Antarctica is more than a cruise if you want it to be. While every Antarctica itinerary takes passengers ashore to get close-up views of the continent’s abundance of wildlife, some visitors who travel to Antarctica wish to experience even more thrills. For them, we offer additional activities that some but not all ships offer, including camping, hiking, mountaineering and cross-country skiing, made all the more memorable because the setting is Antarctica.

Safe, clean and scenically set on the Atlantic coast, Montevideo is a pleasure for all who travel to Uruguay. In addition to its mild climate, the capital offers a mix of colonial elegance and striking art deco buildings, sophisticated cuisine and much to see. Unlike most capital cities that most visitors on South America tours encounter, Montevideo is on a human scale with a modest population of just 1.4 million.

For travelers with less time to devote to wine tasting during their travel to Chile, we offer four multi-day tour extensions, ranging from two to three days. On these short trips, visitors not only tour wineries and vineyards but also enjoy gourmet meals there and spend the night. The two-day Colchagua Valley tour visits the largest of Chile’s wine regions, an area known for its reds–Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere and Syrah. On the two-day trip to the Cachapoal Valley, the destination is VIK, the winery that produced Chile’s first 100-point wine.

As part of an ongoing research effort, INBio conducts extensive inventorying and monitoring programs, collecting data about Costa Rica’s flora and fauna at various locations to share with government and other entities. The organization helps formalize agreements for the use of species that represent economic potential in medicine. INBio has also joined international conservation efforts to preserve biodiversity through economic development projects such as eco-tourism, medicine and agriculture.

An astonishing variety of birds to see in Panama