Upcoming Departures of L'Austral

More Information about L'Austral

Day 1 - Ushuaia (Argentina)
Embarkation from 5.00pm to 6.00pm. 

Regarded as the world’s southern-most city, Ushuaia is the capital of Tierra del Fuego in the extreme South of Argentina at the end of Beagle Bay. This amazing little town of over 45,000 people is surrounded by mountains and fertile plains. The first inhabitants here were nomadic hunters and gatherers who arrived on foot to the Isla Grande over 10,000 years ago. Nature lovers will be bowled over by the Tierra del Fuego National Park and its amazing wealth of flora and fauna: beavers, albatrosses, guanacos, penguins... Here forests cover the slopes of the Andes mountains then give way to snow-capped peaks… a truly unique and unforgettable landscape.

Day 2 - At Sea - Drake Passage
To reach the mythical «White Continent» you will cross the notorious Drake Passage named after the famous explorer, Sir Frances Drake, who sailed in these waters way back in 1578. You will then traverse the Polar Front which marks the area where waters from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans meet.

Day 3 - At Sea - Drake Passage

Day 4 - Neko/Paradise Bay/Lemaire Channel (Antarctica)
The magic continues when you arrive in Neko Bay: mountains, snow, ice and nature in the wild combine to create a unique landscape in a muffled atmosphere, broken only by the haunting cries of Cape petrels and cormorants. Even further south in the heart of this glacial universe the high cliffs of Booth Island and Cape Renard mark the entrance to the Lemaire Channel, a paradise renowned throughout the world for its spectacular beauty.

Day 5 -Pleneau Island/Port Lockroy (Antarctica)

Day 6 - Cuverville/Gerlache Strait (Antarctica)

Day 7 - Deception Island (Antarctica)
At Deception Island you will marvel at one of the largest colonies of Chinstrap penguins.

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Day 8 -Cruising the Wendell Sea Brown Bluff
Our call at Brown Bluff on the Antarctic continent brings you to the foot of an imposing cliff where you will find a colony of 20,000 Adelie penguin couples.

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Day 9 -At sea, Drake Passage (Antarctica)

Cruise Fares
Please contact us for more information and availability.

Prices are per person, based on double-occupancy and subject to fuel adjustment.

*On request. Limited availability.

Our fares include:
Your cruise including all meals from dinner on the day of embarkation to breakfast on the day of disembarkation Captain's Welcome Cocktail
Mineral water, tea, filter coffee, white, red and rosé wines served with meals
24 hour room service (selected menu)
Evening entertainments and events, and/or organised shows
Porterage from the quayside to the ship and vice versa (when applicable)
English-speaking guest-speaker (when applicable)

Our fares do not include:
Flights and airport taxes (unless specified)
Port and safety charges
Gratuities
Transfers, day rooms and other services at arrival & departure, before embarkation and after disembarkation
Optional shore excursions (sold on board)
Insurance
Personal expenses
Other drinks than aforementioned ones

** Ponant Bonus Fares:
Special Savings program off published cruise-only fares for select voyages, in all stateroom and suite categories. Ponant Bonus fares are capacity controlled, subject to availability and may change at any time without notice. Ponant Bonus could decrease or be closed for specific stateroom and suite categories or entire cruise.

Ponant bonus fares represent savings from the published fare and may not be combined with certain other promotional offers. Some cruise credits may not be combinable. The bonus fares represent our best available rate at time of booking.