Day 1- Arrive Ushuaia
Chegada a Ushuaia, onde um representante da Aurora Expeditions recebe você e leva você, junto com os outros expedicionários, ao hotel designado antes da viagem. Se você já estiver em Ushuaia, pedimos que vá por conta própria ao hotel. O check-in começa às 15h. À tarde, passe no balcão de atendimento da Aurora Expeditions no saguão do hotel, entre 15h e 19h, para pegar as etiquetas de bagagem e confirmar se quer participar do nosso passeio ao Lago Escondido antes do embarque, amanhã. Nossa equipe vai confirmar os detalhes do dia do embarque, responder suas perguntas e indicar onde jantar ou comprar itens de última hora.
Expeditioners arriving after 7.00 pm will find a welcome pack waiting for them at check-in. We ask you to visit our hospitality desk tomorrow between 8.00 am – 10.00 am.
O restante do tempo é livre. Todas as refeições de hoje ficam por sua conta.
Hospedagem designada: a confirmar
Day 2- Embarkation
Hoje de manhã, tome o café da manhã e faça o check-out. Coloque nas suas malas de cabine as etiquetas de cabine, com o seu nome e o número da cabine bem legíveis. Leve as malas de cabine à recepção do hotel antes ou na hora do check-out. Sua bagagem fica guardada e é levada direto ao porto para liberação, e será colocada na sua cabine antes de você chegar a bordo. Mantenha seus objetos de valor e itens pessoais com você durante o dia.
Quem quiser participar do nosso passeio ao Lago Escondido hoje deve nos encontrar no saguão do hotel às 8h45. O passeio oferece um trajeto panorâmico inesquecível por grandes vales de origem glacial, florestas perenes e decíduas, cachoeiras e rios, na imensidão da Cordilheira dos Andes. Vamos sair da cidade de Ushuaia rumo ao nordeste da Terra do Fogo, passando por vales de turfeiras até chegar ao Passo Garibaldi, acessível só por uma estrada sinuosa que nos leva a um mirante. Daqui teremos vistas panorâmicas incríveis do Lago Escondido e, se o tempo permitir, do Lago Fagnano. Vamos começar a descida rumo ao nordeste até chegar à margem do Lago Fagnano, onde visitaremos uma estância local. Depois de apreciar a paisagem, você terá a chance de provar o típico cordeiro fueguino na brasa. Aproveite um tempo livre por lá antes de voltar a Ushuaia para o embarque no navio.
Ou, se preferir, aproveite o dia livre e encontre o grupo no saguão do hotel ou no ponto de encontro do estacionamento perto do píer (os detalhes serão passados pela nossa equipe local no hotel), para o traslado até o píer para o embarque.
Quando estiver a bordo, você terá tempo para se acomodar na cabine antes das importantes instruções obrigatórias. Quando o navio sair do porto, vamos nos reunir no convés para começar a nossa aventura com vistas espetaculares de Ushuaia e da Terra do Fogo.
This evening, get to know your fellow expeditioners and friendly expedition team and crew at a welcome dinner to celebrate the start of a thrilling adventure to Antarctica.
Days 3-4 - Drake Passage Crossing
Settle into your stateroom and make yourself comfortable! The onboard gym, wellbeing centre and well-equipped library are yours to discover, and your expedition team will offer a series of presentations on Antarctica’s history, wildlife and environment to help enrich your experience. You will also be invited to collect your Muck Boots and attend important briefings on biosecurity, wildlife-watching guidelines and Zodiac safety, in preparation for your first landing in Antarctica.
On day four the excitement is palpable as you near the South Shetland Islands and the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, with everyone converging on the observation decks to spot their first iceberg. Now that you’re south of the Antarctic Convergence the ocean takes on a whole new character, as you’re surrounded by porpoising penguins and dramatic icebergs. The memory of your first iceberg sighting is likely to remain with you for a lifetime. Time and weather permitting, we may attempt our first Antarctic landing in the late afternoon.
Days 5-7 - Antarctic Peninsula
It is almost impossible to describe the feeling of arriving in Antarctica. Spotting your first iceberg and taking a deep breath of some of the most fresh, crisp air on earth is an experience that will stay with you forever.
Quando chegamos, o lado oeste da Península Antártica e as Ilhas Shetland do Sul estão aí para a gente explorar, com muitas opções à nossa disposição. Como estamos tão ao sul, teremos cerca de 18 a 24 horas de luz por dia, e os dias podem ser tão cheios quanto você quiser.
Sua equipe de expedição experiente, que já fez incontáveis viagens a esta região, usa todo o seu conhecimento para montar a sua viagem dia a dia, escolhendo as melhores opções de acordo com o tempo, as condições do gelo e as oportunidades de ver a fauna.
We generally make landings or Zodiac excursions twice a day. You will want to rug up before joining Zodiac cruises along spectacular ice cliffs or among grounded icebergs, keeping watch for whales, seals and porpoising penguins. Zodiacs will also transport you from the ship to land, where you can visit penguin rookeries, discover historic huts and explore some of our favourite spots along the peninsula.
While ashore we aim to stretch our legs, wandering along pebbly beaches or perhaps up snow-covered ridgelines to vantage points with mountains towering overhead and ice-speckled oceans below. If you have chosen an optional activity, you will have the option to do participate in the activity whenever conditions allow, and of course keen polar plungers will have the chance to fully immerse themselves in polar waters - conditions permitting! The polar plunge can take place at any time during the voyage, so listen out for the announcement from the expedition team and get ready for the most exhilarating dip of your life!
In addition to Zodiac cruises and shore excursions, we may ship cruise some of the narrow, dramatic straits separating offshore islands from the mainland, or linger in scenic bays to watch whales travelling or feeding. This is a great time to enjoy the observation lounge or make your way to the bridge (open at the captain’s discretion) for uninterrupted views of Antarctica in all its splendour. Listen out for the creak and deep rumble of glaciers as they carve. Take a quiet moment to experience the wonder of the pristine paradise of the splendid white continent.
Day 8- Fly King George Island to Punta Arenas
As we approach Frei Base on King George Island, it is time to farewell Antarctica and our amazing adventure before boarding our flight (approximately one hour and forty-five minutes) to Punta Arenas, Chile. There is time for reflection and discussion about what we have seen and experienced. We hope you become ambassadors for Antarctica telling your family, friends and colleagues about your journey to this magical place, advocating for its conservation and preservation so that they might one day visit the region to experience what you have been lucky to see and do here.
Em Punta Arenas, você será levado ao hotel do grupo para passar a noite.
Note: King George Island is located at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula in the South Shetland Islands and is one of the most remote places on Earth. A clear sky with perfect visibility is required for safe take-off and landing. We apologise in advance for any possible delays.
Day 9- Depart Punta Arenas
After breakfast, bid a fond farewell to your fellow travellers as we continue our onward journeys, hopefully with a newfound sense of the immense power of nature (breakfast included). A transfer to the airport is included in the voyage fare.
Note: Should your flight not proceed due to local conditions; you will remain on the ship until it is deemed achievable to return to Punta Arenas. Refer to our terms and conditions for further details.