Arrive in Antarctica
Meet the team, settle into camp and step onto the ice for the first time.
A Day on Ice
Leave Cape Town in the morning and spend a day exploring the white continent before flying home beneath the midnight sun.
An expedition in the interior is measured in days, landscapes and the small moments that stay with you long after the flight home.
Hour-by-Hour
This is a journey to a place that has no equivalent: vast, quiet, alive with weather and light. Our team gives you the confidence to meet it on its own terms.
“The most powerful thing about Antarctica is its scale. It gives you time to see the world differently.”
White Desert expedition guide
On the ice
SAMPLE ITINERARY
Sample Itinerary
A Day on Ice
Antarctica is always in motion. This sample shows the shape of the journey; the final itinerary follows the weather, the ice and the opportunities of the day.
Into the interior
Explore a landscape of blue ice, snow ridges and ancient mountain outcrops.
A day of discovery
Choose an expedition objective with your guides, from a glacier trek to a high-altitude flight.
The long horizon
Travel farther into the interior and let the scale of the plateau unfold around you.
Return to camp
Share stories over dinner, then watch the light move across the mountains.
One last view
A final morning on the ice before the flight back to Cape Town.
Baby Penguins & Blue Tunnels
A close encounter with emperor penguins and the blue ice of the interior.
South Pole & Penguins
Journey to the geographic South Pole and the coast beyond.
South Pole & Blue Rivers
Cross the high plateau in search of Antarctica's hidden blue rivers.
Begin your journey
Antarctica is waiting. Speak to our expedition team and start planning.
Start planning