This eighteen night trip departs Dublin on New Year's Eve and takes you from Buenos Aires to Antarctica and back. With two nights in the city before you board, a Prime Veranda cabin and gratuities included, it is one of those trips that very few people ever get to do.
Celebrity Equinox is a mid-sized premium cruise ship, well suited to longer voyages where comfort matters. Veranda cabins are spacious with a private balcony, giving you a front row seat as the scenery changes from the open South Atlantic to the ice fields of Antarctica. Dining spans multiple restaurants and casual venues, and evenings bring entertainment, bars and plenty of time to take stock of what you have seen that day. With gratuities included, there is very little to think about beyond what is outside the window.
You arrive into Buenos Aires on New Year's Eve and check in to the NH Buenos Aires City hotel on a bed and breakfast basis. Two nights in the city gives you time to find your feet, explore the neighbourhoods of San Telmo and Palermo, eat well and see in the New Year before the cruise departs on 2nd January.
On 6th January the ship tenders into Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world and the last real outpost before Antarctica. It sits at the edge of the Beagle Channel with mountains behind it and a striking end of the world feel. The following morning the ship passes Cape Horn, the rocky headland where the Atlantic and Pacific meet and one of the most famous navigational points on earth.
This is the centrepiece of the trip. The ship sails through the Schollaert Channel, the Gerlache Strait and into Paradise Bay, passing glaciers, icebergs and colonies of penguins along the way. From your private balcony you can watch the ice come into view without leaving your cabin. Elephant Island follows, a remote and dramatic stretch of coastline made famous by Shackleton's survival expedition of 1916.
Port Stanley is a characterful stop with wide open landscapes and excellent wildlife. Puerto Madryn opens up Patagonia and whale watching at PenÃnsula Valdés. The final port is Montevideo, worth an afternoon on the Rambla waterfront before sailing back to Buenos Aires.
Return flights from Dublin with Air France outbound via Paris Charles de Gaulle to Buenos Aires and KLM return via Amsterdam to Dublin, private car transfer from Buenos Aires airport to NH Buenos Aires City on arrival, 2 nights at NH Buenos Aires City on a bed and breakfast basis, seat in coach transfer from Buenos Aires Port to the airport on departure, 14 night Antarctica cruise on board Celebrity Equinox in a Prime Veranda cabin (Cabin 8189), $200 onboard credit and gratuities included. Flights depart Dublin on 31 December 2026. Price is correct at the time of posting (08 April 2026). Offers are subject to change.
Price from €7,263 per person
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