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Antarctica
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Your 14-and-a-half-hour flight to Santiago will leave London in the late evening, so make sure you've got the iPad loaded with the latest box-set.
After you land in Santiago at breakfast time, you will have a short wait before your three-and-a-half-hour internal flight down to Punta Arenas in Chilean Patagonia. Once you have landed and collected your luggage, one of our team on the ground will meet you for short private transfer to your hotel, arriving around teatime. After such a long time travelling we imagine you will want to freshen up, so we've pre-booked you a table at a local restaurant. Before you head out for dinner, a member of your expedition team will meet you at your hotel to go through you clothing and equipment - we will include a comprehensive packing list in your final documents. You can only take a certain amount of luggage with you on the expedition - you'll be pulling it behind you, after all - so the team will help you decide what to pack, what to put in your hand luggage, and what to leave in Punta Arenas to pick up on your way back.
Today you will be met at your hotel by the expedition team and taken to the airport, where you will board your flight to Antarctica. The four-and-a-half-hour flight will take you across Drake Passage before following the western edge of the Antarctic peninsula and the spine of the Ellsworth Mountains. After you land on Union Glacier's blue ice runway you will take your first steps on Antarctica. From here, you will hop into one of the specially adapted mini-buses for the five-mile trip to base camp.
Today, you will ski the last few miles to the Geographic South Pole, the most southerly point on Earth. Beneath your feet, where Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen stood (a few weeks apart over 100 years ago), all 360 lines of longitude meet. It's a strange feeling to know that a step in any direction is north. Having absorbed the majesty of your environment and reflected on your own achievement, you will be treated to a tour of the of the Amundsen- Scott Station by the team at the United States Antarctic Program. You will camp at the South Pole tonight, though we imagine you may be too giddy with excitement to sleep!
This morning you will fly back to Punta Arenas before catching a late evening connecting flight to Santiago. Once you have landed and collected your bags, one of our team on the ground will meet you for a private transfer to your hotel for the night.
Each of our trips is entirely tailor-made with originality, quality and cultural immersion in mind. Our team of destination specialists will craft itineraries based on your tastes, using their first-hand knowledge and the help of our in-country team of Concierges and guides. All trips are accompanied by a wide range of additional services, including a 24-hour helpline, the Original Travel app, fast-track airport services and much more.
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We work with you to build an ultra-personalised holiday itinerary with your choice of accommodation, experiences and activities
All of our holidays include little extras designed to make a big difference to your trip, from fast-tracking you through airport check-in and security to our network of local Concierges
