Antarctica Cruise Deals

Sale now on: Up to $4,000 off 

For a limited time only save up to $4,000 on all-inclusive expeditions to Antarctica, Arctic and Svalbard.

Enjoy special rates on selected itineraries and cabins – 30% off

Enjoy special rates on selected itineraries and cabins – 15% off

Enjoy up to 50% discount on select voyages.

It’s an exciting time of year in polar travel. Our This is Polar Bonus is here, with up to $2,000 USD + 25% in savings for your clients on Arctic 2026 and Arctic 2027 voyages—with additional Arctic 2027 savings of up to $1,000 USD through our Early Booking Bonus.

Enjoy 25% OFF on selected departures.

This exclusive promotion provides a $2,000 USD savings per person on selected Classic Antarctica air-cruises on board the new Magellan Discoverer in all accommodation categories except Triple Veranda Suite during our 2026-27 season.

Save Up To $5,000 USD Per Person With Our 2027-28 Air-Cruise Early Booking Promotion

Our 2027-28 Early Booking Promotion offers savings of $5,000 USD per person to guests reserving Suites, and $2,500 USD per person to guests reserving all other categories of accommodation in single and double occupancy.

The promotion applies to all available Classic Antarctica and Polar Circle air-cruise departures aboard Magellan Discoverer and Magellan Explorer and is available until January 30, 2026. Conditions apply.

Enjoy discounted rates off on select voyages

A child (under 16 years) accompanied by two adults can travel free of charge in a triple Superior cabin or triple Suite.

No Single Supplement on Selected Cabins

The supplement for single usage of a double cabin is waived, according to availability and staterooms categories.

Piet van den Bemd is an expert photographer known for his adventurous spirit, keen eye for detail, and deeply personal approach to his work and guests. What sets him apart is his ability to blend technical expertise with a strong sense of curiosity, encouraging clients to embrace the unknown and explore new perspectives while having fun.

Impact
Piet’s footage and photos have been used in various nature documentaries, newspapers, and scientific articles. He particularly enjoys giving public talks on his photography, nature conservation, and the polar regions have become second nature for Piet. His goal as a photographer is to share stories, create awareness, and inspire people to make a change.

Style
Piet’s openness and enthusiasm for adventure make his approach to both teaching and photography deeply engaging and transformative. His photography is as much about the experience as it is about the final image – it’s about being present, embracing unpredictability, and connecting deeply with the world around him. He believes that the best photography often comes from moments of spontaneity and personal connection, rather than rigidly following rules or conventions.

Dean will be onboard to coach photography on a selected number of photo tours. He is a professional nature and wildlife photographer with a career spanning over 20 years. His travels have taken him across all seven continents and from the High Arctic to south of the Antarctic Circle, giving him diverse experience in all environmental conditions.

Impact
Dean is currently finishing his first book, entitled Modern Day Explorer: A Photographic Journey Through the Lens of Dean J. Tatooles. Divided into seven chapters, it showcases each continent and will share stories of his journeys alongside his images. In addition to photography, Dean was a blogger for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and remains today an avid wildlife and environmental conservationist.

Style
Dean prides himself on making the technique of photography less daunting and more user-friendly and fun. In addition to easy-to-follow lectures, his approach is hands-on and he most enjoys working with guests in the field. Dean makes it a goal to get anyone who will listen off the automatic settings and outside their comfort zone. But, most of all, having fun doing it.

Languages:
English
Spanish

On board this dedicated Photography expedition, you’ll have the privilege of learning from our accomplished Photography Guides and renowned Special Guest Photographers, who will provide captivating lectures, insightful presentations and invaluable tips to help you capture unforgettable moments in Antarctica like a professional.

Gain insights into camera setup, composition enhancement and craft refinement, regardless of your camera gear or smartphone, through personalized guidance both onboard and during onshore adventures.

Photographer onboard: Nigel Danson, Scott Portelli, Rachel Bigsby, James Popsys, Mads Peter Iversen, Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove and Jack Lodge

An accomplished and published photographer with more than 30 years of leading photography adventure trips, Randy readily shares his craft and substantial knowledge with photographers of all types and skill levels. He provides guidance in composition as well as the technical aspects of photography to help clients improve and enhance their skills. Randy has a knack for translating even the most complex technical aspects of photography, as well as the intricate components of cameras, into simple concepts that are easy to understand.

Impact
Randy’s photography skills have earned him multiple awards, most recently two Honourable Mentions in the 2024 International Monochrome competition. He was a semi-finalist for the BBC’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year; his photographs have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Africa Geographic, and Northwest Magazine; and his images grace the covers of numerous books, including Understanding Elephants and The Braided River.

Style
Randy uses his engineering background, coupled with an artistic eye and years of teaching, to help both experienced and novice photographers improve their ability to take eye-catching and memorable photographs. He focuses on drawing the viewer into the image – sharing the feeling of the moment – to capture the excitement of being on location and taking the photograph.

Virgil Reglioni is an expedition leader and professional photographer specialising in the polar regions. His deep knowledge of remote environments, combined with his ability to connect with guests through personalised guidance, make him exceptional at delivering unforgettable experiences. With years of hands-on exploration and a passion for teaching photography, Virgil excels at capturing and sharing the beauty of the pristine landscapes he explores.

Impact
Virgil Reglioni has received several accolades for his photography, including at the 2023 Nature’s Best Photography awards, where he won first place in the Outdoor Adventure category. He was also selected in the 2021, 2022, and 2023 Best Northern Lights Photographer of the Year collections. His Unique Aurora Shot of the Year project, born in 2021, is dedicated to capturing one-of-a-kind aurora borealis photographs in extreme and challenging locations, pushing the boundaries of creativity to present the northern lights from unprecedented perspectives.

Style
Virgil Reglioni’s teaching, guiding, and photography style is defined by his meticulous planning, adventurous approach, and deep respect for polar environments. He has a unique way of using wildlife as a sense of scale in his compositions, blending animals seamlessly into vast landscapes to highlight the grandeur of nature. Focusing on environmental storytelling rather than close-up portraits, Virgil captures images that convey the interconnectedness of wildlife and their habitats, creating visually compelling and educational works that resonate with viewers.

Languages:
English
FrenchF

With over 30 years of experience in wildlife travel and photography, Paul Goldstein has dedicated his career to exploring the world’s most remote and captivating regions — from the plains of Africa to the icy frontiers of the Arctic and Antarctica.

Having led more than 25 polar expeditions, he is renowned for his deep respect for nature, ethical approach to wildlife observation, and passion for small-ship exploration that allows for truly immersive experiences.

A storyteller at heart, Paul Goldstein continues to inspire travelers and photographers alike through his commitment to authentic adventure, conservation, and the thrill of discovery that comes with every encounter in the wild.

• Expertise: With 40 years of experience across all seven continents, Paul is a legend of wildlife photography. In particular, predators. And even more in particular, polar bears.
• Impact: Paul’s a firebrand conservationist, raising money and lecturing all over the world for projects supporting endangered animals and local communities.
• Style: Getting you out of your comfort zone!

Travel to the Antarctica Peninsula with a few of your favourite authors, departing Nov 25, 2026, for an immersive journey like no other.
Whether you’re a budding novelist or simply love curling up with a good book, this unique Antarctic expedition is for you!
On Frozen Chapters: A Literary Retreat to Antarctica, you’ll be joined by three of Australia’s most esteemed authors:

• Jane Caro AM: Walkley award winning columnist, author, novelist & social commentator. She occasionally appears on TV, regularly on radio, makes a lot of speeches and writes often in SMH, Age, The Saturday Paper. She is on the board of the Public Education Foundation. She was awarded the B&T Women in Media Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023.She’s written 14 books. Her two latest novels the Mother and Lyrebird are best sellers.
• Jock Serong: Jock Serong is the award-winning author of seven novels, most recently Cherrywood. He is the founding editor of Great Ocean Quarterly, and has written non-fiction for outlets ranging from The Monthly and The Guardian to Surfing World, Rolling Stone, The Age/SMH, Meanjin, the ABC and more. He has a PhD in Creative Writing and is a Board member of Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas. Jock also writes for screen, works with judges through Australia’s judicial colleges and mentors emerging writers.Jock lives in Port Fairy, on Victoria’s far south-west coast dividing his time with stints on Flinders Island, in the Furneaux group in eastern Bass Strait.
• Hilde Hinton: For many years, Hilde was a secondhand book dealer who read in her spare time. Then she found the courage to write her first novel and was brave enough to share it with a publisher.That critically acclaimed novel, The Loudness of Unsaid Things, made a number of bestseller lists. She has since published two more novels, A Solitary Walk on the Moon and The Opposite of Lonely. Hilde is still a reader, and now a best-selling writer. She lives in Melbourne and is an avid collector of glass fruit, Lego and interesting stories.

These inspiring masters of their craft have published bestselling novels, pen national newspaper columns, and evoke emotion with their powerful words — and they’re excited to share their passion for writing with you!

Over 13 days, they’ll lead a hands-on writing workshop, host a ‘Writers on Writing’ panel exploring the journey to publication, and guide a dynamic book club — naturally, with an Antarctic twist! Plus, you’ll discover Antarctica together, with twice daily landings and plenty of opportunities to maximise your time on the ice.

The dramatic Antarctic continent is a dream setting for literature enthusiasts, accompanied by book lovers, writers, and artists.

From 1973 to 1980, Jean-Pierre Haigneré was an officer fighter pilot in the 13th Fighter Squadron at Colmar on Mirage 5, then Squadron Leader in the SPA 100 squadron on Mirage IIIE, and won the Air Defence Cup in 1985. He was posted to the Brétigny-sur-Orge Flight Test Centre in 1981 as project test pilot in the development of the Mirage 2000N and promoted to Chief Test Pilot in 1983. His experience covers test flight time on almost every military aircraft in service in the French air force from 1970 to1985 (fighter and transport) and most categories of civil aircraft (microlights to airliners). In September 1986, Jean-Pierre Haigneré was one of seven astronauts selected by the French Space Agency (CNES) and headed the Manned Flight Division of the Hermès and Manned Flight Directorate until 1990.

In December 1990, Jean-Pierre Haigneré underwent training at the Russian Star City cosmonaut training centre near Moscow. After seven months he was selected for a 21-day mission on board the Soyouz TM-16 and Soyouz TM-17 and the Russian Mir space station (1-22 July 1993). From January 1997 to February 1998, Jean-Pierre Haigneré resumed training at Star City as the back-up astronaut for the 6th French-Russian Pegase space mission. He joined ESA’s European astronaut corps in June 1998 and was cosmonaut flight engineer for the Franco-Russian Perseus mission. It was the last international mission to the Mir space station which was allowed to deorbit and crash into the Pacific in 2001. With a flight duration of 189 days (20 February- 28 August 1999), including a spacewalk, he undertook the longest flight on record at the time for a non-Russian astronaut. Jean-Pierre Haigneré was the European astronaut with the longest experience in space during a period of 22 years, with 210 days spent on the Mir station.

Spoken languages: English and French

Programme

• A cosmonaut’s itinerary by Jean-Pierre Haigneré
• Eclipses and orbital trajectories by Jean-Pierre Haigneré
• Technology and the magic of space vehicles by Jean-Pierre Haigneré
• Spacewalking, or how to transform yourself into a pedestrian in space! by Jean-Pierre Haigneré

MD rheumatologist (Hospital Cochin Paris 1984-90), PhD Neurosciences (CNRS (1986-1990)), Astronaut, Politician, CEO of a cultural public establishment

Astronaut with 2 space missions: Selected by CNES (French space agency) in 1985 as an astronaut candidate, training in Star City Russia from 1992, first space mission (16 days ) on board Mir space station in 1996, became member of the European Astronaut Corps  for ESA (European Space Agency) in 1999, second space mission (10 days) on board the ISS in 2001.

Member of the French Government under the presidency of Jacques Chirac, as delegate Minister for research (2002-2004) and then delegate Minister for European Affairs (2004-2005)

Advisor to ESA’s DG for European space strategy (2005-2009)

CEO of Universcience «PARIS  science museum »(Palais de la Découverte + Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie) (2009-2015)

Senior advisor to ESA’s DG (2015-2020) about Lunar exploration

Member of Foundations supporting STEM in education and innovation (Fondation L’Oreal, Fondation AIRBUS, Fondation CGenial)

Gran’croix de l’Ordre National du Mérite, Grand Officier de la Légion d’Honneur

Docteur Honoris Causa (EPFL, Université de Mons, Université Catholique de Louvain), Beihang University (Beijing)

Membre  of the French Académie des Technologies, Académie des Sports, Académie des Sciences de l’Outre-Mer, Académie de l’Air et de l’Espace, International Academy of Astronautics, Membre of the Académie des Sciences de Belgique

Réserve Citoyenne de l’Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace française

Spoken languages: English and French

Programme

• An astronaut’s life journey by Claudie Haigneré
• Space challenges (geopolitical, economic, climate change, scientific, technology, etc. ) by Claudie Haigneré
• Challenges and issues of manned space exploration (from low orbit to lunar missions and beyond) by Claudie Haigneré

Award-winning photographer and filmmaker Rich Reid has specialized in environmental and adventure photography for over three decades. On assignment with National Geographic Adventure, he cycled Alaska’s Inside Passage by ferry and explored California’s Gaviota Coast by bike and kayak. North American Nature Photography Association elected Rich as a Fellow for his significant contributions to nature photography, and he was a finalist for the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his time-lapse video documenting forest fire ecology.

His start in photography was accepting the full-time positions as photo editor for the college yearbook and daily newspaper while pursuing his business economics degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. This is where his love of the natural world and art merged to create a lifelong passion for the environment. His work to advocate the preservation of the Gaviota Coast in Southern California was highlighted in National Geographic magazine titled ‘New Park for California Coast?’ Alaska captured Rich’s imagination early in his life as a camping guide leading guests throughout the state photographing wildlife and landscapes from the temperate rain forest to the arctic tundra. He has shared his photography passion as an Alaskan tour operator, Visual Journalism instructor at Brooks Institute in California, and now as a National Geographic photographer with Lindblad Expeditions.

Rich has served on photo expeditions to Antarctica, South Georgia, the Falklands, Svalbard, Galapagos, British Columbia, and the Columbia and Snake Rivers. When not aboard, Rich is using his multimedia skills to preserve open spaces with non-profit organizations and teaching students the fundamentals of garden-based learning. He is based in Ojai, California.

Natalie Hewit is an award-winning director and producer based in the UK. She has been making prime-time documentaries for major terrestrial and international broadcasters -including the BBC and National Geographic – for more than a decade. Her work has received widespread industry recognition and critical acclaim including a Royal Television Society Award for the BBC series Forensics: The Real CSI, and nominations for a Grierson Award and a BAFTA for the Channel 4 documentary Surviving Covid. With human narratives at their core, her projects have taken her to numerous remote and highly challenging locations including an expedition into the Canadian Yukon for the BBC series Operation Goldrush with Dan Snow.

Her directorial debut saw her spend 3 months filming Antarctica: Ice Station Rescue at the Halley VI Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf for the BBC’s prestigious Horizon science series, which earned her a nomination for “Best Documentary” at the Broadcast Awards. Her most recent project, Endurance, marked her second visit to Antarctica, where she documented the expedition to find the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance in the toughest conditions on the planet.

In March 2023, Oscar-winning co-directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi joined Natalie on the team to bring Endurance to audiences for National Geographic Documentary Films. Natalie’s work has gained multiple 5-star reviews and been deemed “Essential” by the Financial Times and “haunting and powerful” by The Guardian. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and has sat on awards juries for the Director’s Guild of America and grant panels for the Explorer’s Club.