My mother, son and I went to Antarctica to celebrate my son's 9th birthday and my 40th birthday! We crossed the Drake Passage and then landed on the 7th continent itself! We hiked around Deception Island amongst the many species of penguins and seals. Best birthday celebration ever!
Celebrate your Birthday in Antarctica! This was my suggestion to my 8 year old son Matthew. I have 4 kids and alone time to focus on any of them is at a premium in our busy schedule of kenpo practices, Little League games, and a half dozen clubs. I decided that the only way to offer them undivided attention is to take them away individually- each on a special trip unique to their personalities for some time together. Birthday Cake on Sea Adventurer (Mary Curry)
Matthew was turning 9 just a few days after my 40th birthday so I thought Antarctica would be the perfect place to celebrate these special occasions! My mom has always been a huge penguin fan so once we decided on Antarctica, it was a must to bring her along too for the perfect multi-generational adventure!
Our agent Jessica was very helpful with the whole process and always responded in a timely way to all of our questions.
K Van
1 day ago
Chern was very patient snd helpful.
CaBaba
2 days ago
Cruse ship was great. Fantastic food and service. Cruise itinary got changed so not what we expected, but not an major issue. Japan portion was great. Drivers/guides arranged by 80 Days were great. Hotels were mostly ok. Did not know that most hotels outside of major cities do not allow shoes to be worn in the hotel. again a minor inconvenience. Overall a great trip. Adventure Life communications were timely and much appreciated as far as changes/requests.
Peter Goff
3 days ago
We were a group of three that initiated our research by independently searching for the best agency to help us in the somewhat complex experience of traveling to the Galapagos. We chose adventure life because they were the most responsive in the website provided the most comprehensive overview of the trip. Their reviews were also very good.
Adventure, life splits up its booking process in two parts. First Jeff, the booking agent helped us decide which experience best suited are interests. We chose a small 14 to 16 group sized yacht. Once the booking was made with Jeff, we were handed off to Coleene, who oversaw the complex process of assembling all of the necessary documents and making sure we had everything we needed to make the trip go smoothly. The adventure, life website, then becomes your personal place of reference for all things related to your trip from door to door. It’s a lot of information to assemble, especially for three travelers, but the website makes it easy and Colleen‘s gentle reminders kept us on track. In all, from the beginning, we had four months from the time we started our research till the time we departed. We felt that was, a good amount of preparation time and don’t think it would be wise to do it in less than four months. Mostly because I think you have more options with that amount of time. There were others on our trip that took six months and more from the time they started planning.
The trip itself was outstanding. We ended up on an excellent yacht (Galapagos Angel II) with a great group of guests that we were able to connect with and put together a really nice google photos album to share.
Jed
1 week ago
Mary was very helpful. Quick to reply with helpful information and closure on arrangements.
