Antartica

Arrival in Buenos Aires by Emirates airlines flight late in the evening and check into our hotel for the night.

This will be a free day for you to enjoy a city tour (optional) or just soak in the surroundings of our centrally located hotel. A small briefing would be held about the flight to the southern tip of the world after dinner.

Today our cruise L'AUSTRAL is ready to take you to sea. And we kick off everything with a welcome dinner.

We cross the Drake Passage and soon we will actually be in Antarctica! Join our lectures, learn more about photography or join in on interesting sessions in the science center. These activities are designed to make your visit to Antarctica even more interesting. Our young explorers have their own and exciting programs.

We cruise towards Antarctic Peninsula, and the highlights queue up during our journey here. This land and seascape with glaciers galore and beaches teeming with wildlife. Ice floe, tabletop icebergs, mountain peaks that plunge straight into the sea, volcanic beaches, research stations, enchanting bays, and vestiges of the whaling industry: these are the faces of the Antarctic that will likely reveal themselves to you, in a hushed and surreal atmosphere. Land on the stony beaches and enjoy the beauty of this untouched Island. Visit the locals of this area- elephant seals, fur seals, Antarctic minke whales, and orcas. Enjoy kayaking and hiking on many untouched beauties of this Island.

After these fantastic days in Antarctica, we are heading back to South America. You can spend some time on deck and enjoy the Drake Passage for one more time. The weather is unpredictable and can be quite rough on the Drake (Drake Shake), but it can also be very fine, what we call “Drake Lake”. Usually it’s somewhere in between. The Drake Passage is an excellent area for bird watching. However, in rough seas you may not be able to go out on deck. If it’s too calm the birds do not fly much, as they need stronger winds to glide over the ocean. So hope for conditions somewhere in between “Lake” and “Shake”.

We will spend our last night on the cruise when the ship docks at Ushuaia.

Today, as you disembark in Ushuaia and take your flight back to Buenos Aires. Fly back home from Buenos Aires with our International flight connections.