Paradise Harbor Antarctica
Antarctica

31 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Azamara Club Cruises (10 Cruises)

Celebrity Cruises (11 Cruises)

Norwegian Cruise Line (6 Cruises)

Regent Seven Seas Cruises (4 Cruises)


Frequently Asked Questions

On the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The bay opens between sharp mountains and glacier fronts that drop straight into steel blue water.
Whalers of the early 20th century named it, because they sheltered their factory ships there. It is one of the few cheerful names on the Antarctic chart.
Yes. The area around the Argentine station Almirante Brown, on a rocky headland along the shore, is sometimes used as a landing site. Most sites in the region are islands : here you are standing on the Antarctic continent itself.
Exploring happens at water level, among brash ice grinding against the pontoons. Outings run along the ice cliffs at a respectful distance, weave around grounded icebergs and linger in Skontorp Cove, where crabeater seals lounge on drifting floes.
Yes. Humpbacks and minke whales frequent the bay in the austral summer. One loud exhalation in the silence is enough to turn every head.
A short climb through the snow leads to a viewpoint over the whole anchorage, its glaciers and the gentoo penguins nesting on the bare rocks, indifferent to visitors in parkas.
On some ships, yes. The bay suits it particularly well, paddled in a silence broken only by the cracking of glaciers. Some programmes also run overnight camps on the snow here.
Snow petrels, Cape petrels and skuas patrol constantly above the boats, alongside the gentoo penguins nesting on the rocks.
None. No pier, no shop, no opening hours. The programme depends on ice, wind and swell, and expedition leaders adjust every outing to the conditions of the moment.
Late in the day, when the sun drops close to the horizon and the night, at the height of the austral summer, never turns fully dark. Photographers call it some of the finest light on the peninsula.