The ’White Continent’, Antarctica sits at the southern extremes of the world, a vast kingdom of snow, ice, rock and water. It is the last frontier of travel, a place that has long engaged the imaginations of explorers. To reach it is an expedition, there’s no denying it, but the rewards you’ll reap for embarking on it are beyond anything you’ll have ever experienced before, and ever will again.

 

Holidays in Antarctica are unlike anywhere else you’ve been. A landscape of pristine white backed by dark mountains and the flawless blue of the sky, here, nature reigns supreme. There is no development, no civilisation – it is the edge of the earth, and it feels like it. This is a continent ruled by wildlife – penguins, so awkward on land but graceful in the water, huge pods of whales, seals lazing on the ice, to name just a few. As you explore, you’ll spend your time in awe, at icebergs the size of buildings, at towering mountains and calving glaciers, at iron-coloured seas, of setting foot on land that is barely trodden and at being surrounded by only the natural sounds of the landscape. 

 

The season to explore is short, from October to March, but even within this window there is so much to do and see. Have a read of our Best Time to Visit guide to find out more about what happens when on the frozen continent.

 

On one of our Cruise & Tour holidays to Antarctica, you’ll board your ship in Ushuaia, a city in Argentinian Patagonia at the very tip of the South American continent, often called the ‘end of the world’. From there it’s across the Drake Passage and into utterly remote wilderness, where you’re more likely to have penguins and whales as companions than other humans. This is the ultimate expedition, the one truly once in a lifetime adventure, and it is here, readying and waiting for you to get onboard.