![Hubbard_Glacier_into_Russell_Fjord_in_Alaska_in_summertime](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/portrait_quarter/102132-alaska-expedition-cruises.jpg)
Duration
21 Nights
Journey Type
Sailing from Chile
Ports
12 Ports
Before you board
One night in Santiago
Board your overnight flight from the UK to Santiago and enjoy an overnight hotel stay. The following day transfer to the Valparaíso to embark the ship and begin your expedition.
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21 October
Setting sail from Valparaíso
![Colourful buildings in Valparaíso, Chile](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/landscape_mosaicsmall/34039-colourful-buildings-valparaiso-chile.jpg)
Characterful, colourful and a little chaotic, the port city of Valparaíso is scattered across 45 vertiginous hills. Thanks to this difficult topography the city streets are punctuated by steep staircases and funicular elevators, and energetic explorers will be rewarded with wonderful views of the pastel hued buildings that hug the slopes.
22 October
At sea
23 October
Chile: Valdivia
24 October
Chile: Castro (Chiloé Island)
![Stilt houses in Castro, Chiloé island, Chile](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/landscape_mosaicsmall/28791-stilt-houses-castro-chiloe-island.jpg)
Rugged and unspoilt Chiloé, situated at the southern end of Chile’s Lake District, is a unique and culturally distinct island that stands apart from the rest of the country. The main town, Castro, is notable for its colourful waterfront homes on stilts (known as palafitos), and is the gateway to the dense forests and rolling hills of the island interior.
25 October
At sea
26 October
Chile: Puerto Eden
![Boardwalk in Puerto Eden, Chile](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/landscape_mosaicsmall/68179-boardwalk-puerto-eden-chile.jpg)
27 October
Chile: Puerto Natales
![King cormorant colony in Puerto Natales, Chile](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/landscape_mosaicsmall/43455-king-cormorant-colony-puerto-natales.jpg)
Puerto Natales, situated at the southern end of the Chilean Fjords, is a major tourism hub for southern Patagonia. Formerly a fishing port, the town is now the gateway to the Torres del Paine National Park, a spectacular landscape of granite peaks, grassy steppes and azure lakes, populated by guanacos, condors, pumas and more.
28-29 October
At sea
30 October
Chile: Puerto Williams
![Puerto Williams, Chile](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/landscape_mosaicsmall/73035-puerto-williams-chile.jpg)
Puerto Williams has the feel of a true frontier town, situated on windswept Navarino Island facing out across the Beagle Channel. The surrounding mountains offer a spectacular backdrop for hiking and kayaking, while to the south lies the infamous Drake Passage and, beyond that, the frozen continent of Antarctica.
30 October
Chile: Cape Horn
![Cape Horn Memorial Sculpture, Chile](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/landscape_mosaicsmall/68104-cape-horn-memorial-sculpture.jpg)
Surrounded by notoriously treacherous waters and battered by gale force winds known as the Furious Fifties, Cape Horn is the dramatic southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. This is the point where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans meet, watched over by a lonely lighthouse.
31 October
At sea
1 November
Antarctica: Half Moon Island
![Chinstrap penguins on Half Moon Island, Antarctica](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/landscape_mosaicsmall/34345-chinstrap-penguins-half-moon-island-antarctica.jpg)
Half Moon Island is home to several thousand chinstrap penguins, as well as cormorants, terns and the notoriously territorial skuas, who will divebomb anyone who gets too close to their nests! There are also fantastic views of mountainous Livingston Island.
2 November
Antarctica: Pléneau Island
![Penguins on Pléneau Island, Antarctica](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/landscape_mosaicsmall/34316-penguins-pleneau-island-antarctica.jpg)
Located at the southern end of the Lemaire Channel, Pléneau Island is the site of some spectacular iceberg scenery, and is also home to species including Gentoo penguins, Antarctic terns, south polar skuas and southern elephant seals.
3 November
Antarctica: Cuverville Island
![Gentoo penguins on Cuverville Island, Antarctica](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/landscape_mosaicsmall/38085-gentoo-penguins-cuverville-island.jpg)
The rocky slopes of Cuverville Island provide a home for some 6,500 pairs of gentoo penguins, the largest colony on the Antarctic Peninsula. Other bird species nesting on the island include skuas, southern giant petrels and Antarctic shags.
4 November
Antarctica: Deception Island
![Gentoo penguins on Deception Island, Antarctica](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/landscape_mosaicsmall/27826-gentoo-penguins-deception-island.jpg)
Part of the South Shetland archipelago, Deception Island is a flooded volcanic caldera that forms one of the largest natural harbours in the world. The island was once a whaling station, and it’s also an active volcano - the British Antarctic Survey base here was abandoned in 1969 following an eruption.
5-6 November
At sea
7 November
Arriving in Ushuaia
![Aerial view of Ushuaia, Argentina](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/landscape_mosaicsmall/10830-ushuaia-argentina-low.jpg)
Perched on the ragged southern edge of Argentina, where the snow-capped Andes fall away into the churning sea, Ushuaia has a frontier town feel to it, and serves as the base for expeditions into the icy waters of Antarctica.
Before returning home
One night in Buenos Aires
Disembark in Ushuaia and transfer to the airport for your flight to Buenos Aires where you will enjoy an overnight hotel stay. The following day, transfer to the airport for your overnight flight back to the UK.
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Mundy Exclusive
Your fare includes: 17 nights in an Outside Cabin including; all meals, drinks with meals, gratuities and taxes; flights from the UK to Santiago and returning from Buenos Aires; an overnight pre-cruise hotel stay in Santiago; flight from Ushuaia to Buenos Aires; an overnight post-cruise hotel stay in Buenos Aires; overseas transfers. 0% solo supplement subject to availability for new bookings made before 31st August 2024.
Your home from home
![Hurtigruten - MS Roald Amundsen in Antarctica](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/lanscape_half/99377-15884-hurtigruten-ms-roald-amundsen-antarctica-low.jpg)
![Hurtigruten - MS Roald Amundsen hot tubs and pool](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/landscape_mosaicsmall/65706-hurtigruten-ms-roald-amundsen-hot-tubs.jpg)
![Hurtigruten - MS Roald Amundsen - Cabin](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/landscape_mosaicsmall/65707-hurtigruten-roald-amundsen-cabin.jpg)
Hurtigruten's pioneering hybrid vessels, MS Roald Amundsen and MS Fridtjof Nansen, offer a more sustainable way to explore the polar regions.
What we love
Hurtigruten's groundbreaking hybrid technology reduces fuel consumption and carbon emissions by 20%, a bold step towards a more sustainable future for the expedition cruising industry. These ships are designed specifically for exploring the polar regions, and the inviting suites and public areas represent a significant evolution of the Hurtigruten onboard experience.
Capacity | 528 Guests (500 in Antarctica) |
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Style | These pioneering hybrid ships offer a contemporary and relaxed ambience, acting as a comfortable 'base camp' at sea. |
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Tailor-make your trip
![Hotel Palacio Astoreca, Valparaíso](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/related_video/16947-hotel-palacio-astoreca-valparaiso.jpg)
Where to stay in Valparaíso
The 23 room Palacio Astoreca comprises two buildings, including a completely restored national monument.
![Viña del Mar, Chile](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/related_video/16950-vina-del-mar-valparaiso.jpg)
Around Valparaíso
For contrast, visit clean and orderly Viña del Mar just up the coast.
![Los Cauquenes Resort & Spa, Ushuaia](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/related_video/16910-los-cauquenes-resort-and-spa-ushuaia.jpg)
Where to stay in Ushuaia
Los Cauquenes Resort and Spa is your best option, if you have time to stay.
![Tierra del Fuego National Park](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mundy.assets.d3r.com/images/related_video/17799-tierra-del-fuego-national-park-low.jpg)
Tours from Ushuaia
What you choose to do on tour will need to supplement whatever cruise you are taking. So if you are heading to Antarctica, whilst here you will want to go to the Tierra del Fuego National Park.