ELDERTREKS is the world's first adventure travel company designed exclusively for people 50 and over. With 20 years of experience, we offer active, off-the-beaten-path, small-group adventures by both land and sea in over 80 countries.

ElderTreks offers several incredible Antarctica journeys aboard icebreakers and ice-strengthened ships. Cross the Drake Passage to a remote and magical land of glaciers, icebergs and rugged mountains to the South Shetlands, Deception Island and the 1,000 ft high walls of the Lemaire Channel. Visit gentoo, Adélie and chinstrap penguins. Explore by Zodiac or helicopter, and always keep a watchful eye for migrating whales.

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Journey to the Falklands, or South Georgia, or cross the Antarctic Circle. Wildlife highlights include emperor and king penguins, elephant seals and the soaring albatross with a 12-foot wingspan. Voyage to Antarctica is truly an unforgetable experience, inspired by great explorers from Shackleton to Scott, in the surreal, remote and pristine beauty of the white contient. Our Antarctica adventures are listed at right - click on any one of them for further details.