White Continent: Antarctica, South Georgia & the Falkland Islands Expedition - 2023

Your 24-night journey includes: 20-night expedition cruise with Drake Passage, 5 days in Antarctica, South Georgia, & the Falkland Islands; 3 nights at a Deluxe hotel in Buenos Aires (2 pre- and 1 post-cruise); included flight from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia
  • Penguins lounging on rocks with Ocean Explorer in the background, Antarctica
    GREET PENGUINS AT ALMOST EVERY ANTARCTIC LANDING SITE — THEY'RE JUST AS CURIOUS ABOUT HUMANS AS WE ARE OF THEM!
  • Passengers boarding a zodiac boat next to the Ocean Explorer, Antarctica
    CRUISE ON THE OCEAN EXPLORER, AN AGILE AND STATE-OF-THE-ART EXPEDITION VESSEL THAT CAN NAVIGATE TO PLACES LARGER SHIPS CAN’T
  • Passengers hiking in Antarctica with penguins in the background
    REVEL IN FIVE FULL DAYS OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION, INCLUDING DAILY ZODIAC EXPEDITIONS TO VARIOUS LANDING SITES
  • Famed for its architecture, cuisine, and the passionate tango, Buenos Aires is arguably South America’s most cosmopolitan city
    FAMED FOR ITS ARCHITECTURE, CUISINE, AND THE PASSIONATE TANGO, BUENOS AIRES IS ARGUABLY SOUTH AMERICA’S MOST COSMOPOLITAN CITY
  • Take in beautiful vistas as you cruise into Ushuaia, the world's southernmost city
    TAKE IN BEAUTIFUL VISTAS AS YOU CRUISE INTO USHUAIA, THE WORLD'S SOUTHERNMOST CITY
  • Reserve an optional kayaking excursion and experience the peaceful beauty of these natural Antarctic surroundings up close
    RESERVE AN OPTIONAL KAYAKING EXCURSION AND EXPERIENCE THE PEACEFUL BEAUTY OF THESE NATURAL SURROUNDINGS UP CLOSE
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Easter Island (Pre-Trip)

FROM $2,399 PER PERSON | 6 DAYS | $399 PER DAY

Treat yourself to a Polynesian island experience in the “navel of the world” on a pre-trip extension to Easter Island. This Chilean territory, locally known as Rapa Nui, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Easter Island is world-renowned as the one and only home of the mystifying moai statues. This extension is your opportunity to enhance your understanding of Polynesian culture. Encounter these mystical talismans up close and disentangle history from legend. Who created these statues and how? Whatever happened to Rapa Nui’s ancestors?

Your Price Includes:
  • Round-trip flight between Santiago and Easter Island
  • Accommodations: 1 night at the InterContinental Santiago (or similar) in Santiago, 3 nights at the O’tai Hotel (or similar) in Hanga Roa, Easter Island, and 1 final night at the InterContinental Santiago (or similar)
  • 9 meals: 5 breakfasts, 1 lunch, and 3 dinners
  • 7 included features and Cultural Discoveries: Half-day Hanga Roa tour; full-day Easter Island tour; half-day Orongo and Vinapu tour; half-day Akivi and Puna Vai tour; Ahu Akivi tour with sunset picnic; visit a local resident to learn the history of the Rapa Nui people; and a stop at Easter Island’s historical post office
  • 1 UNESCO site: Rapa Nui
  • All transportation while on tour
  • All transfers and baggage handling while overseas, beginning at our hotel
  • Services of a City Host and a regional expert
  • Tipping for drivers and local guides (excluding City Host)
  • Complimentary Vantage Deluxe Concierge Service to plan celebrations, activities, or provide regional expertise. Log in to My Portfolio and submit a request, or send an email any time up to two weeks prior to your departure at concierge@vantagetravel.com
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DAY 1:

Fly to Santiago de Chile

Today, you will depart the United States for an overnight flight to Santiago de Chile.

DAY 2:

Arrive in Santiago and spend the day at leisure

Welcome to Chile! Upon arrival, a Vantage representative will meet you at the airport to assist with transfers to your hotel. You’ll have time to relax or head out to explore your surroundings at your leisure. Tonight’s dinner will be at the hotel.

Destination Enhancement: Customize your journey when you add an optional excursion. Explore the highlights of Santiago, Chile, on this optional panoramic city tour. Learn more

Included meals:

Dinner
InterContinental Santiago or similar
Destination Enhancements: Santiago Panoramic City Tour

Santiago Panoramic City Tour

  • Approximate Cost: $79 USD per person
  • Approximate Time: TBD
  • Location: Santiago, Chile
  • When: TBD

Set out on a panoramic tour of Santiago, Chile, revealing the city’s colonial and contemporary highlights. You’ll stroll down Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Alameda. Also known as La Alameda, this is the city’s bustling main avenue. Explore the Plaza de Armas de San Fernando, Santiago’s historic main square, surrounded by the 18th-century Catedral Metropolitana de Santiago. You’ll also view the stunning white Central Post Office and the Palacio de la Real Audiencia de Santiago, an early 19th-century palace that once served as the home of Santiago’s royal courts of justice, but today is the site of the National History Museum.

Due to high call volume, we recommend you visit MyPortfolio to book this Destination Enhancement. Don’t wait — these optional experiences are limited to a select number of guests and are selling out fast!


DAY 3:

Fly to mystical Easter Island

Today, you'll head to the airport for your flight to Easter Island. After checking into your hotel, set off on an afternoon tour of Hanga Roa, the island’s main town and capital. You’ll visit a family museum to learn about the Rapa Nui people from a local resident. Enjoy dinner at the hotel this evening.

Included Feature:

  • Half-day tour of Hanga Roa

Cultural Discovery:

  • Visit local museum and learn about the Rapa Nui people’s history

Included meals:

Breakfast & dinner
O'tai Hotel or similar

DAY 4:

Touring the island’s architectural hot spots

Spend a full day touring the island’s famed moai and other archaeological hotspots, starting with Ahu Vaihu. At this ancient temple, you’ll find moai toppled over — the result of tribal conflict, family rivalry, or perhaps even local superstition.

Next, you’ll see the Rano Raraku volcanic crater, a former moai quarry. Word has it that there are statues still waiting to be freed. You’ll view the moai in full glory at Ahu Tongariki, the island’s largest ahu platform.

At Anakena Beach, you have the chance to go for a refreshing swim with these towering statues in view. Ahu Nau is known for having the island's most intricately carved moai. Enjoy a provided lunch and the evening at your leisure.

Included Feature:

  • Full day Easter Island tour

Included meals:

Breakfast  & lunch
O'tai Hotel or similar

DAY 5:

Explore Orongo and Ahu Vinapu

You’ll head south of Hanga Roa for this morning’s tour. Orongo, the ruins of a sod-and-stone house settlement, is situated between the Rano Kau crater and cliffs above the Pacific Ocean. Your next stop is the archaeological site of Ahu Vinapu, where even more mysteries unravel.

Following leisure time for lunch, we’ll reconvene for an afternoon tour of Ahu Akivi, Rapa Nui’s legendary seven scout moai. Stop in Puna Pau on the way back to examine the red scoria rock used to make moai topknots.

Weather permitting, you'll enjoy a rustic picnic dinner tonight at Tahai, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Included Features:

  • Half-day morning tour of Orongo and Ahu Vinapu
  • Half-day afternoon tour of Ahu Akivi and Puna Pau
  • Evening tour of Ahu Akivi and sunset picnic at Tahai

Included meals:

Breakfast & dinner
O'tai Hotel or similar

DAY 6:

Visit the most interesting post office on Earth, then fly to Santiago

Following breakfast at the hotel this morning, you’ll transfer to the airport for your flight back to Santiago. Along the way, you'll pay a visit to Easter Island’s post office, the farthest location from any other post office on the planet. Browse the unique postcards and pick up Easter Island’s stamp.

After arriving in Santiago, you'll have the rest of the day to spend at leisure.

Cultural Discovery:

  • Visit the post office located farther away than any other on the globe

Included meals:

Breakfast
InterContinental Santiago or similar

DAY 7:

Join the base program

Join the rest of the Vantage group to begin your Antarctic expedition.

Included meals:

Breakfast
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Iguassu Falls, Brazil (Post-Trip)

FROM $1,399 PER PERSON | 3 DAYS | $466 PER DAY

When Eleanor Roosevelt first laid eyes on Iguassu Falls, she is famously said to have uttered, “Poor Niagara”! It’s easy to understand what overwhelmed the First Lady. This torrent of water separating Brazil and Argentina plunges over 200-foot-high cliffs in a roaring fury of water. (In fact, Iguaçu translates roughly from the local Tupi-Guarani into “great water.”) Judging from Ms. Roosevelt’s reaction, you’ll want to extend your expedition to view Brazil’s other breathtaking natural wonder. Explore the cataracts from both countries, getting as close to the falls as the spraying mist allows. Join us on this thrilling adventure!

Your Price Includes:

  • Included flights: 1 domestic flight from Iguassu Falls to Buenos Aires, or vice versa depending on itinerary
  • Accommodations: 2 nights near Iguassu Falls National Park at the First Class Bourbon Foz do Iguaçu Hotel (or similar)
  • 4 meals: 2 breakfasts and 2 dinners
  • 2 included features: visit both the Brazilian and Argentinean sides of the falls
  • 1 UNESCO World Heritage Site: Iguassu Falls
  • All transportation while on tour
  • All transfers and baggage handling while overseas, beginning at our hotel
  • Services of a City Host and a regional expert
  • Tipping for drivers and local guides (excluding City Host)
  • Complimentary Vantage Deluxe Concierge Service to plan celebrations, activities, or provide regional expertise. Log in to My Portfolio and submit a request, or send an email any time up to two weeks prior to your departure at concierge@vantagetravel.com
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DAY 25:

Explore the Brazilian side of Iguassu Falls

Begin your Iguassu Falls explorations today on the Brazilian side of the falls. Take in the spectacular panoramic views during a walking tour of Devil's Throat, where torrents crash into a narrow canyon from three sides.

Included Feature:

  • Excursion to the Brazilian side of Iguassu Falls

Included meals:

Dinner
Bourbon Cataratas do Iguaçu Resort or similar

DAY 26:

Discover the Argentinian side of Iguassu

Today’s discoveries take us into Argentina for more views of Iguassu Falls, the world’s largest waterfall system, with 275 falls in less than a two-mile radius. Our first views of will be from the Upper Trail, which offers a premium vantage point of this natural wonder as we literally walk across the water! Lunch is on our own in the park.

Included Feature:

  • Excursion to the Argentinian side of Iguassu Falls

Destination Enhancement: Customize your journey when you add an optional excursion. Set out on a wet and wild rainforest adventure: a Macuco Safari Boat Ride! Or, head out on the town for a sizzling samba show sure to put you in the Carnival spirit. Choose one — or both — of these fun optional tours, and make the most of your time in South America. Learn more

Included meals:

Breakfast & dinner
Bourbon Cataratas do Iguaçu Resort or similar
Destination Enhancements: Macuco Safari Boat Ride,

Macuco Safari Boat Ride

  • Approximate Cost: $99 USD per person
  • Approximate Time: TBD
  • Location: Iguassu Falls National Park, Brazil
  • When: TBD

Explore breathtaking Iguassu Falls up close on this exciting boat excursion through the Brazilian side of the falls!

First, a 4x4 vehicle will bring you through the dense rainforest where you’ll view flowers, birds, and butterflies. As you pass through the undergrowth, your jungle guides will point out orchids, palm trees, bromeliads, and centenarian trees. Then, board special speedboats bound for Iguassu’s gorge, where falls thunder in from three sides and where you can snap some amazing photos. Then, get ready to get wet! Your experienced river pilots, who know these waters extensively, will give you a thrilling ride through some of the rapids, guiding you right up next to the splashing cascades. (Be sure to wear comfortable shoes, casual clothes, and prepare to get soaked! If you prefer not to get wet, a dry option is also available.)

Due to high call volume, we recommend you visit MyPortfolio to book this Destination Enhancement. Don’t wait — these optional experiences are limited to a select number of guests and are selling out fast!

The tour is available during your optional trip extension in Iguassu Falls, Brazil.


Brazilian Samba Show

Brazilian Samba Show

  • Approximate Cost: $99 USD per person
  • Approximate Time: TBD
  • Location: Iguassu Falls National Park, Brazil
  • When: TBD

Experience Rio at its most dazzling by heading out on the town for a traditional samba show sure to put you in the carnival spirit!

A lively dance of Afro-Brazilian origin, today Samba is the most prevalent dance form in Brazil. We’ll take you to a local samba performance where you can see for yourself the vibrant blend of Portuguese, African, and indigenous influences that have shaped Brazil’s singular music and dance forms. It’s a feast for the senses guaranteed to put a wiggle in your hips!

Due to high call volume, we recommend you visit MyPortfolio to book this Destination Enhancement. Don’t wait — these optional experiences are limited to a select number of guests and are selling out fast!

The tour is available during your optional trip extension to Iguassu Falls.


DAY 27:

Fly home

Today, you’ll board your return flight home to the U.S.

Included meals:

Breakfast

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