Falkland Islands - South Georgia - Antarctic Peninsula - Birding - 19 days
About this trip
This nineteen-day voyage gathers all the great sub-Antarctic and Antarctic highlights into a single journey, beginning in Ushuaia. Spectacular landing sites on the Falkland Islands bring encounters with black-browed albatrosses and rockhopper penguins, and there is the chance to meet at least six different penguin species.
You will follow the transition from the sub-Antarctic to the true Antarctic, watching the landscape shift from warmer tones to icy, rugged beauty as temperatures drop across the Polar Front. Four days on South Georgia round out the trip, with king penguins and their chicks, sea lions, elephant seals and wandering albatrosses in astonishing numbers.
All (sub-)Antarctic highlights in one voyage, with spectacular landing sites on the Falkland Islands and encounters with black-browed albatrosses and rockhopper pinguins. You'll have the chance to meet at least six different penguin species. You'll explore the transition from the sub-Antarctic to the Antarctic Polar Region, experiencing how the drop in temperature can make a huge impact on the colours of the surrounding landscapes; from the warmer tones of the sub-Antarctic side to the icy rugged beauty of the true Antarctic. Witness how those few degrees of difference in the transition zone can make the difference between an animal or plant species choosing to live on one side of the Antarctic Convergence (the Polar Front) or the other. This cruise includes also four days on South Georgia, probably the most beautiful place on earth. Be prepared for ten thousands of king penguins and their chicks, sea lions on the beaches, elephant seals, wandering albatrosses and
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Travel information
- Transport
- boot
- Duration
- 19 days