Antarctica’s White Wilderness (2009)

15 days from only $6995 (plus government taxes and fees)

Buenos Aires • Expedition Cruise in Antarctica and South Shetland Islands • Tierra del Fuego

Including roundtrip international airfare from Miami

Small Groups: Never more than 30 passengers — guaranteed!

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Savings only OAT can offer: Antarctica's White Wilderness from just $467 a day!

Save $1000 per couple on select JAN-MAR departures. Applies to new bookings only. Prices shown reflect savings. You must reserve by 12/5/08.

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It was 1895 when the Anglo-Norwegian explorer Carsten E. Borchgrevink became the first human to set foot in Antarctica. Others followed—Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton, to name two of the most famous. But even today, few explorers, scientists, and daring travelers have ventured to this icy wonderland at the end of the earth. Larger than the U.S. and Mexico combined, this vast frozen wilderness boasts gleaming ice-blue glaciers bigger than skyscrapers, a pink-hued polar sun that never sets in summer, and a wildlife population so abundant it defies superlatives. Killer and humpback whales, rookeries of chinstrap, adélie, and gentoo penguins, seals, dolphins, and innumerable birds—all there ready to welcome you. Join the ranks of the privileged few and experience this vast continent for yourself. Antarctica will change you—the extraordinary plenitude, the profound stillness, and the sure knowledge that you are visiting one of the last pure places on earth.

Summary Itinerary

Itinerary subject to change. Alternate itineraries may be available.

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Day

1 Fly from U.S. to Buenos Aires
2 Fly from U.S. to Buenos Aires : Amerian Park Hotel or similar
Meals: 1D
3 Explore Buenos Aires : Amerian Park Hotel or similar
Meals: 1B, 1L
4 Fly to Ushuaia, Argentina : Albatros Hotel or similar
Meals: 1B
Cruise Day 5 Explore Ushuaia/Embark Ship : Antarctic expedition ship
Meals: 1B, 1L, 1D
6-7 Drake Passage and South Shetland Islands : Antarctic expedition ship
Meals: 2B, 2L, 2D
8-11 Antarctic Peninsula : Antarctic expedition ship
Meals: 4B, 4L, 4D
12 Drake Passage : Antarctic expedition ship
Meals: 1B, 1L, 1D
13 Drake Passage : Antarctic expedition ship
Meals: 1B, 1L, 1D
14 Disembark Ship/Transfer to Buenos Aires/Flight to U.S.
Meals: 1B
15 Arrive in the U.S.