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Please share your thoughts on any specific tours or hotels that you would recommend or would not recommend? All the hotel / resort accomodations throughout Chile and Argentina were of high standard with excellent staff. In Buenos Aires, I would consider using a hotel in the new harbour area of the city in stead of Recoleta area of the city as it would make many more of the sites accessible when walking.

We are always looking at ways to improve our sustainability efforts. Can you tell us about any initiatives you saw at the accommodations you stayed at to conserve energy or reduce waste? Please specify the town/city and hotel name where you observed these Accomodation encouraged the re-use of linen. water fountains were also provide to re-fill bottles to reduce waste.

Were any of the activities you participated in during your trip designed to protect the environment? If so, please share details about your experience. Strict bio-security procedures aboard the ship prior to boarding zodiacs and again upon return to the ship to protect the Antarctic continent and wildlife from any cross contamination risk.

“The entire trip aboard the MS Expedition exceeded my expectations. The entire crew from housekeeping to the Captain provided outstanding care and service at all times. Our trip, 'Quest for the Antarctic Circle' was filled with stunning scenery and wildlife as well as the opportunity to visit old Antarctic scientific bases.”

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Describe the aspects of your itinerary that you thought needs improving overnight camping and day paddle cancelled but the weather controlled that and could not be helped.

Please share your thoughts on any specific tours or hotels that you would recommend or would not recommend? great where we stayed up on the hill, restaurant down on the water we all went to, fantastic to compensate that we waited an extra day to start.

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“Excellent, staff with Itrepid were excellent as were the ship staff and meals, all the talks/lectures/presentations were extremely interesting and especially the Citizen Scientist where we went out collecting data. Daily excursions were fantastic although there was some difference in the enthusiasm of some of guides when others in other gropus told what they had done and we felt , well we did't get that degree of exposure with information and destinations. Overall , loved it although the Drake Passage gave us trouble going over, but changed to Phenergan 10mg on way back and heaps better. Polar Plunge and a double vodka was the highlight. thanks for the experience”

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We are always looking at ways to improve our sustainability efforts. Can you tell us about any initiatives you saw at the accommodations you stayed at to conserve energy or reduce waste? Please specify the town/city and hotel name where you observed these On the Ocean Endeavour we were encouraged to reuse towels etc to minimize water use; single use water bottles were discouraged.

Were any of the activities you participated in during your trip designed to protect the environment? If so, please share details about your experience. Boots were disinfected before and after each landing in Antarctica to protect wildlife. We were given clear instructions about where we could walk on each landing and were not allowed to sit/put bags on the ground to minimize contamination.

“An amazing trip to Antarctica, I enjoyed every minute. The scenery and wildlife were breathtaking and unlike anywhere else I have been. Highly recommend travelling there with Chimu/Intrepid. The boat staff and the Intrepid team went to great efforts to ensure we thoroughly enjoyed our experience.”

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Describe the aspects of your itinerary that you thought needs improving I would have liked to have seen an Toucan

Please share your thoughts on any specific tours or hotels that you would recommend or would not recommend? All Hotels we stayed at were very good and well located especially Intersur Recoleta Buenos Aires and Albotross in Ushuaia

We are always looking at ways to improve our sustainability efforts. Can you tell us about any initiatives you saw at the accommodations you stayed at to conserve energy or reduce waste? Please specify the town/city and hotel name where you observed these All Hotels were conscious on towel washing, The Hondius was very sustainable they used desalinated water for every water usage on the ship absolutely no bottled water. very conscious of recycling.

Were any of the activities you participated in during your trip designed to protect the environment? If so, please share details about your experience. Yes the Biosecurity was very strict in the Antarctic, The Wildlife had right away we didn't walk on their tracks and we had to stay 5 feet away from the wildlife. we were not allow to sit kneel or put anything down on the ground. Our clothing had to be clean and was inspected and boot were cleaned a chemical and through a scrubber we were allowed to pick up plastic from the beaches.

Describe the aspects of your itinerary that you thought worked really well. In the Falklands at Saunders Island and Stanley we were able to chat to some of the locals and their life style

“A trip of a lifetime and spectacular, The ability to be able to see the wildlife in natural environment up close, Beyond awesome from wildlfe, History, reseach and Environmental.”

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Please share your thoughts on any specific tours or hotels that you would recommend or would not recommend? Intersur was a well placed hotel and was happy with this as the recommended hotel.

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“Absolutely an amazing place to travel to. Met all my expectations and more. Be prepared that the weather dictates everything on the wonderful adventure.”

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Were any of the activities you participated in during your trip designed to protect the environment? If so, please share details about your experience. Our zodiac outings included decontamination of our boots so as not to spread diseases throughout the penguin colonies.

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Please share your thoughts on any specific tours or hotels that you would recommend or would not recommend? We would recommend the Intersur Recoleta hotel. It was situated in a lovely area and was close to many sights and restaurants.

We are always looking at ways to improve our sustainability efforts. Can you tell us about any initiatives you saw at the accommodations you stayed at to conserve energy or reduce waste? Please specify the town/city and hotel name where you observed these The principles of ecotourism were adhered to at every point throughout the Antarctic cruise.

“Antarctica provided us with amazing scenery and a broad selection of wildlife, including millions of penguins, seals, whales, icebergs, glaciers, birds and ice. This is a once in a lifetime experience.”

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Please share your thoughts on any specific tours or hotels that you would recommend or would not recommend? Recommend staying in accommodation close to centre of towns.

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