This listing gives an overview of what Antarctica cruises from South America are available, the main places each visits, when they sail, and an idea of rough pricing. Click the links to find more details of the cruise(s), including their routes. Most Antarctic cruises depart from Ushuaia, Argentina, reached from Buenos Aires. A couple of air cruises depart from Punta Arenas, Chile.
Included are also air cruises, an exciting concept for people who are short on time or want to avoid sailing the Drake Passage. With an air cruise, you fly to the Antarctic and join the cruise ship that is already positioned there. Click for further details of Antarctic air cruises.
Some cruises have optional activities, like skiing, camping, or kayaking. Click for cruises with optional activities.
Sort the cruises: by length | by night | by title
Antarctic Explorer (10 nights) from $7,727
Ushuaia -> South Shetlands -> Antarctic Peninsula -> Neko Harbor
2013 departures15 Nov 2013 – 22 Nov 2013 – 1 Dec 2013 – 10 Dec 2013 – 19 Dec 2013 – 28 Dec 2013
2014 + later4 Jan 2014 – 6 Jan 2014 – 14 Jan 2014 – 6 Feb 2014 – 1 Mar 2014
Optional activitiesSnowshoeing, Kayak, Camping, Photography, Skiing, Mountaineering
Antarctic Explorer via the Cape (10 nights) from $9,993
Ushuaia -> Cape Horn -> South Shetlands -> Antarctic Peninsula
2014 departures13 Feb 2014
Optional activitiesKayak, Photography
Antarctic Express – Crossing the Circle (10 nights) from $18,660
Punta Arenas -> Antarctic Peninsula -> South Shetlands -> Polar Circle -> Along the Peninsula
2013 departures22 Dec 2013
Optional activitiesKayak, Camping, Snowshoeing
Antarctic Express – Cruise South, Fly North (9 nights) from $12,660
Ushuaia -> Antarctic Peninsula -> South Shetlands -> Petermann Island -> Neko Harbour -> Port Lockroy -> Punta Arenas
2013 departures10 Dec 2013
Optional activitiesKayak, Camping, Snowshoeing
Antarctic Express – Fly South, Cruise North (8 nights) from $11,993
Punta Arenas -> Antarctic Peninsula -> South Shetlands -> Pleneau Island -> Petermann Island -> Ushuaia
2013 departures30 Dec 2013
Optional activitiesKayak, Camping
Antarctic Express – Fly the Drake (7 nights) from $13,193
Punta Arenas -> Antarctic Peninsula -> South Shetlands -> Pleneau Island -> Petermann Island -> King George Island
2013 departures17 Dec 2013
Optional activitiesKayak, Camping, Snowshoeing
Antarctic Peninsula (9 nights) from $6,750
Ushuaia -> Antarctic Peninsula -> Neko Harbour -> Lemaire Channel
2013 departures22 Nov 2013 – 13 Dec 2013 – 20 Dec 2013
2014 + later5 Feb 2014 – 15 Feb 2014 – 25 Feb 2014 – 20 Mar 2014
Optional activitiesKayak, Camping, Photography, Mountaineering, , Snowshoeing, ,
Antarctic Peninsula East and West (14 nights) from $19,193
Ushuaia -> Antarctic Peninsula -> Weddell Sea -> South Shetlands
2014 departures24 Jan 2014
Optional activitiesKayak, Camping
Antarctica Express Air – Cruise (4 nights) from $4,595
Ushuaia -> Port Williams -> Cape Horn -> South Shetlands -> King George -> Punta Arenas
2013 departures29 Nov 2013
2014 + later11 Jan 2014
Classic Antarctica (9 nights) from $4,720
Ushuaia -> Antarctic Peninsula -> South Shetlands
2013 departures29 Nov 2013 – 20 Dec 2013
2014 + later25 Jan 2014 – 3 Feb 2014 – 13 Feb 2014 – 5 Mar 2014 – 15 Mar 2014 – 24 Mar 2014
Classic Antarctica Air – Cruise (6 nights) from $10,800
Punta Arenas -> King George Island -> South Shetlands -> Antarctic Peninsula
2013 departures2 Dec 2013 – 7 Dec 2013 – 12 Dec 2013 – 17 Dec 2013 – 22 Dec 2013 – 27 Dec 2013
2014 + later17 Jan 2014 – 22 Jan 2014 – 27 Jan 2014 – 1 Feb 2014 – 6 Feb 2014 – 11 Feb 2014
Classic South Georgia (16 nights) from $8,500
Santiago -> Falklands -> South Georgia -> Elephant Island -> South Shetlands -> Antarctic Peninsula -> Ushuaia
2013 departures19 Oct 2013
Crossing the Circle via Falklands – South Georgia (22 nights) from $23,460
Ushuaia -> Falkland Islands -> South Georgia -> South Shetlands -> Antarctic Peninsula -> Antarctic Circle
2014 departures2 Feb 2014
Optional activitiesKayak
Crossing the Circle via Falklands – South Georgia (19 nights) from $27,993
Ushuaia -> Falkland Islands -> South Georgia -> South Shetlands- Antarctic Peninsula -> Polar Circle
2013 departures17 Dec 2013
Optional activitiesKayak, Snowshoeing
Crossing the Circle: Southern Expedition (14 nights) from $13,860
Ushuaia -> Antarctic Peninsula -> South Shetlands -> Antarctic Circle
2014 departures15 Jan 2014 – 16 Feb 2014 – 22 Feb 2014
Optional activitiesKayak, Camping, Photography
Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica (19 nights) from $16,527
Ushuaia -> Falkland Islands -> South Georgia -> South Orkneys -> Antarctic Peninsula -> South Shetlands
2013 departures14 Nov 2013 – 23 Nov 2013
Optional activitiesKayak, Photography, Snowshoeing
Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica via Buenos Aires (21 nights) from $21,193
Buenos Aires -> Falkland Islands -> South Georgia -> South Orkneys -> Antarctic Peninsula -> South Shetlands -> Ushuaia
2013 departures2 Nov 2013
Optional activitiesKayak, Snowshoeing
Falklands, South Georgia, Antarctica (19 nights) from $12,850
Ushuaia -> Falkland Island -> South Georgia -> South Orkney -> Antarctic Peninsula
2013 departures3 Nov 2013 – 2 Dec 2013 – 31 Dec 2013
2014 + later18 Jan 2014
Optional activitiesKayak, ,
Polar Circle Air-Cruise (8 nights) from $13,995
Punta Arenas -> King George Island -> Antarctica Peninsula
2014 departures1 Jan 2014 – 16 Feb 2014
Polar Circle Quest (11 nights) from $6,570
Ushuaia -> Antarctic Peninsula -> Polar Circle -> South Shetlands
2014 departures22 Feb 2014
South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula – Penguin Safari (16 nights) from $22,660
Ushuaia -> South Georgia -> South Shetlands -> Antarctic Peninsula
2013 departures2 Dec 2013
Optional activitiesKayak, Snowshoeing
Weddell Sea Quest (11 nights) from $5,760
Ushuaia -> Weddell Sea -> Antarctic Peninsula -> South Shetlands
2013 departures9 Dec 2013
