1,000 departures across 14 operators and 39 ships
333 upcoming Antarctic expeditions with King George Island on the route, from $5,995 per person.
King George Island is the South Shetlands' largest island and Antarctica's transport hub: fly-cruise passengers land on its gravel airstrip after a two-hour flight from Punta Arenas, skipping the Drake Passage entirely.
The island hosts research stations from a dozen nations, plus gentoo and chinstrap colonies and elephant seal wallows within Zodiac reach.
Silversea Cruises Silver Wind 274 guests
Oct 20, 2026 – Oct 29, 2026 · 9 days
Puerto Williams
Silversea Cruises Silver Endeavour 220 guests
Oct 20, 2026 – Oct 26, 2026 · 6 days
King George Island
Silversea Cruises Silver Endeavour 220 guests
Oct 26, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026 · 6 days
King George Island
Silversea Cruises Silver Wind 274 guests
Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 7, 2026 · 9 days
King George Island
Silversea Cruises Silver Endeavour 220 guests
Nov 1, 2026 – Nov 7, 2026 · 6 days
King George Island
Silversea Cruises Silver Endeavour 220 guests
Nov 7, 2026 – Nov 13, 2026 · 6 days
King George Island
Aurora Expeditions Douglas Mawson 130 guests
Nov 8, 2026 – Nov 27, 2026 · 20 days
Ushuaia
Polar Latitudes Ocean Victory 175 guests
Nov 13, 2026 – Nov 22, 2026 · 10 days
Antarctica21 Magellan Explorer 76 guests
Nov 17, 2026 – Nov 22, 2026 · 6 days
Ushuaia, Argentina
Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic Explorer 148 guests
Nov 18, 2026 – Nov 27, 2026 · 10 days
Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic Orion 102 guests
Nov 19, 2026 – Nov 27, 2026 · 9 days
Silversea Cruises Silver Endeavour 220 guests
Nov 19, 2026 – Nov 25, 2026 · 6 days
King George Island
Wildlife
A stocky, orange-billed penguin of the genus Pygoscelis, closest kin to the Adélie and Chinstrap. Its loud, trumpeting call, delivered with head thrown back, carries across the shoreline colonies where expedition landings are made.