Antarctica

The continent you plan years ahead

Older children onlyMost expedition operators set a minimum age, usually eight or twelve.
Everything arranged in advanceEvery visit is a guided voyage; nothing is organised on arrival.
Animals with no fear of peoplePenguins, seals and whales that never learned to avoid us.
Booked once, then doneVoyages are all-inclusive, so nothing has to be decided on the day.

1About travelling in Antarctica

Antarctica is not a holiday and not somewhere you decide on in spring. Every visit is an expedition voyage booked far in advance, and most operators set a minimum age — usually eight, sometimes twelve. For the families who go, it becomes the trip every other one is measured against.

The crossing is the part nobody warns you about. Two days each way through the Drake Passage, rough enough that a child who has never been seasick will be. Operators who fly over it cost more and save four days at sea, and with children that is the trade-off worth thinking hardest about.

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