ANTARCTICA – 14MAR25

Name: ANTARCTICA - 14MAR25
SKU: 1626
Price: 4 USD
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From March 14, 2025 to March 23, 2025

Ship: Hondius

Duration: 10 days

Prices from: 6,300 USD per person

Itinerary

Day 1 - Ushuaia

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.

Day 2 - 3: Path of the polar explorers

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.

Day 4 - 7: Enter the Antarctic

Gray stone peaks sketched with snow, towers of broken blue-white ice, and dramatically different wildlife below and above. You first pass the snow-capped Melchior Islands and Schollaert Channel, sailing between Brabant and Anvers Islands.

Sites you may visit include:

Danco Island – Activities here may focus on the gentoo penguins nesting on the island, in addition to the Weddell and crabeater seals that can be found nearby.

Neko Harbour – An epic landscape of mammoth glaciers and endless wind-carved snow, Neko Harbour offers opportunities for a Zodiac cruise and landing that afford the closest views of the surrounding alpine peaks.

Paradise Bay – You may be able to take a Zodiac cruise in these sprawling, ice-flecked waters, where there’s a good chance you’ll encounter humpback and minke whales.

Port Lockroy – After sailing through the Neumayer Channel, you may get a chance to visit the former British research station – now a museum and post office – of Port Lockroy on Goudier Island. You may also be able to partake in activities around Jougla Point, meeting gentoo penguins and blue-eyed shags.

There are great opportunities also for kayaking in this area, and when conditions are right, you can even snowshoe around the shore and to the old ski-way at nearby Damoy Point.

Day 8 - 9: Familiar seas, familiar friends

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.

Day 10: There and back again

Every adventure, no matter how grand, must eventually come to an end. It’s now time to disembark in Ushuaia, but with memories that will accompany you wherever your next adventure lies.

What´s Included

Voyage aboard the indicated vessel as indicated in the itinerary
All meals throughout the voyage aboard the ship including snacks, coffee and tea.
All shore excursions and activities throughout the voyage by Zodiac.
Program of lectures by noted naturalists and leadership by experienced expedition staff.
Free use of rubber boots and snowshoes.
Luggage transfer from pick-up point to the vessel on the day of embarkation, in Ushuaia.
Pre-scheduled group transfer from the vessel to the airport in Ushuaia (directly after disembarkation).
All miscellaneous service taxes and port charges throughout the programme.
Comprehensive pre-departure material.

Hondius

Hondius is the world’s first-registered Polar Class 6 passenger
vessel, making her among the most structurally fortified and
technologically advanced polar cruise ships on the seas.

Hondius offers comfortable
accommodation for 170 passengers in six grand suites with balconies,
eight junior suites, eight superior cabins, 11 twin deluxe cabins,
14 twin window cabins, 27 twin porthole cabins, two triple porthole
cabins, and four quadruple porthole cabins.

Tarifas promocionales por compra anticipada hasta 72hs antes de la salida. No válidas en destino

Promotional rates for early bookings, with more than 72hs in advance. Not valid at the front desk.

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   Rumbo Sur
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   Hernan Fernandez 
 2023-07-31
 
 
  Transfer 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 farago 
 2023-07-30
 
 
  Estuvimos 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 Lopez 
 2023-07-27
 
 
  Una gran empresa y con estupendos guías. Un diez en puntualidad y profesionalidad
  
 
       
   Pablo Ivan Monguillot 
 2023-07-26
 
 
  Excelente atención,muy responsables los coordinadores trabajando en equipos todos.volveria sin dudarlo.
  
 
       
   Gabriel Transandes 
 2023-07-25
 
 
  Agencia muy seria..los guías son estuoendos
  
 
       
   Roger Gimenez 
 2023-07-21
 
 
  Cumplieron todo en tiempo y forma. Servicio excelente. Puntualidad y cordialidad. Muy recomendables
  
 
       
   Rocio del Milagro Beleizán 
 2023-07-02
 
 
  Contratamos el Combo Ushuaia, puntualidad, amabilidad y excelente atención por parte del personal. Además, exquisito el chocolate del ticket brindado.
  
 
       
   veronica gil 
 2023-06-29
 
 
  Excelente 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!!!

ANTARCTICA – 14MAR25