Day 1: Arrive Buenos Aires
Tour begins: 2:00 PM, Caesar Park Buenos Aires. A transfer is included upon arrival at the Buenos Aires Ezeiza International Airport to the Caesar Park Buenos Aires. Join us for a sightseeing tour that visits Evita Perón's grave in La Recoleta Cemetery before returning to the hotel for our welcome reception and dinner featuring live music and the tango.
Overnight: Caesar Park Buenos Aires
Meals Included: D

Day 2: City Sightseeing
Your exploration of Buenos Aires continues today. City sightseeing includes Avenue 9 de Julio, renowned as the world’s widest avenue, Plaza de Mayo, site of Argentina’s most important historical events, the Cathedral and Palermo’s garden-graced parks – here you will find Japanese and botanical gardens, a planetarium, museums, monuments and a zoo. The remainder of the day is free for you to explore on your own. Must-see sights include the city’s charming neighborhoods, from San Telmo to La Boca, where history plays out along streets lined with antique shops, decades-old restaurants and tango halls.
Overnight: Caesar Park Buenos Aires
Meals Included: B, L

Day 3: Fly to Ushuaia / Embark Ship
Fly south along the coast of Argentina to the southernmost city in the world. Ushuaia, a frontier town located on the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago and the Beagle Channel, is also the only Argentine city that sits on the other side of the Andes. Get an overview of life at the end of the world on an afternoon sightseeing excursion that takes you up and down the hilltop streets that preside over this waterfront town and visit Tierra del Fuego National Park. Embark on your 10-night cruise to the Antarctic; the captain and crew host an onboard briefing before dinner this evening.
Overnight: Aboard Le Boréal or Le Soléal
Meals Included: B, L, D

Day 4: Cruising the infamous Drake Passage
Find your sea legs on a two-day crossing of the Drake Passage, named after 16th-century explorer Sir Francis Drake who sailed these waters back in the late 1500s. While there is no land in sight during this part of your Antarctica cruise, you will have an opportunity to spot whales, dolphins and petrels from the observation decks of your yacht. You can attend on-board lectures from your naturalist team whose specialties include oceanography, ornithology and more. You may also take the time to visit the spa or the gym, curl up with a book from the ship's library or visit the bridge to chart your ship's progress.
Overnight: Aboard Le Boréal or Le Soléal
Meals Included: B, L, D

Day 5: Getting closer to Antarctica
One more day to go until you spot your first sight of the Antarctic Peninsula islands. Once part of a large Equatorial land mass, these islands broke off on their own more than 180 million years ago and are now home to glacial landscapes and wildlife that are awe-inspiring in every way. If you haven't yet watched one of the ship's collection of documentaries, today might be a good day to do so.
Overnight: Aboard Le Boréal or Le Soléal
Meals Included: B, L, D

Day 6: Feel terra firma, Antarctic Archipelago-style, under your feet
Wake up to a glacial wonderland. For the next four days, you'll be able to join an expedition team leader for a Zodiac excursion to any one of a number of Antarctic islands. Due to changing weather and shifting glacial patterns, your day-to-day itinerary will vary; each new day aboard cruising the Antarctic brings something different. Be on the lookout for seals on ice floes along the shore. Look up to spot seabirds flying against a cloudless blue sky. Look down in the waters where marine animals may be seen. At night, share stories during the daily cocktail hour and enjoy the camaraderie with fellow explorers.
Overnight: Aboard Le Boréal or Le Soléal
Meals Included: B, L, D

Day 7: Explore the world of the penguin
If conditions permit, take a shore excursion to a polar village populated by fascinating and very amusing penguins. Walk softly among them on the beaches where their rookeries are found. See them waddle and wave as they make treks into the sea and back with food for themselves and their families. Your naturalist guide will share expert insights with you about these locals!
Overnight: Aboard Le Boréal or Le Soléal
Meals Included: B, L, D

Day 8: The main attractions are made of ice... cruising the Archipelago
Dramatic icebergs, masterfully carved in all manner of shapes and sizes by the elements, don technicolor coats of blues, greens and snow whites and are the main event here in Antarctica. Get a closer look as you cruise among them and watch their transformation with the changing light of day. The sun never completely sets at this time of year so you can stroll on the deck late into the night and still enjoy an amazing glacial show.
Overnight: Aboard Le Boréal or Le Soléal
Meals Included: B, L, D

Day 9: Seabirds of different feathers
By your fourth day cruising the Antarctic Archipelago, you may have passed by Penguin Island, blessed with diverse wildlife that includes chinstrap and Adélie penguins, southern giant petrels, Antarctic terns and skuas, and Hannah Point, one of the best places to see gentoo and macaroni penguins, blue-eyed shags, and Wilson's storm petrels, with the occasional fur seal or elephant seal among them. Don't worry if their names sound confusing; you will soon become a pro at identifying them with some help from your on-board ornithologists.
Overnight: Aboard Le Boréal or Le Soléal
Meals Included: B, L, D

Day 10: Whales and seals of Antarctica
The wildlife experts on your ship are eager to point out the region's fur seals and elephant seals who share the frigid waters with penguins and humpback whales. You may find a fur seal or two languidly sunning or sleeping on ice floes, their faces endearing with natural smiles, in large part because there are few native predators like polar bears here. Southern elephant seals, so named for their massive sizes and trunk-like noses of the males, prefer to hang out in beach parties; look for them on rocky island shores. As your captain skillfully navigates your yacht around Lemaire Channel, you'll have a good chance to see humpback whales, always a breathtaking sight. The evening colors are spectacular too!
Overnight: Aboard Le Boréal or Le Soléal
Meals Included: B, L, D

Day 11: Back through the Drake Passage
Your yacht begins its voyage back through the Drake Passage today, making it the perfect time to record the experiences you had during the past week. Your private ship log might include your thoughts about the array of icebergs and the Swedish expeditioners' hut you saw in Hope Bay, or the old whaling station you encountered near Neptune's Bellows and that dip you were tempted to make in the hot geothermal springs there. You may have had an opportunity to meet the researchers and scientists of King George Island or explore the history of Elephant Island, linked to Ernest Shackleton and his men. Your stories will make great reading back home!
Overnight: Aboard Le Boréal or Le Soléal
Meals Included: B, L, D

Day 12: Enjoy your last day aboard ship as your cruise concludes
Savor your last day of your cruise to Antarctica as you cross the Drake Passage again. Activities include on-board lectures that enrich your new-found knowledge; spa treatments that keep you relaxed and refreshed; work-out equipment that invigorates; and card games or chess tournaments with shipmates. Your last evening aboard ship is a perfect time to toast your expedition, and celebrate what for many travelers is their "seventh continent."
Overnight: Aboard Le Boréal or Le Soléal
Meals Included: B, L, D

Day 13: Cruise ends in Ushuaia – fly to Buenos Aires
Your cruise when you disembark ship today in Ushuaia for your flight back to Buenos Aires. A transfer to Buenos Aires' (Ezeiza) Ministro Pistarini International Airport is included. Tour ends: 5:30 PM at Buenos Aires' (Ezeiza) Ministro Pistarini International Airport. You should allow three hours for flight check-in.
Overnight:
Meals Included: B