Hi Lynn \/ Steven<\/p>\n
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We had an absolutely amazing time.\u00a0 I can\u2019t speak highly enough of the Quark Expedition team \u2013 their knowledge, enthusiasm and engagement with the group were exceptional.\u00a0 I would recommend them to anyone thinking of going. The brilliant weather, the fact that we landed and\/or zodiac cruised 5 times below the Circle as well as landing in the usual \u201ctourist\u201d sites made this a really special trip. Plus we had penguins, orcas, humpbacks and more penguins and leopard seals, one of which punctured a zodiac with a friendly nip. Oh, icebergs too of course and endless beautiful scenery.<\/p>\n
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I will sort through my photos \u201csoon\u201d and if I have any worthy of sharing, I will forward them.\u00a0 Quark gave us a DVD which has all the best photos from the group plus a highlights reel which should encourage anyone to give it a go.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if they would let you use or see the highlights \u2013 but you could ask them.<\/p>\n
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I am sorely tempted to book another trip right now \u2013 but will wait until my rational head returns before doing anything.\u00a0 As a tip for future travellers, I\u2019d suggest staying a couple of nights in Ushuaia. Quark booked us into Los Cauquenes which was a far better hotel than I was expecting. Weather permitting, there are several excursions around Ushuaia. You won\u2019t see the Magellan penguins in the Beagle Channel on the main trip because the ships leave late and arrive early in the day, so if penguins are your thing, take the penguin island trip or the channel cruise. The concierge at Los Cauquenes organised a driver and guide to take the 2 of us into the National Park for a 4 hour tour \/ picnic which we really enjoyed (don\u2019t bother with the train \u2013 you will see more on foot). The hotel offers several other \u201cexperiences\u201d which I assume are just as good. We thought our picnic would be a sandwich in a paper bag \u2013 but in fact we were sent a menu the day before (3 choices of main and dessert) and it was served on a table and chairs with hot coffee by the driver in a location of our choice in the park.<\/p>\n
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Regards<\/p>\n
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Marie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hi Lynn \/ Steven We had an absolutely amazing time.\u00a0 I can\u2019t speak highly enough of the Quark Expedition team \u2013 their knowledge, enthusiasm and engagement with the group were exceptional.\u00a0 I would recommend them to anyone thinking of going. The brilliant weather, the fact that we landed and\/or zodiac cruised 5 times below […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365],"tags":[375,376,377,378],"class_list":["post-850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-testimonials","tag-antarctica-cruise","tag-antarctica-testimonial","tag-antarctica-wildlife","tag-testimonial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildfoottravel.websitepro.hosting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildfoottravel.websitepro.hosting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildfoottravel.websitepro.hosting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildfoottravel.websitepro.hosting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildfoottravel.websitepro.hosting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wildfoottravel.websitepro.hosting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildfoottravel.websitepro.hosting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildfoottravel.websitepro.hosting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildfoottravel.websitepro.hosting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}