Will you help me plan a trip to Antarctica?! ...please?

Question

me and some of my friends are planning to visit antartica in 4 years. yes four years is a long time, but this is ANTARCTICA we're talking about!

these friedns of mine and i have traveled to africa togehter last year, so we're hoping antarctica will not only complete meeting all the continents, but also another trip of a lifetime

so, being very serious about this trip, we are organizing this trip early and planning to use all four years to do so

any sensible advice, sites, books, information, facts, etc etc etc would be more than a great help!

we're really trying to look for diffrent ways to get their, like specific companys to follow [cruise, tours, boat, plane, etc] and also maybe hotels we can stay at, specific sites over there we can visit, and the cheapest but still a comfortable environment...

thanks in advance guys! i really appreciate it

XOXO

Answer 1

Ok well first of all there are no hotels in Antarctica!! there is no tourist infrastructure there whatsoever, no restaurants, souvenir shops etc

the only people who ever "stay" there are people who are there for research purposes and so they stay at one of the several bases that are there.

there are one or two tour companies that have options available to be able to stay in Antarctica in an ecocamp. for instance check out this link http://www.thetravellab.com/polar#antarc...

You fly from Cape town, South Africa.

cost wise you are looking at upwards of $40,000 US for these sorts of ventures

otherwise a cruise ship would be your only other option - Antarctica really is a truly untouched continent i'm sorry but of course there aren't and never will be hotels there!!

for cruises your looking at more like $10,000 upwards and then you don't actually get to set foot on Antarctica. this sight should help http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antar...

hope this helps, start saving :-)

Answer 2

well I would suggest listening to all of kevin's advice. He is just so amazing that he can never be wrong =)