Tauck Antarctica is the most inclusive way to go: Buenos Aires hotel nights and sightseeing, the charter flight to Ushuaia, gratuities and every landing included, aboard Le Boreal. Pavlus has been Tauck’s #1 seller worldwide for more than 20 years.
Reviewed by Craig Pavlus, Founder & CEO, Pavlus Travel & Cruise. 55+ years in travel · Travel Weekly Lifetime Achievement Award.
Most Antarctica cruises start when you reach the ship. Tauck’s starts when you land in Buenos Aires: hotel nights and a guided look at the city, then a charter flight to Ushuaia, so there is no separate domestic ticket to book or connection to worry about. From Ushuaia you cross the Drake Passage on a small Ponant expedition ship and spend days among the channels and penguin colonies of the Antarctic Peninsula, landing by Zodiac.
Tauck folds in the things other lines charge for or leave to you: the charter flights, gratuities, the hotel and the transfers. It is the closest thing to a fully escorted Antarctica journey, and it is why so many first-time polar travelers choose it.
From the Tauck itinerary for the January 4, 2027 departure. The days on the Peninsula follow the weather and the ice.
Every Tauck Antarctica departure on sale, with the published fare. Ask for your Pavlus price on any of them.
Tauck isn’t the only good way to Antarctica. Here is where it fits.
Hotel, city touring, flights to the ship and gratuities in one price, with a Tauck Director looking after the details. Ideal for a first polar trip.
Tauck sails the Drake both ways. If you would rather fly over it, Lindblad, Silversea, Quark and Atlas run fly-the-Drake voyages from Chile. See fly-cruises.
Tauck’s journey focuses on the Peninsula. For king penguins and Shackleton’s grave, look at the longer Falklands and South Georgia voyages. See South Georgia voyages.
We have sold more Tauck than any agency in the world for more than two decades. That means we know which departures sell first, which cabins are worth the upgrade, and when to book. Many of our Tauck prices can’t be published; ask, and we’ll send yours in writing, usually the same day. No service fees, no planning fees, including for your flights to Buenos Aires.
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Also from Pavlus: All expedition cruises · White Desert fly-in camps (the South Pole & emperor penguins) · Ushuaia port guide · Punta Arenas port guide · South Georgia port guide · Live cruise ship tracker
Tell us the season, the line, or just how much ice you want to see. We’ll send your Pavlus price and the cabins still open, usually the same day. Antarctica sells early: the best cabins on the small ships go a year or more ahead.
Your Pavlus Antarctica price will be emailed to you quickly. No obligation.