| Day | Destination | Description |
| Day 1 | Ushuaia | Passengers board the Antarctic Dream where they will be greeted by the Expedition Leader and staff and shown to their cabins. Check-in begins at 2:30pm. |
| Day 2 | Drake Passage | Wandering albatrosses, storm petrels and other seabirds will escort the vessel as you sail south across this famous passage named after Sir Francis Drake, the 16th-century English navigator. Continue towards the Antarctic Convergence, a biological barrier where cold polar waters sink beneath the warmer waters of the more temperate zone. |
| Day 3 | Drake Passage | Day at sea. |
| Day 4 | King George Island | King George Island will give you an early taste of what the Antarctic really is. It is the biggest island of the South Shetlands, where you will disembark in Potter Bay. In the afternoon visit Aitcho Island which is in between Greenwich and Robert Islands. Continue with the crossing of the Bransfield and Gerlache Straits to enter Andvord Bay where you will find Neko Bay. |
| Day 5 | Antarctic Peninsula and Neko Bay | Besides the magnificent scenery of mountains, snow and ice, in Antarctica you can expect to see a wide variety of the native wildlife. Other birds to look out for are blue-eyed shags, gulls, cape petrels, skuas, snowy sheathbills and Antarctic terns. Marine mammals that you are likely to see include Weddell crab-eaters and leopard seals while orcas, humpback and mink whales may be spotted at close range. The program includes your first landing on the White Continent (Neko Bay) and another on Port Lockroy (Gaudier Island). |
| Day 6 | Petermann Island | Sail south through the narrow Lemaire Channel with its high, sheer cliffs. Once through the channel, known as one of the most beautiful places in the world, and provided climate and ice conditions are good enough, you will be able to visit Petermann Island which is the most southern land point of this expedition. Here you will disembark and will see the most southern colony of Gentoo penguins. On this island we will also be able to see a colony of beautiful Adelei penguins, skuas and blue-eyed shags. At Pleneau you should have the opportunity to take one of the zodiacs and visit the impressive ice formations. |
| Day 7 | Cuverville Island | At this point of the programme we begin our return voyage. During the morning and, weather permitting, you will disembark or use the zodiacs in Paradise Bay. In the evening you will visit Cuverville Island. Besides its dramatic scenery it is home to one of the largest colonies of Gentoo penguins and skuas. This rocky island is on the north side of the Errera Channel, between Ronge Island and the Arctowski Peninsula. |
| Day 8 | Pendulum Cove | Continue sailing to Deception Island which is the largest active volcano in the area at the northwest side of the Peninsula. During the morning you will try to disembark in Whaler's Bay and Pendulum Cove where you can have the unique experience of swimming in this water. In the afternoon you will disembark at Hannah Point (Livingstone Island). This is one of the best places in the Antarctic to see fauna and you should see Chinstrap and Gentoo penguins, giant petrels, Wilson petrels, skuas and blue-eyed shags. With luck you should also see sea elephants. |
| Day 9 | Drake Passage | Today, you will leave the Antarctic and head north back across Drake Passage. Now is the chance to compare and revise notes and dwell on the adventures of the past week, to take in the final lectures and to enjoy the delicious gastronomy on board as you return to Ushuaia. |
| Day 10 | Drake Passage | Day at sea. |
| Day 11 | Ushuaia | After an early breakfast you will disembark at 9:00am. |
