The Antarctic Peninsula

Yes. Fly the Drake is a 6–8 day Antarctic Peninsula journey built around a private flight across the Drake and straight to the ice. It suits travelers who want the icebergs, whales and glaciers without the crossing by sea. Like every journey here, it is a point of departure rather than a package, and your advisor reshapes it entirely around you.

Yes. The Private Kayak & Adventure journey on the Antarctic Peninsula runs 8–11 days and centres on paddling and camping on the ice, the active heart of the white south. Its signature moment is a private paddle through brash ice as penguins porpoise past your bow. Kayaks among the bergs are arranged privately, alongside the Zodiacs and ships.

Yes. The Photographer's Antarctic is a 9–12 day private Antarctic Peninsula journey with private guides, shaped around the light, the ice and the wildlife at their finest. It draws on the Peninsula's defining scenes: icebergs the size of cathedrals seen from a private Zodiac, humpbacks surfacing beside the boat, and penguins among the brash ice.

The Private Ship is an 8–12 day Antarctic Peninsula expedition aboard an ice-class yacht, with Zodiac landings among the penguins and the great white silence. A private Zodiac threads icebergs the size of cathedrals, the only sound the ice, and humpbacks may surface beside the boat in a mirror-still bay, with a naturalist at your side.

The best time to visit the Antarctic Peninsula is from November to March. Your advisor matches the timing to your priorities: icebergs, whales and glaciers on a private ice-class yacht, Zodiac landings among the penguins, kayaking through brash ice, or, for The Photographer's Antarctic, the light, the ice and the wildlife at their finest. Each journey is a point of departure that is reshaped around you.

Most Antarctic Peninsula journeys run from 6 to 12 days, depending on the style. Fly the Drake takes 6–8 days, with a private flight across the Drake straight to the ice. Private Kayak & Adventure runs 8–11 days, The Private Ship 8–12 days, and The Photographer's Antarctic 9–12 days. Each is a point of departure rather than a package, so your advisor reshapes the length entirely around you.

Yes. Forest Travel designs every Antarctic Peninsula journey privately, treating its journeys as points of departure rather than packages and reshaping each one entirely around you. The private ice-class yachts, the Zodiac landings among the penguins and the kayaks among the bergs are all arranged for you. A naturalist or private guides can join you, and the white continent is woven into a single, extraordinary journey.

A private Antarctic Peninsula journey starts from around US$1,800 per person per night, and journeys run 6 to 12 days. Four items move the total more than the cabin grade: flights to the gateway city, the charter flight across the Drake if you fly it, gratuities, and activities such as kayaking and camping on the ice. A private ice-class yacht sits at the top of the range. Your advisor gives the starting figure early and the total once the journey is designed.

Yes, during the austral summer, November to March; outside that window the continent is effectively closed to travellers. The Peninsula is reached by expedition ship, by private ice-class yacht, or by a flight across the Drake that skips the crossing by sea. Landings follow IAATO guidelines: no more than 100 passengers ashore from a ship at once, one ship per site, and no landings at all from ships carrying more than 500, so a smaller vessel means more time on the ice.

It depends on what you want to see within the November to March season. November to early December brings pristine ice and penguins courting and nesting, the quietest start. December and January are peak summer, with near 24-hour light, the warmest temperatures and penguin chicks hatching. February and March bring the best whale watching and receding ice that opens further exploration. The finest cabins on ice-class vessels are claimed twelve to eighteen months ahead.