Scenic Eclipse
Guests: 200
Category: Luxury
Arctic and Antarctic Ships
Luxury Ships
These cruise ships blend classic cruising with Antarctic exploration. These pure luxury ships place greater emphasis on the onboard experience. Exceptional service and fine dining cuisine, stylish interiors and extended onboard amenities such as wellness and fitness centres can be expected.
Luxury Expedition
These ships blend the best of expedition and luxury cruising. Smaller vessels, hosting around 100 guests, typically offer two landings per day, with a focus on maximising off-ship, exploration opportunities like traditional expedition ships, but with the onboard comfort, space, amenities and dining you would come to expect of a luxury cruise. Larger ships, accommodating up to 200 guests, often provide one off-ship excursion daily, balancing adventure with logistical constraints of the 100-passenger ashore limit. These ships often feature newer designs and more spacious cabins. with cuisine of an exceptional standard.
Expedition
Expedition-style voyages in the polar regions are designed with a strong focus on getting travellers off the ship and into the environment as much as possible. With fewer than 100 passengers, these vessels can usually land everyone ashore at the same time, maximising the time for exploration. Typically, two excursions are scheduled each day, either on land or by zodiac. These smaller expedition style ships are able to venture where other ships can not, the itinerary can be kept more flexible and adaptable, allowing for spontaneous wildlife opportunities. Accommodation is comfortable and dining standards remain consistently high. The typical expedition traveller is someone eager to spend more time exploring and gaining knowledge, rather than staying onboard. Guests can range widely in age, though it is important to be reasonably mobile, able to manage a steep steps, and confident getting in and out of small zodiac boats.
Fly Cruise
Fly-cruise voyages operate from Chile to Antarctica and offer two key advantages: bypassing long sea crossings and, maximising your time on the continent. A flight takes you from Punta Arenas, Chile, to either King George Island - (the largest of the South Shetland Islands near the Antarctic Peninsula). For Antarctic Peninsula-only itineraries, these flights make shorter visits possible without sacrificing the magic of the experience. Here, you'll find ships offering round-trip flights to and from King George Island, while others combine a flight one way with a Drake Passage crossing the other.
