The Drake Passage is one of — if not the single most — anxiety-inducing journeys in the cruise world. There’s no land to break the swells of the world’s strongest current, creating some of the largest and roughest waves on earth.
It’s so notorious that one of the first things insiders ask people after they return from Antarctica is, “Did you get the Drake Shake or the Drake Lake?” Fellow travelers are always eager to swap Drake survival stories, like modern-day Ernest Shackletons.
Now, several cruise lines — including Antarctica 21, Aurora, Lindblad, Atlas Ocean Voyages, Silversea, and Quark Expeditions — offer options to skip the Drake Passage on sail-and-fly or fly-and-cruise itineraries, allowing guests to either sail the 650-mile passage between South America and Antarctica one way and fly back, or to fly both ways and meet the ship there.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on Luxury Travel Advisor.
