Expedition Cruises – Antarctica & SubAntarctic View Basket

The spirit of adventure and exploration is being suffocated by jet liners and large cruise ships. This, at a time when an increasing number of people looking for exactly that – a genuine wilderness and wildlife adventure. Maybe you are one of those people looking for this. Expedition Cruising still provides genuine travellers (not tourists) opportunities to go where few people have been, to have experiences that few people have had.

Expedition Cruising enables us to go to places that are inaccessible to most other forms of travel, it doesn’t discriminate, is available to people from all walks of life and can be enjoyed regardless of age or gender. The spirit of adventure generated by expedition cruises brings people together in a unique way.

Expedition Cruising is generally done on smaller sized vessels to avoid the negative impacts from large groups of people on a culture or on an ecosystem. Smaller groups mean more time ashore and a more genuine experience whether it is in a wilderness or enjoying a cultural exchange in a remote village or town. Expedition ships are designed to navigate where the larger ships can’t go and to land you with zodiacs in places where few travellers have been before. The objective of Expedition Cruising, apart from having an enjoyable time, is creating a learning environment. Staff are teachers and interpreters not entertainers. One of the objectives of Expedition Cruising is to create ambassadors for conservation.

The Russ family through Heritage Expeditions pioneered Expedition cruising in:

• the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand and Australia,
• the Ross Sea region of Antarctica
• the Russian Far East.

Heritage Expeditions is committed to conservation through advocacy and education and believe that Expedition Cruises can deliver on that and at the same time provide participants with a memorable travel experience. With Heritage Expeditions there is no need to sacrifice comfort and quality of food or accommodation.

Heritage Expeditions’ vessel the ‘Spirit of Enderby’, accommodating just 50 passengers, is comfortable and functional, having all the attributes that make it the perfect Expedition ship. It is one of the last family operated Expedition ships of its size and type in the world.