Antarctica

I am taking my first trip to South America and will be going to the Southern
tip of Chili. We are thinking of taking a brief 12 hour flight/visit to
King George Island in Antarctica. This will be in mid November. If anyone
has had any experience with this kind of side trip I would appreciate any
opinions as to whether it is worthwhile and what your experiences may have
been. Thank you. Harvey

As far as I know there is no brief 12 hour visit to King George Island. All
the trips to Antarctica from S America (mainly Ushuaia, Argentina) are by
boat.
I went to Antarctica two years ago. The shortest trip takes 9 days. Four
days to and from Antarctica and five days in various places there (that may
include King George Island).

For your reference, the 9 days trip cost me US$1600.

Let me know if u need any more info.


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I am taking my first trip to South America and will be going to the
Southern
tip of Chili. We are thinking of taking a brief 12 hour flight/visit to
King George Island in Antarctica. This will be in mid November. If
anyone
has had any experience with this kind of side trip I would appreciate any
opinions as to whether it is worthwhile and what your experiences may have
been. Thank you. Harvey

June wrote:

As far as I know there is no brief 12 hour visit to King George Island. All
the trips to Antarctica from S America (mainly Ushuaia, Argentina) are by
boat.

http://www.dap.cl operates charter flights from Punta Arenas with
one and two day itineraries.

Till

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On 10/19/2003 1:02 PM Till Kinstler while directing tourists to the Zazu
Pits, was inclined to say:

June wrote:



As far as I know there is no brief 12 hour visit to King George Island. All
the trips to Antarctica from S America (mainly Ushuaia, Argentina) are by
boat.



http://www.dap.cl operates charter flights from Punta Arenas with
one and two day itineraries.

Till



Holland America Lines also offers a South America and Antarctica
cruise. That may not be what the O.P. is looking for, but I thought I'd
mention it as an option for others.

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We are planning a longer stay in south am.
At a certain point we want to vissit Antartica too. So Im very inter. in info.
Read in the south am. Footprint there is a poss. to go by Chilian navy boats.
This should be cheaper than the cruisse option.
As i said, all info welcom.
Wim