2009 Tour — Director's Pick!

Warm Up to a Very Cool Ecosystem

Expedition to Antarctica

January 30 - February 12, 2009 (13 days)
from approx. $5,295, pp/do plus airfare and taxes
single supplement available
Tour operator: Thomas P. Gohagan & Company

Explore Antarctica and experience the White Continent’s majestic coastal scenery and abundant wildlife. Spend two nights in cosmopolitan Buenos Aires before boarding the exclusively chartered, deluxe M.S. Le Diamant in Ushuaia and embarking on a journey of discovery to the Earth’s most pristine wilderness. See towering mountains of ice and lava rise abruptly out of the ocean, and view the constantly changing patterns of ice that stretch as far as the eye can see in this arctic tundra. The seemingly harsh environment is rich with a vast array of wildlife including penguins, seals, whales, and seabirds. This itinerary has been carefully designed to provide you with the optimal Antarctic experience from viewing spectacular volcanic topography, majestic glaciers, and wildlife, to visiting the outposts of some of history’s great explorers. During your journey, an expert team of naturalists will lead excursions on Zodiacs and provide knowledge about the region’s unique ecosystem. A special post-program option to majestic Iguazú Falls also is offered.

Daily Itinerary

1. depart for Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2. stay at the Marriott Plaza Hotel in Buenos Aires. Attend the welcome reception.
3. take Buenos Aires city tour.
4. fly to rustic Ushuaia. Embark on the M.S. Le Diamant and cruise through Beagle Channel. Attend the captain’s welcome reception.
5. cruise Drake Passage.
6. cruise Antarctica.
7. Travel below the 60th parallel to Half Moon and Deception Islands.
8. Pendulum Cove and Paradise Bay.
9. from Neumayer Channel to Port Lockroy.
10. cruise Antarctica.
11. cross Drake Passage.
12. arrive at Cape Horn. Attend the captain’s farewell reception.
13. disembark and fly to Buenos Aires for a flight home.

Reserve today!
For additional information or to reserve call 800-232-8278
or e-mail travel@al.arizona.edu