Category Antartica 2025

Today we reached the Antarctica Peninsula and the surrounding islands. We heard an early wakeup call around 5:30 AM because they had seen a large pod of killer whales (Orcas) from the bridge. We jumped up and bundled up to…

Visibility today was poor and so we decided not to go on the excursions, but rather take advantage of views from the ship and to sit in the infinity hot tub at the back of the ship while it was…

We moved overnight to the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula to a gorgeous place called Cierva Cove. We woke to ice and mountains and an overcast but relatively warmday. It’s been warmer here in Antartica than it is at…

On our final day in Antartica we got the opportunity to kayak in a beautiful protected cove by the shore of Cuverville island. We saw a humpback from the ship before we got into the kayaks so we weren’t surprised…

We spent the last 2 days at sea crossing the Drake Passage which overall was not bad. We had a few hours one night that was very bumpy and the ship rolled quite a bit but we were able to…

This morning we headed to the domestic airport in Buenos Aires to fly to Iguazu Argentina to see Iguazu falls. We are traveling with 15 people from the ship that we took to Antartica as well as one of the…

Today we did a bird watching walk with a guide in the morning and saw a number of interesting birds close to the hotel including Toucans. They tour was supposed to be about 4 hours but we decided to return…