Atlantic Odyssey
Sail home from Antarctica – grand voyage for those with time | 44 Days
This very special voyage as the vessel is repositioned from the Southern Atlantic Ocean to the Arctic region has been called the ‘finest pelagic bird-cruise’ in the world.
Apart from observing many bird species, you will be able to witness the northern bird migration.
Starting in Ushuaia, the ship heads south to the Antarctic Peninsula for a full adventure in search of albatross, petrels and other southern species.
Then we turn north to South Georgia for king penguins, macaroni penguins and wandering albatross before continuing deeper into the Atlantic to visit the Tristan da Cunha archipelago. Here we may be able to land at Inaccessible Island to see the endemic inaccessible rail. There are zodiac cruises close to Gough Island for Gough moorhen and Gough bunting before sailing on north to St. Helena, where Napoleon lived in exile, and Ascension Island with its colony of over a million sooty terns.
Passengers then continue for a further week’s voyage to Praia in the Cape Verde Islands with its spectacular volcanic scenery, so different from the ice of the Southern Ocean.
When: 12 March – 26 April 2025, 21 March – 5 May 2026
Guide price: From £19,175 per person for the 2025 voyage which includes the Antarctic Peninsula
Options: Try SH Vega’s 20 night South Atlantic Semi-Circumnavigation from Ushuaia to Capetown via South Georgia and Tristan da Cunha in mid March 2026
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Fiona’s travel tips
SHORT OF TIME: If you cannot spare the time to join for the whole trip, ask us about joining in Ushuaia to head north to St Helena – a saving of 10 days.
LET US KNOW: If you have a former connection with any of the polar regions we visit by ship. Perhaps you or a relative lived on one of the bases, or were a member of a past expedition? We can offer you the chance to share your experiences, diaries or photographs with others on your voyage. In the past we’ve even got the ship to make unscheduled visits to tie in with such an event.
MUST READ: Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing; A First-Rate tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott & the Race to the South Pole by Diana Preston and Mawson’s Will by Lennard Bickel.
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