This festive Christmas cruise offers a magical journey through Antarctica’s icy wonderland, timed perfectly to witness penguins breeding and fur seals nurturing their young, creating unforgettable wildlife encounters. Highlights include a flexible route weaving past majestic glaciers and towering icebergs, opportunities to spot penguins, whales, seals, and seabirds, and active adventures via Zodiac rides, landings, and hikes. Expert-led presentations, precaps, and recaps enrich the experience, while the itinerary—from the Falklands and South Georgia to the Antarctic Peninsula—delivers spectacular passages and immersive exploration, starting and ending in Ushuaia.

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Highlights

• A glittering Christmas cruise: when penguins breed and fur seals care for their offspring, exploring the animals in their icy habitats promises memorable moments.

• On a flexible course through the white wonderland

• Watch penguins, whales, seals and seabirds

• Spectacular passages – along majestic glaciers and mighty icebergs

• Active experiences: numerous Zodiac rides, landings and hikes

• Captivating presentations, precaps and recaps by experts

• Sat, 20.12.2025 Charter flight from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia/Argentina

  Ushuaia/Argentina, departure 18.00 hrs

• Sun, 21.12.2025 Relaxation at sea

• Mon, 22.12.2025 - Tue, 23.12.2025 Falkland Islands

  Experience this bird paradise the Falkland Islands, which is home to around 60 species, at close range during your Zodiac landings. Observe rockhopper and Magellanic penguins, who share their habitat with kelp geese, striated caracaras, king cormorants as well as black-browed and wandering albatrosses.

• Wed, 24.12.2025 - Thu, 25.12.2025 Relaxation at sea

• Fri, 26.12.2025 - Sun, 28.12.2025 South Georgia

  In South Gorgia live Hundreds of thousands of king penguins side by side with elephant seals and fur seals on the coasts and cliffs – overwhelming natural spectacles that you can observe from a respectful distance after landing on one of the black shores. In addition, trace the footsteps of the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, who found his final resting place here in 1922.

• Mon, 29.12.2025 Relaxation at sea

• Tue, 30.12.2025 - Tue, 06.01.2026 Exploration Antarctica

  South Orkney Islands , South Shetland Islands , Weddell Sea , Antarctic Peninsula 

  The South Orkney Islands are a lonely, glaciated world of icy wilderness located in the Scotia Sea. They are home to chinstrap and Adelie penguins, which can be spotted here. With luck, you’ll also see icebergs drifting off the rugged coast. Find out how the polar explorers live at the Argentinian Orcadas Station (depending on weather and authorisation). Experience the South Shetland Islands between ice and awe intensively – on deck as well as by Zodiac. The Weddell Sea is home to stunning ice formations – whether as sparkling blue-and-white sculptures, gigantic tabular icebergs or creaking sheets of dense pack ice. Off the Antarctic Peninsula, your ship sails into the centre of the flooded caldera of Deception Island. Majestic glaciers and gigantic icebergs shimmer in Paradise Bay. The Lemaire Channel is also impressive, flanked by mighty mountains up to 1,000 m (3,281 ft) high. Icebergs ahead: at the bow and on the open deck areas, you can enjoy the best views of the white wonderland. You may even spot the flukes of blue whales, sperm whales and humpback whales as well as orcas. 

• Wed, 07.01.2026 - Thu, 08.01.2026 Sailing through the Drake Passage

• Fri, 09.01.2026 Ushuaia/Argentina

  Arrival 6.00 hrs
  Charter flight to Buenos Aires

• Please note:

  Itineraries are subject to change. 

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