For an entire month during spring, YPT will be venturing on our Grand South Atlantic cruise, from Ushuaia in Argentina, via the South Georgia Islands, to Tristan da Cunha, Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Cape Verde. Pack that book you have been meaning to read for ages, bring your camera, and settle back to experience some of the most isolated and remote places in the world!
Setting sail from Tierra del Fuego, the ‘Land of Fire’ on the archipelago at the tip of South America where the Andes curl east, this is the end of the world. The tour will meet up in Ushuaia, Argentina, before heading to board the m/v Hondius.
In South Georgia we’ll see an abandoned whaling station and Shackleton’s grave. We’ll circumnavigate the island of Tristan da Cunha and its outlying Nightingale Island and Inaccessible Island. We’ll explore Saint Helena, the final place of exile and death of Napoleon Bonaparte, at which point an island of 4000 people will feel like proper civilisation to us! Finally, we will end our cruise in the Republic of Cabo Verde, after having sailed the full south Atlantic to above the equator.
On this trip you will experience everything from the cold Antarctic seas to the tropics, snapping photos in penguin colonies in South Georgia, watching albatrosses control the skies, spotting whales and maybe even dolphins tailing our ship, to see green turtles on the beaches and tropical fish in the seas off Saint Helena.
On a trip like this, we cannot guarantee the itinerary – it will depend on the weather and the condition of the ice and seas. The final say is with the captain of the ship and the professional team onboard.
Cost | Cabin type |
€8295 | Quadruple Porthole |
€9495 | Triple Porthole |
€10,495 | Twin Porthole |
€10,995 | Twin Window |
€11,895 | Twin Deluxe |
€12,495 | Superior (double bed for one or two people) |
€13,095 | Junior Suite (double bed for one or two people) |
€15,295 | Grand Suite with private balcony (double bed for one or two people) |
Thursday 28th March – Ushuaia
Friday 29th March – The Beagle Channel
Saturday 30th March – the Antarctic Convergence
Sunday 31st March – en route to South Georgia
Monday 1st April – South Georgia
Tuesday 2nd April – South Georgia
Wednesday 3rd April – South Georgia
Thursday 4th April – South Atlantic
Friday 5th April – South Atlantic
Saturday 6th April – South Atlantic
Sunday 7th April – South Atlantic
Monday 8th April – Gough Island
Tuesday 9th April – Tristan da Cunha
Wednesday 10th April – Tristan da Cunha, Nightingale Island
Thursday 11th April – Tristan da Cunha, Inaccessible Island
Friday 12th April – Tristan da Cunha
Saturday 13th April – South Atlantic
Sunday 14th April – South Atlantic
Monday 15th April – South Atlantic
Tuesday 16th April – South Atlantic
Wednesday 17th April – Saint Helena
Thursday 18th April – Saint Helena
Friday 19th April – Saint Helena
Saturday 20th April – Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Sunday 21st April – Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Monday 22nd April – Ascension Island
Tuesday 23rd April – Ascension Island
Wednesday 24th April – Mid-Atlantic Seas
Thursday 25th April – Mid-Atlantic Seas
Friday 26th April – Mid-Atlantic Seas
Saturday 27th April – Mid-Atlantic Seas
Sunday 28th April – Santiago Island, Cape Verde
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