

The coastal trails of Tierra del Fuego National Park and a catamaran to the sea lion colonies and Les Éclaireurs lighthouse.

• Tierra del Fuego National Park
• Beagle Channel catamaran
• Les Éclaireurs lighthouse

Board your expedition ship in the afternoon for safety and biosecurity briefings, then sail down the Beagle Channel at dusk.

• Afternoon boarding
• Safety and biosecurity briefings
• Sail down the Beagle Channel

The first sea day, with albatrosses and petrels following the ship, expedition lectures and boot and parka fittings.

• Albatrosses and petrels
• Expedition lectures
• Kit fitting

The second sea day, crossing the Antarctic Convergence, with the first icebergs and, by evening, the South Shetland Islands.

• Crossing the Antarctic Convergence
• First icebergs
• Landing briefings

First landings, often among chinstrap penguins at Half Moon Island or inside the flooded caldera of Deception Island, depending on ice and swell.

• First zodiac landing
• Chinstrap penguins
• Deception Island, conditions permitting

Landings at sites such as Cuverville or Danco Island among gentoo penguins, with zodiac cruising among the icebergs.

• Gentoo penguin colonies
• Zodiac cruising
• Whales in the channels

A landing on the continent itself at Neko Harbour or Paradise Harbour if ice allows, below glaciers that calve into the bay.

• Step onto the Antarctic continent
• Glacier fronts at Neko or Paradise Harbour
• Optional kayaking, if booked

Through the narrow Lemaire Channel if ice allows, with a visit to the preserved base at Port Lockroy or penguins at Petermann Island, before the ship turns north.

• The Lemaire Channel
• Port Lockroy or Petermann Island
• Last landing

The return crossing, with lectures, photo sharing and seabirds following the ship.

• Return crossing
• Expedition recaps
• Seabird watching

The final sea day, passing Cape Horn if conditions allow, then a farewell dinner as the ship reaches the Beagle Channel.

• Cape Horn, conditions permitting
• Beagle Channel return
• Farewell dinner

Breakfast on board, then a private transfer to Ushuaia airport for your flight to Buenos Aires.

• Morning disembarkation
• Private airport transfer
• Optional Buenos Aires extension