Day 1: Arrival in Buenos Aires

Meet and greet at the Ezeiza International Airport of Buenos Aires in arrival hall. Transfer to the Palladio MGallery 5* (or similar). Lunch, afternoon, and dinner are at your leisure. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 2: Buenos Aires to El Calafate

After breakfast, check out of the hotel and transfer to Buenos Aires airport for the flight to El Calafate selected by Ponant. Upon being welcomed by your local English-speaking representative, you will be transferred to a local restaurant for lunch, with a demonstration of the "Gaucho" life. Later drive towards the Chilean border at Cerro Castillo (about a 3-hour drive). Proceed through border formalities, and board your motorcoach with your Chilean local driver and guide. Proceed to Puerto Natales (1.5-hour drive), and you will arrive at The Remota Patagonia lodge hotel 4* (or similar). Dinner at the hotel.

Day 3: Puerto Natales to Torres del Paine National Park

After breakfast, visit the spectacular Perito Moreno glacier. This extraordinary tour will bring you to the biggest and most important highlight of the Argentine Patagonia region. Depart from the hotel to visit Perito Moreno (approximately 1 hour 17 min drive time from El Calafate). During this tour, you will notice the dramatic change in landscape. While in El Calafate everything is dry, harsh and flat, at the park entrance you will see trees, mountains and green vegetation. Soon you will see the breath-taking Perito Moreno glacier, the centerpiece of the national park. Due to unusually favorable local conditions, it is one of the few advancing glaciers on the planet. The Moreno glacier merits a visit and you will be highly impressed standing only a few meters away from its 200 to 260-yard high (60 to 80 m) walls. The deep blue colors of the ice and the shape of the glacier with all its small columns are unbelievable. You will have enough time to explore this site by yourself, before returning to El Calafate.

Day 4

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Day 5: El Calafate to Ushuaia

Breakfast and check out of hotel. Transfer to El Calafate airport in time for flight El Calafate/Ushuaia selected by PONANT.

Day 6-18: At Sea and Expedition

Embark on a polar expedition cruise to discover the most beautiful sites of South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula. Cross the Drake Passage, visit South Georgia with its black-sand beaches and snow-covered mountains, and explore the Antarctic Peninsula with its vast icebergs, glaciers, and diverse wildlife including penguins, seals, and whales. The itinerary may vary based on weather conditions and ice.