306 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.
Oct 20, 2026 – Oct 29, 2026 · 9 days
Puerto Williams
Oct 20, 2026 – Oct 26, 2026 · 6 days
King George Island
Oct 26, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026 · 6 days
King George Island
Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 7, 2026 · 9 days
King George Island
Nov 1, 2026 – Nov 7, 2026 · 6 days
King George Island
Nov 7, 2026 – Nov 13, 2026 · 6 days
King George Island
Nov 8, 2026 – Nov 27, 2026 · 20 days
Ushuaia
Nov 13, 2026 – Nov 22, 2026 · 10 days
Nov 17, 2026 – Nov 22, 2026 · 6 days
Ushuaia, Argentina
Nov 18, 2026 – Nov 27, 2026 · 10 days
Nov 19, 2026 – Nov 25, 2026 · 6 days
King George Island
Nov 22, 2026 – Dec 3, 2026 · 12 days
Nov 24, 2026 – Dec 7, 2026 · 14 days
Ushuaia
Nov 25, 2026 – Dec 2, 2026 · 8 days
Nov 25, 2026 – Dec 4, 2026 · 9 days
Puerto Williams
Nov 25, 2026 – Dec 1, 2026 · 6 days
King George Island
Nov 28, 2026 – Dec 7, 2026 · 10 days
Ushuaia, Argentina
Nov 30, 2026 – Dec 7, 2026 · 8 days
Dec 1, 2026 – Dec 8, 2026 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Dec 1, 2026 – Dec 7, 2026 · 6 days
King George Island
Dec 2, 2026 – Dec 13, 2026 · 12 days
Dec 4, 2026 – Dec 12, 2026 · 9 days
King George Island
Dec 6, 2026 – Dec 13, 2026 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Dec 6, 2026 – Dec 19, 2026 · 14 days
Ushuaia
Dec 7, 2026 – Dec 16, 2026 · 10 days
Dec 7, 2026 – Dec 18, 2026 · 12 days
Ushuaia
Dec 7, 2026 – Dec 14, 2026 · 8 days
King George Island, South Shetland Islands
Dec 8, 2026 – Dec 19, 2026 · 12 days
Dec 12, 2026 – Dec 23, 2026 · 12 days
Dec 14, 2026 – Dec 21, 2026 · 8 days
Dec 14, 2026 – Dec 21, 2026 · 8 days
King George Island, South Shetland Islands
Dec 18, 2026 – Dec 29, 2026 · 12 days
Dec 19, 2026 – Dec 28, 2026 · 10 days
Dec 19, 2026 – Dec 27, 2026 · 6 days
King George Island
Dec 20, 2026 – Dec 29, 2026 · 10 days
Dec 21, 2026 – Dec 30, 2026 · 9 days
Puerto Williams
Dec 26, 2026 – Jan 4, 2027 · 10 days
Dec 27, 2026 – Jan 8, 2027 · 13 days
Dec 28, 2026 – Jan 10, 2027 · 14 days
Dec 29, 2026 – Jan 9, 2027 · 12 days
Ushuaia
Dec 30, 2026 – Jan 8, 2027 · 9 days
King George Island
Jan 2, 2027 – Jan 10, 2027 · 9 days
Jan 2, 2027 – Jan 15, 2027 · 9 days
King George Island
Jan 6, 2027 – Jan 15, 2027 · 9 days
Puerto Williams
Jan 7, 2027 – Jan 16, 2027 · 10 days
Jan 7, 2027 – Feb 8, 2027 · 34 days
Dunedin
Jan 7, 2027 – Jan 15, 2027 · 9 days
Ushuaia
Jan 11, 2027 – Jan 26, 2027 · 16 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.