Life Returns - Springtime Expedition Cruise to Antarctica: Buenos Aires to Punta Arenas
A springtime one-way sailing embarking directly at Buenos Aires (no flight leg): three days birding and hiking in the Falklands, two days cruising south, three days in South Georgia while its penguin, seal and seabird colonies are still on fresh winter snow, then five days on the Antarctic Peninsula. Disembarks at Punta Arenas, with an onward flight to Santiago de Chile.
- Operated by: HX Expeditions
- Ship: MS Fram
- Length: 22 nights
- Regions: Antarctica, South Georgia, Falkland Islands, South America
- Wildlife: Falklands birding, South Georgia's breeding penguin, seal and seabird colonies at the height of spring, then Antarctic Peninsula penguins fresh off the winter snow
- From: $18,114 per person
- Season: October 2026 in HX's published schedule.
- Route: Buenos Aires → Falkland Islands → South Georgia → Drake Passage → Antarctic Peninsula → Drake Passage → Punta Arenas
The ship
- MS Fram: 200 guests, built 2007
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