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.
Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic Explorer 148 guests
Jan 30, 2029 – Feb 9, 2029 · 10 days
Quark Expeditions World Voyager 168 guests
Feb 4, 2029 – Feb 11, 2029 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Silversea Cruises Silver Endeavour 220 guests
Feb 4, 2029 – Feb 19, 2029 · 9 days
King George Island
Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic Orion 102 guests
Feb 7, 2029 – Feb 17, 2029 · 10 days
Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic Explorer 148 guests
Feb 7, 2029 – Feb 17, 2029 · 10 days
Silversea Cruises Silver Wind 274 guests
Feb 7, 2029 – Feb 13, 2029 · 6 days
King George Island
Quark Expeditions World Voyager 168 guests
Feb 9, 2029 – Feb 16, 2029 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Silversea Cruises Silver Wind 274 guests
Feb 13, 2029 – Feb 22, 2029 · 9 days
King George Island
Quark Expeditions World Voyager 168 guests
Feb 14, 2029 – Feb 22, 2029 · 9 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic Orion 102 guests
Feb 15, 2029 – Feb 23, 2029 · 9 days
Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic Explorer 148 guests
Feb 15, 2029 – Feb 25, 2029 · 10 days
Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic Orion 102 guests
Feb 21, 2029 – Mar 1, 2029 · 9 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.