“I was traveling solo and knew I will be rooming with another female solo traveler on the 10 day Antarctica cruise. They will try to pair solo travelers obviously by gender, but by age too. I was fortunately enough to get to room with another cool lady exactly my age from Australia. We both had a dream of visiting all 7 continents by age 30! That is probably why Chimu roomed us together. There was indeed a Chimu representative that did this cruise with us. Of the 198 passengers, a total of 123 passengers booked through Chimu as he stated it. The pictures on the website of the cruise ship looked the same in person. We did get to do a polar bear plunge and 4 of those 10 days are crossing the drake passage. Half our ship did get seasick for this small ship (1/3 of size of carnival cruises). Even people who never get sicknessness experienced discomfort and those who did take seasick pills did get sick. So be prepared! It is gorgeous outside when we got to look through our pothole the first morning. The food on the ship is good and caters to people from all the continents on this journey. There were plenty of Americans on board but most passengers were from Australia. A total of 74 people on our cruise did the Polar Plunge! We were told we probably top the most ever as 40-50 people do it. They did have a shot and a warm towel for us who did it. My Chimu representative sometimes was working remotely and could not answer the phone and/or email right away due to being out of service range. I was not charge any late fees because of this when trying to pay manually with American Express.”
“The ratio of almost one crew member per guest ensured that everything ran perfectly on Albatros Expeditions' Ocean Atlantic. The guides were brilliant, the food magnificent and our (upgraded) cabin a delight. The Chimu rep on board was very helpful. To nitpick, the weather could have been kinder for photography, but the sea was reasonably benign and the wildlife magnificent. Utterly wonderful.”
“what was promised was delivered, there were no coordination issues, the customer support Mr Jason was very prompt in responding to all queries, the only glitch would have been some of my co participants got a better pricing deal for the same occupancy, but the cruise operators Albetross were thorough professional. top importance to safety, amazing food, though the bar was on the expensive side. they were very passionate about what they are doing and caring for the ecosystem.”
“We travelled on the MS Expedition. Facilities were excellent. You don't need a 5 star accommodation to have a fantastic time. The guides had excellent knowledge and gave very informative lectures.”
“Awesome place but a shame there are few ways to get there other than on a large cruise ship (130 passengers in our case). Would recommend a small ship (< 90) or even a small yacht - possible but expensive (& scary!)”
“OH my. What an honour and a privilege to be there and see Antarctica for oneself. No image can truly do it justice. No words can accurately describe it. And no team could have done a better job than the CEOs and crew aboard G Expedition. You guys are amazing, and your creed of "leave no trace" is perfect. Thank you for the education, and the incredible experience. Already planning my return!”
“From start to finish the journey was incredible from staff on the boats to the food to the scenery - well just everything was spot on and more than perfect.Ice camping was..... an experience to say the least. It was everything we dreamed it would be and more.”
