South America and Antarctica
Amazon
The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest and the last great wilderness on earth. Most of Amazonia is without human settlement and the fantastic beasts that have roamed its vast rainforests since time immemorial live there still. Experience a safari by river boat into some of the most remote, untouched rain forest in the Amazon and explore areas rarely visited by outsiders. The experience is something like being on a time machine, as you are able to explore places that have not changed for millions of years.
Cape Horn and Patagonia
Explore the remote wonders unique to the bottom of the world. Visit the areas made famous by Darwin and Fitzroy while on the voyages of HMS Beagle. Transit Cape Horn and the Chilean fjords, and trek through the mountains of Patagonia. The Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and South Orkney Islands offer stunning scenery, epic wildlife viewing, and rich history.
Antarctica
Antarctica, about 14 million square kilometers (roughly the same size of the United States), remains one of the most beautiful and least visited places on Earth. The Antarctica Peninsula is one of the most accessible parts of the Antarctic due to ice conditions that make navigation possible. Because of a relatively mild climate and this annual break up of the pack ice, the Peninsula is home to large concentrations of marine fauna including penguins, seals, whales and many species of sea birds. The landscape is an inspiring mix of towering ice covered mountains and ice bergs afloat on a deep blue sea. Ocean Voyages works with cruise ships and smaller vessels to give the traveller, researcher, or film-maker access to this remarkable area of our globe.
Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos Archipelago is one of the last great natural places on earth. A voyage to this spectacular destination is an opportunity to experience firsthand some of the most unique and accessible wildlife found anywhere.
Chile
Point Arenas, Chile has the honor of being the southernmost city in the world and is a taking off place to explore the fjords, Cape Horn, or the many exceptional national parks in the region. Some of our vessels and naturalists are able to take you to special areas to enjoy observations of whales and porpoises. The waters off of Chile are considered to have more diversity of marine mammals than anywhere else in the world. The Chiloe National Park has many miles of temperate rain forests and windswept, desolate beaches.
