Our Antarctica hotels price-match guarantee: Don't forget that The South America Specialists™ have price-match guarantees on all our hotels in Antarctica.Our travel experts have travelled extensively in and around Antarctica as well across the whole of South America — so let us help with the heavy-lifting! Reaching Antarctica could be challenging and expensive but indeed possible. May picks up where April left off, bringing increasing temps and clear skies in the northern half of South America and starting to plunge Patagonia and Antarctica in the opposite (rather chilly) direction. This is a truly great month to visit: May falls right between Easter and the start of the busy tourist season which starts about mid-June. Roam around the remarkable South America first, tastes the world class food here, dance with the locals and understand their culture before jumping off to meet the wildlife of Antarctica. As the world’s longest mountain range, the Andes stretch from the northern part of the continent, where they begin in Venezuela and Colombia, to the southern tip of Chile and Argentina.
And yet it is something even greater; the only place on earth that is still as it should be. Overnight in Buenos Aires, then your journey begins in Ushuaia, the city at the “End of the World.” Venture to the snowy Antarctic Peninsula, where colossal penguin colonies, awe-inspiring icescapes, migratory whales, lounging seals and soaring seabirds await. Recorded February 8 through March 7, 2009. South America and Antarctica travel in April April is an exceptional month to tour South America : the northern half of the continent is diving headfirst into spring whilst, in the south, the autumn is showing its colourful splendour. South America & Antarctica Travel Blog. South America & Antarctica. Art, and it would be Michelangelo. ANTARCTICA “If Antarctica were music it would be Mozart. Blue skies, nearly endless sunshine (and literally endless around Christmas time) an abundance of unique wildlife and favourable cruising conditions attract adventurers from all over the world. The Andes mountain range dominates South America’s landscape. Literature, and it would be Shakespeare. South America has long been a continent of mystery and intrigue – lost cities and ancient civilisations amongst natural wonders that stretch from the mighty Amazon River to the granite peaks and icefields of Patagonia to the towering peaks of Torres del Paine in Southern Chile. Cruise Antarctic & South America Discovery Embark on a journey of extremes, from icy Antarctica to tropical Rio. Overnight in Buenos Aires, then your journey begins in Ushuaia, the city at the “End of the World.” Venture to the snowy Antarctic Peninsula, where colossal penguin colonies, awe-inspiring icescapes, migratory whales, lounging seals and soaring seabirds await.
Cruise South America & Antarctic Discovery Embark on a journey of extremes, from icy Antarctica to tropical Rio.