Enjoy a 21-day trip along the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It will be a tour aboard the Ortelius Cruise through the southernmost areas of the world, landing in inhospitable places that will take you to set foot on the Antarctic Continent.
The Ortelius, is an excellent boat to navigate on solidified sea ice, has capacity for 108 passengers and a wide open space on the deck, ideal for the bird watching and epic scenery of Alpine peaks and huge glaciers breaking at sea level.
We will leave from Puerto Madryn , north of Argentine Patagonia, we will go down sea to discover the history that is kept in the Malvinas Islands; we will continue advancing to the South Georgia Islands where the climate will begin to be challenging but the panorama will leave us surprised by the amount of fauna, gentoo penguins, leopard seals, Weddell seals, humpback whales, Minke whales and countless species of d e birds will be part of the show.
The tour continues through the imposing and magical Antarctica, visiting straits, small islands, Hot springs and abandoned whaling stations. Finally we will arrive in Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world.