Antarctic Peninsula and Weddell Sea - M/V Ushuaia Tour by Explore | Bookmundi

12 daysDuration

Small Group TourUsually 8-12 participants, maximum 18 travelers

16 peopleMaximum group size

16 - 99 yearsAge range for participants

EnglishGuide language

Relaxed

Minimal physical effort, perfect for travelers seeking an easy-going experience.

Starts

Ushuaia, Argentina

Ends

Ushuaia, Argentina

The Antarctic Peninsula and Weddell Sea - M/V Ushuaia

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Itinerary

Journey deep into Antarctica into the lesser-visited Weddell Sea. This is a pristine area of Antarctica, where only a fortunate few have visited. It boasts huge tabular icebergs and an uncompromising environment reserved for rare and unique wildlife. It was here that polar explorer Ernest Shackleton travelled on his quest to conquer this inhospitable environment. During your cruise, you'll have time to explore these eastern flanks of the peninsula and to observe penguins, seals, whales and sea-birds at close quarters.

Follow the route of famous explorers - travel in the footsteps of Sir Ernest Shackleton

Journey deep into Antarctica - explore the less visited Weddell Sea

Explore by Zodiac - sail beneath huge icebergs and towering glaciated peaks

day 1 - Trip starts in Ushuaia

Embark the MV Ushuaia in the afternoon and meet your expedition crew and lecture staff. After you have settled into your cabins, sail along the famous Beagle Channel and the scenic Mackinlay Pass.

Meals:Dinner

Accommodation:M/V Ushuaia (or similar)

day 2 - The Drake Passage

Named after the renowned explorer, Sir Francis Drake, who sailed these waters in 1578, the Drake Passage also marks the Antarctic Convergence - a biological barrier where cold polar water sinks beneath the warmer northern waters. The Drake Passage also marks the northern limit of many Antarctic seabirds. As you sail across the passage, join lecturers out on deck to help you spot a variety of Seabirds, including many albatrosses, following in our wake.

Meals:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation:M/V Ushuaia (or similar)

day 3 - The Drake Passage

The first sightings of icebergs and snow-capped mountains indicate that you have reached the South Shetland Islands, a group of twenty islands and islets, and what will be your first encounter with penguins and seals.

Meals:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation:M/V Ushuaia (or similar)

day 4 - Weddell Sea

This is where huge tabular icebergs roam. The Weddell Sea is chock-a-block full with ice, making for exciting ice navigation. Why not get up early and go out on deck; the sunrises will be unlike anything you've ever seen. Huge tabular icebergs break from the Larsen, Ronne and Filchner ice shelves and combine with one-year-old and multi-year sea ice to produce a floating, undulating panorama of rugged ice scenery. All-white snow petrels are likely to be coursing over the floes, often joined by pintado petrels.

Meals:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation:M/V Ushuaia (or similar)

day 5 - Weddell Sea

Hope Bay and the Argentinian Station, Esperanza, are located on the western side of the Antarctic Sound. Brown Bluff, a promontory on the Tabarin Peninsula, is located south of Hope Bay. Both of them might be possible landing sites.This region also teems with vibrant exploration history.

Meals:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation:M/V Ushuaia (or similar)

day 6 - Weddell Sea

The Weddell Sea represents the centre of the Peninsula's Adélie penguin population. The numbers of penguins are breathtaking. Sometimes juvenile emperor penguins have been sighted, but are not regulars in the area.

Meals:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation:M/V Ushuaia (or similar)

day 7 - Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands

You will have plenty of time to explore the Antarctic Peninsula's amazing scenery, pristine wilderness of snow, ice, mountains and waterways and a wide variety of wildlife. Apart from gentoo and chinstrap Penguins and seabirds, you are likely to encounter Weddell, crabeater and leopard seals, as well as minke and orca whales at close range.

Meals:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation:M/V Ushuaia (or similar)

day 8 - Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands

Meals:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation:M/V Ushuaia (or similar)

day 9 - Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands

Further exploration will lead us to the South Shetland Islands. The volcanic island group is a wildlife haven, with vast penguin rookeries and seals hauling out on the shorelines and icefloes.

Meals:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation:M/V Ushuaia (or similar)

day 10 - The Drake Passage

Today, we head back across the Drake Passage, in the direction of Ushuaia.

Meals:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation:M/V Ushuaia (or similar)

day 11 - The Drake Passage

The last lectures help polish our Antarctic education before making a ceremonial rounding of Cape Horn, time and weather permitting.

Meals:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation:M/V Ushuaia (or similar)

day 12 - Trip ends in Ushuaia

A pre-dawn sail along the Beagle Channel and an early breakfast prepare you to dock in Ushuaia. There's time for final photos and to say our farewells before disembarking.

Meals:Breakfast