This 22-day Cruise Round South America and Antarctica Consists of Whale and Penguin Sightings and a Go to to the Falkland Islands — for Much less Than $2K a Particular person

This vacation season, skip the last-minute purchasing flurry and go away the vacation ham in your freezer. As a substitute, you may spend essentially the most frantic time of the 12 months having fun with the silence of Antarctica and cruising glacier-laden waters from the heat of your cozy cruise ship suite. 

Holland America’s “22-Day South America & Antarctica Vacation” guarantees 22 days of sights and experiences most individuals — regardless of how effectively traveled — will ever see. A crossing of the Drake Passage, a go to to the Falkland Islands, and a visit to the Antarctic island that homes the biggest identified colony of gentoo penguins on the earth.

All of it begins in Buenos Aires earlier than persevering with to Montevideo and Punta del Este, Uruguay. From there, you’ll head south down the coast of Argentina till you hit the sandy seaside city of Puerto Madryn, Argentina. After a day on the coast, the tour will proceed to the distant Falkland Islands, that are identified for his or her cliffed coastlines and resident king penguins.

Beginning on Christmas Day, the Oosterdam is scheduled to cruise via the bays and islands of Antarctica, “the White Continent,” for 4 days. The ship will discover the Palmer Archipelago, Dallmann Bay, and Cuverville Island, which is dwelling to the biggest identified colony of gentoo penguins on the earth. Earlier than departing Antarctica, the ship will go to Paradise Harbor, which is able to doubtless be the primary time onboard friends will see different people — along with extra Gentoo and chinstrap penguins.

On the route again to South America, the ship will move via the wild seas of Cape Horn and the Drake Passage. From there, the Oosterdam will move via the spectacular and treacherous waters of Glacier Alley, which stretches alongside a great portion of the 150-mile-long Beagle Channel.

On the primary day of 2024, the ship will cease in Punta Arenas, Chile earlier than passing via the Strait of Magellan and visiting the Amalia or El Brujo Glaciers. The journey concludes with a number of stops in Chile, together with a go to to the Chilean Fjords, earlier than docking in Santiago, Chile — the final cease of the 22-day journey.

The journey departs from Buenos Aires on Dec. 16 and ends in Santiago, Chile on Jan. 7, 2024. The whole 22-day expertise begins at $1,699 an individual and consists of three meals a day. Further perks embody free entry to the health middle, on line casino, household recreation room, child’s membership, and reside nightly music. For a further cost, friends can ebook a remedy on the Greenhouse Spa & Salon, seize a drink at one of many ship’s bars, or get pleasure from an elevated meal on the onboard steakhouse or the Italian restaurant.