Cruises visiting South Georgia

South Georgia is the wildlife spectacle of the Southern Ocean: beaches carpeted with hundreds of thousands of king penguins, fur seals in the tussock grass, and elephant seals the size of small cars. Many polar veterans rate it above Antarctica itself.

It is also Shackleton country — expeditions visit his grave at Grytviken and the old whaling stations. Reaching it adds roughly a week to an itinerary, usually combined with the Falklands and the Peninsula on 18–23 day voyages.