Describe the aspects of your itinerary that you thought worked really well. All of it! Cruising in the zodiacs and using the zodiacs for landings worked very well. The ship's crew and the Expedition guides gave instructions and helped us board and disembark the zodiacs each time, giving most guests the option to go ashore or cruise in the zodiacs. The ship's Captain and the Expedition Leader constantly watched the weather so we chased the best weather windows to see as much as possible. By doing this we were able to see everything. Also, this trip was the longest which was great as we had more opportunities to do landings in good weather windows.

Describe the aspects of your itinerary that you thought needs improving The itinerary is great as it is, I don't think it could be improved.

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“Most amazing and incredible voyage I have ever done, and I have travelled a lot. Every day just got better and better. The subantarctic islands of NZ and Macquarie Island (Aust) are also must do's - just incredible wildlife. Macquarie Island - I will never forget standing close to thousands of King penguins, the colony went as far as you could see. Also the colony of Royal penguins and the gentoos. Snares, Enderby, Auckland and Campbell island are also incredible and all are different. Snares - crested penguins, Enderby - yellow eyed penguins and all these islands had many albatross and chicks - truly amazing. Also seals, sealions and elephant seals. Antartica - still trying to take it all in! It was breathtaking every day. The wildlife is fantastic - Adelie, Chinstrap (Balleny Islands), and Emperor penguins. The emperors were very special - we saw them in small groups on the Ross Ice Shelf in McMurdo Sound and on the ice in other areas - including the ice that we walked onto which was a special experience itself. We visited all 5 historic huts - Hillary's at Scott Base, Shackleton's at Cape Royds, Scott's at Hut Point next to McMurdo Base, Scott's at Cape Evans (Terra Nova Expedition) and Borchgrevink's at Cape Adare. It was a very special experience to visit each of these huts and to try to understand the very difficult and extreme cold conditions that these explorers lived in. It was emotional too, as some of them did not return. There were crosses on some of the hills - we did walks to some of them. Another highlight was cruising a long the Ross Sea Ice Shelf after dinner in the long evenings (we had midnight sun) with pods of orcas and other whales, and watching Mt Erebus change to a beautiful pink as it got closer to midnight. There were so many special experiences it is hard to mention them all. We also saw a blue whale, fin whales, humpbacks and some others. Many varieties of birds also. The ship, Heritage Adventurer, was wonderful. The ship's Captain, officers, crew and the Heritage Expedition Team were fantastic and did everything they could to give us an amazing and once in a lifetime experience. I would thoroughly recommend this trip.”

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Describe the aspects of your itinerary that you thought worked really well. The expedition team worked very well together

Describe the aspects of your itinerary that you thought needs improving Nothing. All was done that could be done.

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“It was a very exciting experience. We were taken to a number of very different locations. Fortunately for us the weather was mostly very kind to us. There were only a few days of inclement weather and mainly when we were at sea.”

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Posted 9 months ago

Describe the aspects of your itinerary that you thought worked really well. Getting out into the environment then coming back to a homely environment on the ship including great food and service

Describe the aspects of your itinerary that you thought needs improving The age and emissions of the ship - I understand it is going out of Chimu's portfolio.

Were you satisfied with the efforts taken to minimize environmental impacts during your trip?

“Once in a lifetime and gives human perspective to mother nature and father time!!”

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Describe the aspects of your itinerary that you thought worked really well. So well organised.

Describe the aspects of your itinerary that you thought needs improving Way too much food. Hope waste was minimal.

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“The whole experience was an adventure. The ship, the crew, the expedition guides, other passengers, safety, weather, food, cleanliness, lectures, the organisation, the Drake lake, was all amazing. Then there was Antarctica ... breathtaking scenery, ice bergs, seals on ice bergs, penguins on land and ice bergs, whale tails, sea birds.”

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Describe the aspects of your itinerary that you thought worked really well. Everything worked well except due to a medical emergency we didn’t go as far south as planned, but passenger safety comes first

Describe the aspects of your itinerary that you thought needs improving There’s nothing I can see you could add

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“A bucket list destination well worth doing if that takes your interest. The amount and level of expert knowledge that was portrayed to us was fantastic.”

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Posted 9 months ago

Describe the aspects of your itinerary that you thought worked really well. The quality of the ship, cabin, food, staff

Describe the aspects of your itinerary that you thought needs improving More whale viewing opportunities

Were you satisfied with the efforts taken to minimize environmental impacts during your trip?

“Amazing wild life and scenery.”

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Describe the aspects of your itinerary that you thought worked really well. All of it.

Were you satisfied with the efforts taken to minimize environmental impacts during your trip?

“Everchanging landscape of beauty.”

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Describe the aspects of your itinerary that you thought worked really well. The Intrepid ground crew in Ushuaia were fantastic with assistance and information. They located and retrieved our lost bags. The Ship's crew were very well trained, friendly and efficient. The Intrepid Guide crew were knowledgeable, friendly and extemely competent. They made excursions work beautifully.

Describe the aspects of your itinerary that you thought needs improving Our only stress was due to lost bags by Latam Airlines. Intrepid ground crew in Ushuaia worked the miracle and retrieved our bags before sailing.

Were you satisfied with the efforts taken to minimize environmental impacts during your trip?

“The Antarctic experience is a "trip of a lifetime". It is absolutely mind blowing.”

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