Tag Archives: Cruise travel tips

Day Trips From Buenos Aires: Colonia or an Estancia

If you have a spare day in Buenos Aires, there are two classic ways to [...]

Two Days in Buenos Aires Before Your Cruise

The required arrival is December 20, which gives you one evening. Fly in two days [...]

Flights, Transfers, and Money for Antarctica

Book your flights around two dates. Do that before you book anything else.

The Drake Passage and Seasickness: What to Expect

You cross the Drake Passage twice, on December 28 and again on January 2. Each [...]

Packing for an Antarctica Cruise in Summer

This trip runs from an 84-degree summer city to freezing water and back to the [...]

Antarctica by Large Ship: Why There Are No Landings

This voyage does not land passengers in Antarctica. That is a rule, not a choice, [...]

Choosing Your Cabin for an Antarctica Cruise

On most cruises the cabin is where you sleep. On this one it is also [...]

What an Antarctica Cruise Really Costs

The fare is the largest number, and it is not the only number. Here is [...]

Seventeen Days to Antarctica and Back

The ship ties up in Buenos Aires in the morning. The brown water outside your [...]

Antarctica by Big Ship: What You Gain and Give Up

Expedition voyages to Antarctica commonly cost three times what this one does. Here is what [...]

Leaving Antarctica: What You Can Take Home

You can bring back photographs. That is the whole list.