From March 9, 2025 to March 23, 2025
Ship: Plancius
Duration: 15 days
Prices from: 10,500 USD per person
From March 9, 2025 to March 23, 2025
Ship: Plancius
Duration: 15 days
Prices from: 10,500 USD per person
Your voyage begins where the world drops off. Ushuaia, Argentina, reputed to be the southernmost city on the planet, is located on the far southern tip of South America. Starting in the afternoon, you embark from this small resort town on Tierra del Fuego, nicknamed “The End of the World,” and sail the mountain-fringed Beagle Channel for the remainder of the evening.
Over the next two days on the Drake Passage, you enjoy some of the same experiences encountered by the great polar explorers who first charted these regions: cool salt breezes, rolling seas, maybe even a fin whale spouting up sea spray. After passing the Antarctic Convergence – Antarctica’s natural boundary, formed when north-flowing cold waters collide with warmer sub-Antarctic seas – you are in the circum-Antarctic upwelling zone. Not only does the marine life change, the avian life changes too. Wandering albatrosses, grey-headed albatrosses, black-browed albatrosses, light-mantled sooty albatrosses, cape pigeons, southern fulmars, Wilson’s storm petrels, blue petrels, and Antarctic petrels are a few of the birds you might see.
Now we sail down the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, entering the Orleans Strait. Here we hope to see humpback and orca whales as we sail toward Mikklesen Harbor for our afternoon activities.
Passing the Lemaire Channel, you next arrive in the area of Port Charcot, where there is a cairn that was erected by the French Antarctic Expedition of 1903 – 05. In the afternoon, we head to Petermann Island to see a great variety of birdlife. You might also enjoy Zodiac cruises among icebergs that are highly popular with leopard seals and crabeater seals. Minke whales, humpbacks, and gentoo penguins can also be found here.
Today we reach Crystal Sound, viewing the area’s beautiful ice formations and wildlife before landing at Detaille Island. This remote island was once home to a British research station that is now an historic monument.
Next you arrive at the Yalour Islands, a small archipelago composed mostly of isolated rocks and one principal island that offers us a rewarding landing. Home to Adélie penguins and some of the most southerly gentoos in the world, Yalour also has small patches of bearded and crustose lichen, including xanthoria, buellia, caloplaca, and usnea. Extensive moss beds and some Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica) can be seen as well.
We have our farewell to Antarctica in the Melchior Islands for our final activities before heading towards the Drake Passage.
Your return voyage is far from lonely. While crossing the Drake, you’re again greeted by the vast array of seabirds remembered from the passage south. But they seem a little more familiar to you now, and you to them.
Every adventure, no matter how great, must eventually come to an end. It’s now time to disembark in Ushuaia, but with memories that will accompany you wherever your next journey leads.
$ 10.500
Hernan Fernandez2023-07-31Transfer del aeropuerto,al hotel y viceversa impecables,excursiones y horarios de las mismas cumplidas,es mas ante la demora de otros ellos dan tolerancia de 5min y arrancan lo cual me parece impecable,recomendadisimos.Laura farago2023-07-30Estuvimos en Ushuaia en vacaciones de invierno. Hicimos 3 excursiones y los traslados desde y al aeropuerto. Destaco la puntualidad y el profesionalismo de guías y choferes. En algunos casos, un plus de amabilidad y calidez (Gise).Maria del Mar Lopez2023-07-27Una gran empresa y con estupendos guías. Un diez en puntualidad y profesionalidadPablo Ivan Monguillot2023-07-26Excelente atención,muy responsables los coordinadores trabajando en equipos todos.volveria sin dudarlo.Gabriel Transandes2023-07-25Agencia muy seria..los guías son estuoendosRoger Gimenez2023-07-21Cumplieron todo en tiempo y forma. Servicio excelente. Puntualidad y cordialidad. Muy recomendablesRocio del Milagro Beleizán2023-07-02Contratamos el Combo Ushuaia, puntualidad, amabilidad y excelente atención por parte del personal. Además, exquisito el chocolate del ticket brindado.veronica gil2023-06-29Excelente excursión por el parque nacional en Ushuaia. Quiero destacar la actuación de la guía Yanina Espósito. Explicó todo muy claramente y nos hizo muchas recomendaciones para comprar souvenirs, visitar lugares y comer rico en la ciudad. Una genia!!!
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