270 upcoming Antarctic expeditions with Gerlache Strait on the route, from $6,650 per person.
The Gerlache Strait separates the Palmer Archipelago from the Peninsula and threads together many of the west coast's signature stops — Cuverville, Danco, Neko Harbour, Paradise Bay. Its sheltered waters are prime whale habitat.
From January to March humpbacks feed here in numbers that can make the bridge lose count; orcas and minkes patrol the same channels.
Nov 18, 2027 – Dec 9, 2027 · 21 days
Buenos Aires
Nov 19, 2027 – Nov 28, 2027 · 10 days
Nov 20, 2027 – Nov 30, 2027 · 10 days
Nov 21, 2027 – Dec 6, 2027 · 16 days
Nov 24, 2027 – Dec 7, 2027 · 13 days
Buenos Aires
Nov 25, 2027 – Dec 7, 2027 · 13 days
Ushuaia
Nov 26, 2027 – Dec 3, 2027 · 8 days
Nov 28, 2027 – Dec 9, 2027 · 12 days
Nov 28, 2027 – Dec 6, 2027 · 9 days
Dec 1, 2027 – Dec 10, 2027 · 10 days
Dec 2, 2027 – Dec 17, 2027 · 16 days
Dec 4, 2027 – Dec 12, 2027 · 9 days
Dec 5, 2027 – Dec 20, 2027 · 16 days
Dec 6, 2027 – Dec 15, 2027 · 9 days
Ushuaia, Argentina
Dec 6, 2027 – Dec 17, 2027 · 11 days
Buenos Aires
Dec 7, 2027 – Dec 19, 2027 · 13 days
Ushuaia
Dec 8, 2027 – Dec 19, 2027 · 12 days
Dec 8, 2027 – Dec 17, 2027 · 10 days
Dec 8, 2027 – Dec 19, 2027 · 11 days
Buenos Aires
Dec 9, 2027 – Dec 19, 2027 · 11 days
Ushuaia
Dec 10, 2027 – Dec 20, 2027 · 11 days
Ushuaia
Dec 10, 2027 – Dec 21, 2027 · 10 days
Dec 15, 2027 – Dec 22, 2027 · 8 days
Dec 16, 2027 – Jan 6, 2028 · 21 days
Buenos Aires
Dec 18, 2027 – Dec 29, 2027 · 11 days
Buenos Aires
Dec 19, 2027 – Dec 29, 2027 · 11 days
Ushuaia
Dec 19, 2027 – Jan 3, 2028 · 16 days
Dec 20, 2027 – Dec 30, 2027 · 11 days
Ushuaia
Dec 20, 2027 – Dec 29, 2027 · 10 days
Dec 21, 2027 – Dec 29, 2027 · 9 days
Dec 26, 2027 – Jan 10, 2028 · 16 days
Dec 27, 2027 – Jan 4, 2028 · 9 days
Dec 27, 2027 – Jan 5, 2028 · 10 days
Dec 28, 2027 – Jan 8, 2028 · 11 days
Buenos Aires
Dec 30, 2027 – Jan 11, 2028 · 13 days
Ushuaia
Jan 2, 2028 – Jan 10, 2028 · 9 days
Jan 3, 2028 – Jan 10, 2028 · 8 days
Jan 5, 2028 – Jan 16, 2028 · 11 days
Buenos Aires
Jan 7, 2028 – Jan 27, 2028 · 21 days
Jan 7, 2028 – Jan 22, 2028 · 16 days
Jan 7, 2028 – Jan 18, 2028 · 11 days
Buenos Aires
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.
Wildlife
A 14–17 metre baleen whale known for breaching and long pectoral fins, often seen feeding on krill in loose groups along the ice edge.
Wildlife
Black and white apex predator instantly recognizable by its pale eye patches, the orca is the largest of the dolphins and one of the ocean's most capable hunters. Sightings often involve a tight-knit family pod working the ice edge together.
Wildlife
The leopard seal is the Antarctic's second-largest seal after the elephant seal, built long and muscular with a spotted, leopard-like coat. It is the region's top predator, hunting penguins, fish, and even other seals along the ice edge.
Wildlife
The Antarctic minke is a small, fast-moving rorqual, the most abundant baleen whale on Earth, though singles and pairs still take some looking to spot. It surfaces briefly among the pack ice, more often glimpsed than watched.