Earth Journeys Highlights… • On-tour film vignettes custom-made for Tauck by BBC Earth natural history experts
• Field equipment gadgets may include FLIR® thermal imaging cameras and shotgun microphones
• Shore excursions guided by expert naturalists, ornithologists, historians or oceanographers • Two nights in Buenos Aires and sightseeing in Ushuaia & Tierra del Fuego National Park • Buenos Aires sightseeing including famed La Recoleta Cemetery & a tango performance
• All gratuities to Tauck Directors, local guides, naturalists and ship staff included; cruise aboard L’Austral or Le Lyrial accompanied by onboard naturalists
• 34 meals, airport transfers as noted, service charges, applicable fuel surcharges, taxes & porterage
Penguins – what you see on land is
only half the story... FLIR® thermal imaging cameras provide a rare look at Antarctica’s penguins as they complete their quest for food in the sea... and shotgun microphones let you “eavesdrop” on hidden worlds. Floating castles of ice glisten in the warmth of the austral sun... glacial mountains rise from the sea, framed against a radiant sky... and, in an instant, a bright sun illuminates a floating regatta of ice formations. Explorers throughout the centuries have been mesmerized and captivated by the ice – today you are that Antarctic explorer.
1. ARRIVE BUENOS AIRES Tour begins: 2:00 PM, The Brick Hotel Buenos Aires. A transfer is included upon arrival from Buenos Aires Ezeiza Int’l Airport to The Brick Hotel Buenos Aires. City sightseeing this afternoon includes a visit to La Recoleta Cemetery. Join us for a welcome reception and dinner with a tango performance. Meals D
2. BUENOS AIRES SIGHTSEEING Your exploration of Buenos Aires continues today with Avenido 9 de Julio, where nine lanes of traffic in both directions are separated by beautifully gardened medians – an engineering coup and a pedestrian challenge! In the heart of downtown, you’ll see Plaza de Mayo, home to Catedral Metropolitana, a neoclassical building completed in 1863. And in Palermo, the largest residential area of Buenos Aires, you’ll find pretty neighborhood gardens designed in 1800, following the examples of London’s Hyde Park and Paris’ Bois de Boulogne (order of sightseeing may vary). The remainder of your day is free; you might explore the neighborhoods of San Telmo, a hotspot for
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tango with plenty of good places to eat, and bohemian La Boca, at the mouth of the Riachuelo River – once the port of entry for thousands of hopeful European immigrants. Meals BL
3. FLY TO USHUAIA / EMBARK SHIP Rise early to fly to the end of the world... Ushuaia and Tierra del Fuego! Isolated from the Argentine mainland by water and mountains, the city of Ushuaia is surrounded by lakes and bays, forests and glaciers. You’ll get a taste of life in the city closest to Antarctica during sightseeing that takes you up and down its colorful streets and on a visit to Tierra del Fuego National Park. Then embark ship and join us for an onboard briefing from the captain and crew – and dinner. Meals BLD
4 - 5. CROSSING THE DRAKE PASSAGE From the southern tip of South America to the Antarctic’s South Shetland Islands, the Drake Passage has been navigated throughout the centuries by explorers and whalers in search of the mythical land once known as Terra Australis Incognita. As
You’ll become a pro at identifying different types of penguins
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