HIGHLIGHTS
- Enjoy
an in-depth exploration of the Antarctic Peninsula where we aim to show
you well-known favourite sites and hope to discover future favourites.
- The
Antarctic Peninsula is a hive of activity with penguins nesting and
chicks hatching.
- Clean,
pristine conditions allow for postcard-perfect photographs.
- Enjoy
early season sightings of whales.
DATES / RATES
Rates are listed per person in USD
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| Start Date | End Date | Stateroom Triple | Stateroom Twin Or Superior | Balcony Stateroom C | Balcony Stateroom B | Balcony Stateroom A | Balcony Suite | Junior Suite | Captains Suite |
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| Nov 20, 2025 | Dec 04, 2025 | 16,995 | 17,495 | 18,995 | 19,995 | 21,495 | 23,495 | 29,495 | 34,895 |
| Dec 03, 2025 | Dec 17, 2025 | 16,995 | 17,495 | 18,995 | 19,995 | 21,495 | 23,495 | 29,495 | 34,895 |
Rates are listed per person in USD
|
| Start Date | End Date | (Starting from)
Stateroom Triple | (Mid-range)
Balcony Stateroom A | (High-end)
Captains Suite |
|---|
| Nov 20, 2025 | Dec 04, 2025 | 16,995 | 21,495 | 34,895 |
| Dec 03, 2025 | Dec 17, 2025 | 16,995 | 21,495 | 34,895 |
Day
1 Arrive Ushuaia
Arrive
in Ushuaia, where you will be met by a representative of Aurora
Expeditions and transferred with your fellow expeditioners to your
assigned pre-voyage hotel. If you are already in Ushuaia, we ask you to
make your way to your hotel. Check-in is from 3.00 pm. This afternoon,
visit the Aurora Expeditions hospitality desk in the lobby at Las Hayas
Ushuaia Resort, Luis Fernando Martial 1650, between 8.00 am and 12.00
pm, or 3.00 pm and 7.00 pm, to collect your luggage tags, and confirm
if you wish to join our Beagle Channel and Isla de Los Lobos Cruise
(sea lion island) tomorrow. Our team will confirm details regarding
your embarkation day, answer any questions and provide you with
information on where to dine or purchase last minute items.
Expeditioners
arriving after 7.00 pm will find a welcome pack waiting for them at
check-in. We ask you to visit our hospitality desk tomorrow between
8.00 am – 10.00 am. The remainder of your time is at leisure.
All meals today are at your own expense. Assigned accommodation: Las
Hayas Ushuaia Resort or Los Acebos Ushuaia Hotel
Day
2 Embarkation
This
morning, enjoy breakfast and check-out. Please ensure your cabin
luggage is fitted with cabin tags clearly labelled with your name and
cabin number. Take your cabin luggage to hotel reception, prior to, or
at check-out. Your luggage will be stored and transferred directly to
the port for clearance, to be placed in your cabin ahead of your
arrival on board. Please keep any valuables or personal items with you
throughout the day. Your morning is at leisure to explore Ushuaia.
Those wishing to join our afternoon catamaran cruise, meet back at the
hotel lobby at 12.45 pm ready to transfer to the port at 1.00 pm. Here
we board our catamaran and sail the Beagle Channel, towards the
city’s iconic Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse. Crossing the Bridges
Archipelago we’ll slow down to watch colonies of sea lions
and imperial cormorants sun themselves on the rocky outcrops, while
gulls, rock cormorants, skuas, petrels, albatrosses and cauquenes are
often sighted. Our cruise offers panoramic views of the city and the
surrounding mountain range, in addition to hearing tales of the people
and communities of the region.
Alternatively,
enjoy your day at leisure and meet at your hotel lobby at 3.45 pm to be
transferred to the pier for embarkation. Once onboard, you’ll
have time to settle into your cabin before our important mandatory
briefings. As the ship pulls away from port, we’ll gather on
the deck to commence our adventure with spectacular views over Ushuaia
and Tierra del Fuego. This evening get to know your fellow
expeditioners and friendly expedition team and crew at a welcome dinner
to celebrate the start of a thrilling adventure to Antarctica.
Days
3-4 Drake Passage Crossing
As
we commence the Drake Passage crossing, we make the most of our time
getting comfortable with the motions of the sea. Our expedition team
prepare you for our first landing with important wildlife guidelines
and biosecurity procedures and start our lecture program to help you
learn more about Antarctica’s history, wildlife and
environment. Our wildlife experiences begin as we enjoy watching and
photographing the many seabirds, including majestic albatrosses and
giant petrels following our vessel. On sea days, you may can enjoy the
facilities on board the vessel including the gym, wellness centre or
the relaxing in one of the observation lounges.
Nearing
the South Shetland Islands and the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula on
the afternoon of day four, the excitement is palpable with everyone
converging on one of the observation decks watching for our first
iceberg. The ocean takes on a whole new perspective once we are below
the Antarctic Convergence and are surrounded by the surreal presence of
floating ice sculptures. The memory of your first big iceberg sighting
is likely to remain with you for a lifetime. Time and weather
permitting, we may attempt our first landing in Antarctica by late
afternoon.
Days
5-12 Antarctic Peninsula
It’s
almost impossible to describe the feeling of arriving in Antarctica.
Spotting your first iceberg and taking a deep breath of some of the
most fresh, crisp air on earth is an experience that will stay with you
forever. The Antarctic Peninsula is a bustling metropolis of wildlife
in late spring, but despite the frenetic pace of life for the locals,
you have ample time to immerse yourself in the wonders of surrounding
environment. Over the next eight days you will settle into the natural
rhythms of life in the Antarctic Peninsula.
With
extra time for exploration, we plan to show you our favourite spots
along the peninsula and possibly discover new future favourites along
the way.
Once
we arrive, the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula and the South
Shetland Islands are ours to explore, and we have a host of choices
available to us. Because we are so far south, we will experience
approximately 18-24 hours of daylight and the days can be as busy as
you wish. Your experienced expedition team, who have made countless
journeys to this area, will use their expertise to design your voyage
from day to day, choosing the best options based on the prevailing
weather, ice conditions and wildlife opportunities.
We
generally make landings or Zodiac excursions twice a day. You will want
to rug up before joining Zodiac cruises along spectacular ice cliffs or
among grounded icebergs, keeping a close watch for whales, seals and
porpoising penguins. Zodiacs will also shuttle you from the ship to
land, where you can visit penguin rookeries, discover historic huts and
explore some of our favourite spots along the peninsula.
While
ashore we aim to stretch our legs, wandering along pebbly beaches or
perhaps up snow-covered ridgelines to vantage points with mountains
towering overhead and ice-speckled oceans below. If you have chosen an
optional activity, you will have the option to do participate in the
activity whenever conditions allow, and of course keen polar plungers
will have the chance to fully immerse themselves in polar waters -
conditions permitting! The polar plunge can take place at any time
during the voyage, so listen out for the announcement from the
expedition team and get ready for the most exhilarating dip of your
life!
In
addition to Zodiac cruises and shore excursions, we may ship cruise
some of the narrow, dramatic straits separating offshore islands from
the mainland, or linger in scenic bays to marvel at sculptural icebergs
and photograph spectacular scenery. This is a great time to enjoy the
observation lounge or make your way to the bridge (open at the
captain’s discretion) for uninterrupted views of Antarctica
in all its splendour. Listen out for the creak and deep rumble of
glaciers as they carve into sea. Take a quiet moment to experience the
wonder of the pristine paradise of the splendid white continent.
Days
13-14 Drake Passage Crossing
Enjoy
a final morning landing in the South Shetland Islands before we
re-enter the Drake Passage for our return journey to South America.
With lectures and film presentations to complete our Antarctic
experience, there is still plenty of time to enjoy the magic of the
Southern Ocean and the life that calls it home. There is time for
reflection and discussion about what we have seen and experienced. We
hope you become ambassadors for Antarctica telling your family, friends
and colleagues about your journey to this magical place, advocating for
its conservation and preservation so that they might one day visit the
region to experience what you have been lucky to see and do here. As we
approach the tip of South America, our Captain may sail close to
legendary Cape Horn, weather and time
permitting.
Day
15 Disembark Ushuaia
During
the early morning, we cruise up the Beagle Channel, before quietly
slipping into dock in Ushuaia, where we will be free to disembark
around 8.00 am. Farewell your expedition team and fellow passengers as
we all continue our onward journeys, hopefully with a newfound sense of
the immense power of nature. On disembarkation, passengers on flights
departing prior to 2.00 pm will be transferred directly to Ushuaia
Airport, while those fortunate enough to be continuing their travels in
this spectacular region of the world, will be transferred to their
post-voyage Ushuaia accommodation. Passengers flying after 2.00 pm will
have time to explore Ushuaia, prior to an afternoon airport transfer,
the details of which will be provided onboard prior to disembarkation.
Note: At the
conclusion of the voyage, we do not recommend booking flights departing
Ushuaia prior to 12.00 pm on the day of disembarkation in case there
are delays.
Greg Mortimer (Luxury Expedition, 120-guests)
Capable of negotiating the strongest winds and waves, the Greg Mortimer is built to world-class polar standards. It is designed in close consultation with expedition specialists, taking advantage of Auroras more than 25 years of experience.
(Click image to view Ship details)
WHAT'S INCLUDED
- All
airport transfers mentioned in the itinerary.
- One
night’s hotel accommodation including breakfast, in Ushuaia
on Day 1.
- Half-day
tour of Ushuaia on Day 2, prior to embarkation.
- Onboard
accommodation during voyage, including daily cabin service.
- All
meals, snacks, tea and coffee during voyage.
- Beer,
house wine and soft drinks with dinner.
- Captain’s
Welcome and Farewell receptions including four-course dinner, house
cocktails, house beer and
- wine,
non-alcoholic beverages.
- All
shore excursions and Zodiac cruises.
- Educational
lectures and guiding services provided by Expedition Team.
- Complimentary
access to onboard expedition doctor and medical clinic (initial
consultation).
- One
3-in-1 waterproof, polar expedition jacket.
- Complimentary
use of Muck Boots during the voyage.
- Comprehensive
pre-departure information.
- Port
surcharges, permits and landing fees.
- Gratuities
for ship’s crew.
EXPEDITION
EXCLUSIONS
- International
or domestic flights – unless specified in the itinerary.
- Transfers
– unless specified in the itinerary.
- Airport
arrival or departure taxes.
- Passport,
visa, reciprocity and vaccination fees and charges.
- Travel
insurance or emergency evacuation charges.
- Hotel
accommodation and meals – unless specified in the itinerary.
- Optional
excursions and optional activity surcharges.
- All
items of a personal nature, including but not limited to alcoholic
beverages and soft drinks (outside of
- dinner
service), laundry services, personal clothing, medical expenses, wi-fi,
email or phone charges.
OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES
Adventure
Options
- Sea
Kayaking - USD 1,330
- Camping
- USD 165
- Snowshoeing
- USD 370
- Ski/Snowboard
Touring - USD 1,395
