The 19-day Antarctica and Chilean Fjord cruise program features expedition guides, lectures, and polar circle boat landings. To view the Antarctica virtual cruise, click here.

Day 1: Depart U.S. (or your home country)
Overnight flight to Santiago (we offer air credit if you arrange your own flights).

Day 2: Arrival in Santiago
Transfer from the airport to your hotel. Along the way, you'll be given an orientation tour of the city. Rest of the day free to explore. Optional excursions.

Day 3: Santiago-Punta Arenas/Embarkation
After breakfast, transfer to airport for flight to Punta Arenas; transfer to the MS Nordnorge. Orientation talk onboard. [B/D]

Day 4: Straits of Magellan
Your senses will be on overload as you pass magnificent glaciers, snowcapped mountains, and azure fjords. Your ship will sail into Admiralty Sound, frequented by cormorants, southern dolphins and sea lions. You pass Tuckers Islands, an island group known for its colony of Magellan penguins, which you will have the opportunity to study. [B/L/D]

Days 5: Strait Of Magellan-Puerto Natales
Depending on the tides, your ship will sail through the Kirke Narrows or the White Narrows to reach Puerto Natales, the provincial capital of Ultima Esperanza. It's the gateway to Torres del Paine National Park, an area of incomparable natural beauty. [B/L/D]

Day 6: Puerto Natales-Strait of Magellan
Morning free to roam the city, or tour the Torres del Paine National Park. Optional excursions. [B/L/D]

Day 7: Beagle Channel
Among the many exciting vistas you'll see today is that of the Southern Andes plunging into the icy sea, bounding an interior so wild and remote it seems primeval. You'll cruise up the Andes' rarely traveled fjords, passing magnificent mountains and glaciers. [B/L/D]

Day 8: Puerto Williams-Cape Horn
If weather permits, the captain will land at Cape Horn, so you may explore this bleak, yet captivating place at the very end of the world. In the late afternoon, the ship will call at Puerto Williams, located on tiny Isla Navarino. [B/L/D]

Day 9: Drake Passage
While crossing Drake Passage, you'll enjoy lectures about the region. [B/L/D]

Day 10-15: Antarctica
Antarctica, "The White Continent", is more than half the size of North America. On the Antarctic Peninsula you'll experience the narrow, glacier-lined Lemaire Channel, considered one of most beautiful passages in Antarctica-where humpback and killer whales, various penguins, and elephant seals are a common sight-and the breathtaking Neumayer Channel, with its majestic cliffs. Visits by PolarCirkel boats will be attempted in various locations (weather permitting), including:
- Whaler's Bay, on Deception Island, with its warm springs and black volcanic sand.
- Half Moon Island, with spectacular views of the surrounding mountains, famous for its large chinstrap penguin rookery, kelp gulls and Antarctic terns. Whale spotting is also common here.
- Yankee Harbor, home to a variety of seals and an estimated 4,000 gentoo penguin pairs. It is a common feeding area for whales as well.
- Cuverville Island, boasting the largest known colony of gentoo penguins in the Antarctic Peninsula.
- Neko Harbor, off spectacular Errera Channel, home to hundreds of gentoo penguins,Weddell and elephant seals, is believed to be part of mainland Antarctica.
- Almirante Brown, in Paradise Harbor, named for its beauty, with ice cliffs and floating icebergs, home to gentoo and chinstrap penguins.
- Petermann Island, home of the southernmost gentoo penguin colony, blue-eyed shags and Adélie penguins nest here too.
- Port Lockroy, surrounded by mountains, glaciers and ice shelves, and known for its gentoo penguins and blue-eyed cormorants.
- Wilhelmina Bay, feeding ground for whales and seals.
- Antarctic Sound, where huge mile-long tabular icebergs can be seen. The sound is also home to an estimated half million Adélie penguins as well as gentoo penguins, leopard seals and killer whales.
- Brown Bluff, on the coast of the Antarctic Sound at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Adélie penguins, gentoo penguins, kelp gulls and Cape petrels can be found here and Weddell seals are regular visitors.

Day 15-16: The Drake Passage
On your return through the Drake Passage, you'll hear more lectures about Antarctica, its ecosystem and its history of exploration. [B/L/D]

Day 17: Ushuaia-Buenos Aires
Disembark in Ushuaia, the world's southernmost city. Take a guided tour of this resort town, known for its snow-capped mountains, rivers and waterfalls, or explore it on your own. Later, transfer to the airport for flight to Buenos Aires. Your transfer to the hotel will include an orientation tour of the city. Optional excursions. [B/D]

Day 18: Buenos Aires/Return to U.S.
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight home.

Day 19: Arrive home

Meal codes: [B] Breakfast [L] Lunch [D] Dinner

MS Nordnorge, built 1997, 464 berths, 11386 tons, 123 x 20 meters (photo courtesy: Norwegian Coastal Voyage).

Click here for more information and photos of MS Nordnorge.

ANTARCTICA PROGRAMS ON MS NORDNORGE 2008-2009: DEC 3-21; DEC 31-JAN 18; JAN 28-FEB 15

Rates from $5499 per person

Rates include:
- Airfare from Santiago to Punta Arenas
- Airfare from Ushuaia to Buenos Aires
- Transfers as indicated in itinerary
- All landings in Antarctica
- Services of expedition guides
- Parka
- Accommodations in five-star hotels as indicated in itinerary, including breakfast
- Accommodations in select cabin category
- Meals as indicated in itinerary
- Port charges
Not included:
- Local entry/departure fees, when applicable
- Optional Excursions
- Gratuities
- Air taxes
- Fuel surcharges of $14 per person a day

Roundtrip economy class airfare from New York is an additional USD 848 per person plus fuel and air taxes.

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To view an Antarctica photo essay, click here.

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