Ultra-Luxury Seabourn Antarctic Expedition Voyage with Machu Picchu & Iguazu Falls

Your holiday begins as you fly from the UK to your destination.

Touch down in Lima, Peru’s vibrant capital, and settle into your hotel for a two-night stay. Spend time exploring the city’s coastal Miraflores district, its colonial heart, and a celebrated culinary scene before the adventure unfolds.

Enjoy a full day to discover Lima at your leisure. Wander the clifftop promenades above the Pacific, browse lively markets, or sample the ceviche and pisco that have made the city a gastronomic capital of South America.

Fly to Cusco and journey into the Sacred Valley of the Incas, where you’ll check in for two nights. Towering peaks, terraced hillsides, and ancient ruins frame this storied heartland of Andean civilisation.

Explore the Sacred Valley on a guided tour, taking in dramatic Inca terracing and traditional Andean villages. Discover how centuries-old farming techniques and customs still shape life among these magnificent mountains today.

Board a scenic train through the Andes to reach Machu Picchu, the fabled mountaintop citadel of the Incas. Wander its remarkable stone terraces and temples before continuing to Cusco for a two-night stay.

Spend a relaxed day in Cusco, the ancient Incan capital. Stroll cobbled streets lined with colonial churches and Inca foundations, linger in atmospheric plazas, or browse artisan markets for handcrafted Andean textiles.

Fly from Cusco to Santiago, Chile’s sophisticated capital framed by the snow-capped Andes and rolling wine country. Check into your hotel for an overnight stay.

Transfer to San Antonio and embark Seabourn Pursuit, your elegant home for the next 18 nights. This intimate expedition ship blends impeccable service with the promise of the wild landscapes ahead.

Wake to scenic cruising through Reloncavi Sound, where snow-dusted volcanoes rise above still, mirror-like waters. Later, arrive in Puerto Montt, gateway to Chile’s spectacular Lake District and a landscape of forests and fjords.

A full day of scenic cruising unfolds through the Moraleda and Darwin Channels, where Seabourn Pursuit weaves between forested islands and remote Patagonian shoreline. Keep watch on deck for dolphins, sea lions and soaring albatross.

Cruise the Baker Channel to remote Caleta Tortel, a stilted village woven together by wooden boardwalks in place of streets. As dusk falls, Seabourn Pursuit threads carefully through the narrow, winding passage of the English Narrows.

Sail into Eyre Fjord to witness the immense Pio XI Glacier, one of South America’s largest, its ice cliffs calving into the sea. Continue scenic cruising through the dramatic Patagonian scenery of the Wide Channel.

Scenic cruising continues through Peel Fjord to the striking Brujo Glacier, its blue-tinged ice a dramatic backdrop for the day. Sail onward through the Smyth Channel as Patagonia’s wild, mountainous coastline unfolds.

Sail through the historic Strait of Magellan, the fabled passage that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Arrive in Punta Arenas, the windswept gateway city to Chilean Patagonia, where the cruise pauses overnight.

Enjoy a full day in Punta Arenas, a historic port city on the Strait of Magellan. Explore its colourful streets, browse the bustling waterfront, or simply relax on board as Seabourn Pursuit prepares for the far south.

Arrive in the White Continent as Seabourn Pursuit enters Antarctic waters for the first of five days. Guided by weather, ice conditions and wildlife sightings, your Expedition Leader crafts each day’s adventure as it unfolds.

Today might bring a Zodiac cruise through hidden bays and ice floes, guided by your Expedition Leader and shaped by the conditions of the day. Watch for penguins waddling across the shore and seals basking lazily on drifting ice.

Perhaps today calls for a longer cruise deeper into the Antarctic Peninsula, tracing a coastline sculpted by glaciers and framed by jagged, snow-capped peaks. Keep binoculars ready, as whales often surface in these icy waters, a moment few travellers ever witness.

Today your Expedition Leader might choose a Zodiac landing, stepping you ashore amid vast penguin colonies against a backdrop of ice and ocean. It’s a rare thrill to walk on Antarctic soil, however the day unfolds.

Whatever the fifth day brings, savour every moment amid Antarctica’s dramatic scenery before Seabourn Pursuit turns north towards Ushuaia. Icebergs and glaciers drift past for the last time on this rare stretch of the voyage.

Arrive in Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, framed by the jagged peaks of the Martial Mountains. Spend the day exploring this remote outpost at the edge of Tierra del Fuego.

Disembark in Ushuaia and fly to Buenos Aires, Argentina’s elegant capital known as the “Paris of South America”. Check into your hotel for an overnight stay amid grand boulevards and tango-filled streets.

Fly north to Iguazu, gateway to one of the world’s most spectacular waterfall systems. Check into your hotel for a two-night stay, with the roar of the falls never far away.

Behold the full spectacle of Iguazu Falls today, exploring the Argentinian side’s rainforest catwalks past cascading water on every side. The roaring Devil’s Throat, a sheer wall of falling water, is the undoubted highlight.

Cross into Brazil for a half-day tour revealing a panoramic perspective of the falls from across the gorge. Overnight at your hotel, set amid the rainforest on the Brazilian side.

Fly on to Rio de Janeiro, framed by dramatic granite peaks and golden beaches. Check into your hotel for a two-night stay in one of the world’s most striking coastal cities.

Spend the morning at leisure in Rio, relaxing on Copacabana’s famous sands, or perhaps join an optional half-day tour to the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue high above the city. Overnight again at your hotel.

Your holiday complete, today you’ll head to the airport for your flight home.