THERE'S NOTHING COOLER Luxury Expedition To Antarctica

Your polar voyage begins in the beautiful city of Cape Town, South Africa. After a warm welcome from a team of attentive staff, you will receive a safety briefing as well as the latest weather forecasts in Antarctica. Then it’s time to travel in style to one of the most remote places on earth.

The only company in the world to offer a private jet service to Antarctica, White Desert ensures total luxury on your journey to the seventh continent. Sit back and relax as you fly over hundreds of icebergs and into continuous sunshine, an aerial view you will never forget. Your jet will land at Wolf’s Fang runway, sitting beneath one of the most spectacular mountains on the continent. As you disembark into a blinding white landscape of vast icy plains, marvel at the breathtaking beauty of the surrounding Drygalski mountain range. Sitting only a few kilometers away, you’ll spend the day with an expert guide exploring these kilometer-high monoliths of rock rising vertically from ice. As evening arrives, it’s time to take a short 25-minute flight in a DC3 Basler to your luxury camp, Whichaway.

Offering modern luxury in the midst of the most isolated land on earth, Whichaway Camp is complete with every amenity you could need. Your spacious state-of-the-art heated fiberglass sleeping pod is with furnished bamboo headboards, Saarinen chairs, fur throws, and an en suite bathrooms stocked with sustainable Lost Explorer-brand toiletries. The rest of the camp comprises a shower pod, kitchen, lounge and a lavish old-world dining room. Here you will enjoy convivial meals, prepared three times daily by one of Cape Town’s best chefs.

Sleeping in your plush sleeping pod at night, your days will be spent exploring the continent’s totally unique landscape. Designed according to your preference, choose to fill your days with adrenaline-fuelled adventures, or more relaxed excursions. Your choice includes gentle treks to a series of ice tunnels, exploring giant ice waves rising up from the ground, a tour of a local science base and its facilities, or simply an unforgettable picnic under a sky that seems to stretch on for eternity..How many people can say they’ve had a picnic on an iceberg? Not many. This is your chance to experience the White Continent in style.

Additional Information

This experience must be booked within 6 months of purchase, but you can choose to go any time within 1 year.

Availability:

This experience is available:

• Subject to the availability of White Desert.
• Due to the nature of this experience, it is only available during the season which runs at the end of January.

Other Useful Details:

All flights to Antarctica are weather dependent. Subject to prevailing weather conditions, exact dates and times of flight departure may vary slightly.

Guests are expected to provide a medical report within one month after booking.

International flights to Cape Town are not included in the price of this experience to give you maximum flexibility with your travel arrangements.

Return transfers and flights from Cape Town to Antarctica are included in this experience.

Travel insurance is not included, we advise arranging it before departure.

Your stay in Antarctica is inclusive of meals and beverages.

Please state any dietary requirements at the time of booking as not all of the diets can be catered for, without advance notice.

Due to Antarctica's environment, it is essential that guests are equipped and clothed in accordance with the requirements set out.

Guests must be in possession of a valid passport with multi-entry use for South Africa.

No cancellations or amendments are possible once your booking is confirmed.

Bookings are subject to availability. We advise booking at least 9 months in advance to guarantee the desired date and time.