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.
Mar 15, 2028 – Mar 26, 2028 · 11 days
Buenos Aires
Mar 18, 2028 – Mar 28, 2028 · 10 days
Ushuaia
Mar 20, 2028 – Mar 30, 2028 · 10 days
Ushuaia
Mar 23, 2028 – Apr 2, 2028 · 10 days
Ushuaia
Mar 25, 2028 – Apr 20, 2028 · 26 days
Buenos Aires
Oct 2, 2028 – Nov 9, 2028 · 38 days
Oranjestad, Aruba
Oct 10, 2028 – Nov 20, 2028 · 41 days
Bridgetown, Barbados
Oct 18, 2028 – Nov 9, 2028 · 22 days
Valparaiso (Santiago), Chile
Oct 26, 2028 – Nov 20, 2028 · 25 days
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Oct 28, 2028 – Nov 16, 2028 · 19 days
Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
Nov 3, 2028 – Nov 18, 2028 · 16 days
Nov 8, 2028 – Nov 29, 2028 · 21 days
Buenos Aires
Nov 11, 2028 – Nov 21, 2028 · 10 days
Nov 15, 2028 – Nov 25, 2028 · 10 days
Nov 19, 2028 – Nov 29, 2028 · 10 days
Nov 19, 2028 – Nov 30, 2028 · 11 days
Buenos Aires
Nov 23, 2028 – Dec 1, 2028 · 9 days
Nov 27, 2028 – Dec 7, 2028 · 10 days
Nov 28, 2028 – Dec 9, 2028 · 11 days
Buenos Aires
Nov 29, 2028 – Dec 7, 2028 · 9 days
Nov 29, 2028 – Dec 10, 2028 · 11 days
Buenos Aires
Dec 5, 2028 – Dec 15, 2028 · 10 days
Dec 5, 2028 – Dec 15, 2028 · 10 days
Dec 8, 2028 – Dec 19, 2028 · 11 days
Buenos Aires
Dec 9, 2028 – Dec 20, 2028 · 11 days
Buenos Aires
Dec 13, 2028 – Dec 23, 2028 · 10 days
Dec 13, 2028 – Dec 23, 2028 · 10 days
Dec 18, 2028 – Jan 2, 2029 · 16 days
Dec 18, 2028 – Dec 29, 2028 · 11 days
Buenos Aires
Dec 19, 2028 – Jan 9, 2029 · 21 days
Buenos Aires
Dec 21, 2028 – Dec 29, 2028 · 9 days
Dec 21, 2028 – Dec 31, 2028 · 10 days
Dec 27, 2028 – Jan 4, 2029 · 9 days
Dec 28, 2028 – Jan 8, 2029 · 11 days
Buenos Aires
Dec 29, 2028 – Jan 8, 2029 · 10 days
Jan 2, 2029 – Jan 12, 2029 · 10 days
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.