Cruises
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Passengers aboard an Antarctic cruise. Enlarge image
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Tailor-made extensions
Tailor-made arrangements can be made for extensions in South America before or after your Antarctic cruise. Please refer to our Argentina section for sample itineraries. |
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The far frontiers of Antarctica are no longer out of reach to the traveller. We offer a fantastic range of comfortable and safe expedition cruises aboard vessels specifically designed for polar exploration.
Amenities on board are comfortable, though not luxurious. The officers and crew are Russian, experienced in ice navigation, with European service staff and chefs.
Each trip is enhanced by lecturers expert in fields such as bird-watching, glaciology, geology, and history. Our selected cruise operators have a proven track record of safety and environmentally friendly travel.
Antarctic Peninsula and the Sub-Antarctic islands
These voyages focus on a region of Antarctica that is rarely ice-bound during the southern summer. They visit the South Shetland Islands, the northern and western coasts of the Antarctic Peninsula, the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia.
 Antarctica Fly & Cruise (7 days)
Fly from Punta Arenas to Antarctica, where your cruise vessel, the Grigoriy Mikheev, awaits. This is a great alternative to the usual cruises and especially suitable for those with limited time available. Avoiding the sailings across the Drake Passage, this voyage can save you 3-4 days and is also suitable for those concerned about the rough seas on this crossing.
 Antarctica Fly & Cruise - Special Programmes (4 days)
This is a shorter, less expensive trip that takes place at the beginning of the Grigoriy Mikheev season. Passengers sail from Ushuaia to King George Island and return by plane to Punta Arenas.
 Classic Antarctica (11-12 days)
Aboard the M/S Ocean Nova and the M/V Lyubov Orlova.
The ultimate introduction to the White Continent. Embarking and disembarking in the port of Ushuaia, Argentina, they include many of the wildlife and scenic highlights of the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands.
Antarctic Peninsula (11, 12, or 14 days)
Aboard the Grigoriy Mikheev, Aleksey Maryshev, and Professor Molchanov. The Antarctic Peninsula offers you the most dramatic scenery and
biggest variety of wildlife in Antarctica. This voyage embarks and disembarks in Ushuaia and covers the main highlights
of the Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands.
The Antarctic Expedition Cruise (11 days)
A good value classic Antarctica cruise, departing from the port of Ushuaia and crossing the Drake Passage to the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. Accommodation is on board the expedition vessel M/V Ushuaia.
Weddell Sea and Antarctic Peninsula (12 days)
Aboard the Aleksey Maryshev. Antarctica is the birthplace of the world's greatest icebergs. On
these journeys we will cross the waters made famous by Shackleton's Endurance. From Paulet Island the views
across the Weddell Sea are stunning and on the floes we may see Emperor Penguins, the largest of all penguins. Embarking
and disembarking in Ushuaia.
Polar Circle and Antarctic Peninsula (12 days)
Aboard the Grigoriy Mikheev. This voyage covers the main highlights of the Antarctic Peninsula and South
Shetland Islands, then heads south of the polar circle to Crystal Sound, before turning north, through the Neumayer Channel.
Embarking and disembarking in Ushuaia.
Crossing the Antarctic Circle (15 days)
Aboard the Professor Molchanov. An expedition including the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula and crossing the Antarctic Circle, reaching an extreme latitude at the very bottom of the world. Embarking and disembarking in Ushuaia.
 Antarctic Dream Expedition (11 days / 10 nights)
The ideal introduction to the great White Continent, embarking and disembarking in the port of Ushuaia, the trip includes the most exciting sights of the South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula. Aboard the Antarctic Dream.
Ushuaia - Ushuaia
Emperor Penguin Safari (14 days)
Our exclusive Snow Hill Island Safari is an ideal opportunity for photographers and nature lovers to visit an Emperor colony early in the breeding season and to take the time you need to appreciate these extraordinary creatures. Aboard the Icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov.
Ushuaia - Ushuaia, Argentina
Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Islands, Falklands and South Georgia
Falkand Islands (Islas Malvinas) - South Georgia - Antarctica Peninsula (19 to 22 days)
Aboard the Grigoriy Mikheev and Aleksey Maryshev. Embarking in Ushuaia or Puerto Madryn and disembarking in Ushuaia, this
cruise covers the dramatic scenery of the Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands, plus the wildlife-rich sub-Antarctic
islands of the Falklands and South Georgia.
Antarctic Quest (20 days)
Aboard the Professor Multanovskiy and Akademik Shokalskiy.
The longer Antarctic Quest cruises combine the Antarctic peninsula with visits to the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. Depending on the itinerary, the Antarctic Quest cruises embark and disembark in the ports of Ushuaia or Puerto Madryn in Argentina.
Antarctic Peninsula, including the Sub-Antarctic and Atlantic islands
Atlantic Odyssey (36 days)
Aboard the Professor Molchanov. After visiting the Antarctic Peninsula, South Orkneys, and South Georgia, this expedition
sails to Tristan da Cunha, St. Helena where Napoleon lived in exile, and continues to Ascension Island. The Cape
Verde Islands offer a great variety of natural attractions, including volcanoes, and are home to very friendly people.
Ascension Island - Praia, Cape Verde Islands, 8 - 15 April 2008, 8 days from £550
Praia, Cape Verdes - Hanssweert, Netherlands 15 - 26 April 2008 from £694
Far side of Antarctica
These voyages, onboard one of the world's greatest icebreakers, the Kapitan Khlebnikov, visit the far side of Antarctica to see Emperor Penguin rookeries set in spectacular backdrops of icebergs and glaciers, and the famous Ross Sea - the most historically fascinating part of the Antarctic. These cruises depart from the ports of Ushuaia in Argentina, Lyttelton and Auckland in New Zealand and Hobart in Tasmania, depending on the itinerary. The Kapitan Khlebnikov is the only passenger ship ever to sail in some of these regions so we will be among a fortunate few to have experienced this remote and challenging side of the continent.
Semi-Circumnavigation of Antarctica - International Polar Year (38 days)
Sailing to the other side of the world, from southern South America to Fremantle, Australia we spend many happy hours watching penguins, seals, albatrosses, whales and a host of other wildlife along the way.
Santiago, Chile - Stanley, Falkland Islands - Fremantle, Australia
Adventurous options
A number of adventurous options such as sea kayaking, camping, cross-country skiing and ice climbing are available on selected voyages within the Classic Antarctica cruise programme.
 Fascinating SCUBA diving options for experienced dry-suit divers are also available on selected departures on the following programmes, at a supplement:
All prices are based on two people sharing a cabin and exclude flights.
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