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.
Dec 29, 2027 – Jan 8, 2028 · 11 days
Arrive at Weskar Lodge in Puerto Natales, Chile
Jan 2, 2028 – Jan 10, 2028 · 9 days
Jan 3, 2028 – Jan 10, 2028 · 8 days
Jan 4, 2028 – Jan 11, 2028 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Jan 4, 2028 – Jan 14, 2028 · 11 days
Jan 6, 2028 – Jan 15, 2028 · 9 days
King George Island
Jan 6, 2028 – Jan 16, 2028 · 11 days
Arrive at Weskar Lodge in Puerto Natales, Chile
Jan 7, 2028 – Jan 22, 2028 · 16 days
Jan 8, 2028 – Jan 19, 2028 · 10 days
Jan 8, 2028 – Jan 17, 2028 · 10 days
Jan 9, 2028 – Jan 16, 2028 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Jan 9, 2028 – Jan 15, 2028 · 6 days
King George Island
Jan 10, 2028 – Jan 17, 2028 · 10 days
Punta Arenas
Jan 12, 2028 – Jan 22, 2028 · 12 days
Ushuaia
Jan 12, 2028 – Jan 22, 2028 · 11 days
Jan 13, 2028 – Jan 23, 2028 · 11 days
Jan 14, 2028 – Jan 22, 2028 · 9 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Jan 14, 2028 – Jan 24, 2028 · 11 days
Jan 15, 2028 – Jan 24, 2028 · 10 days
Jan 15, 2028 – Jan 23, 2028 · 9 days
Punta Arenas
Jan 15, 2028 – Jan 24, 2028 · 9 days
Puerto Williams
Jan 15, 2028 – Jan 21, 2028 · 6 days
King George Island
Jan 17, 2028 – Jan 27, 2028 · 10 days
Jan 19, 2028 – Jan 27, 2028 · 9 days
Jan 19, 2028 – Jan 30, 2028 · 12 days
Jan 20, 2028 – Jan 30, 2028 · 12 days
Ushuaia
Jan 21, 2028 – Jan 30, 2028 · 10 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jan 21, 2028 – Jan 27, 2028 · 6 days
King George Island
Jan 22, 2028 – Jan 29, 2028 · 8 days
Jan 24, 2028 – Feb 2, 2028 · 9 days
King George Island
Jan 25, 2028 – Feb 2, 2028 · 9 days
Jan 27, 2028 – Feb 5, 2028 · 10 days
Jan 27, 2028 – Feb 2, 2028 · 6 days
King George Island
Jan 28, 2028 – Feb 4, 2028 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Jan 29, 2028 – Feb 6, 2028 · 9 days
Jan 29, 2028 – Feb 10, 2028 · 13 days
Jan 31, 2028 – Feb 8, 2028 · 9 days
Jan 31, 2028 – Feb 9, 2028 · 9 days
Punta Arenas
Feb 1, 2028 – Feb 13, 2028 · 13 days
Feb 2, 2028 – Feb 11, 2028 · 9 days
Puerto Williams
Feb 3, 2028 – Feb 12, 2028 · 10 days
Feb 3, 2028 – Feb 12, 2028 · 10 days
Ushuaia, Argentina
Feb 3, 2028 – Feb 11, 2028 · 9 days
Feb 5, 2028 – Feb 14, 2028 · 10 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Feb 6, 2028 – Feb 17, 2028 · 10 days
Feb 7, 2028 – Feb 15, 2028 · 9 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Feb 7, 2028 – Feb 17, 2028 · 11 days
Punta Arenas
Feb 8, 2028 – Feb 14, 2028 · 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.