Expedition Talk · Tuesday 6 october 2026 · 4 pm Pacific
An evening on Antarctica, the Arctic and Latin America.
The trip is out there. The right ship for you is the part most people get wrong.
Join Delivering Dreams Travel for a relaxed hour, 45 minutes plus questions, on what expedition travel actually involves, and how to choose the right ship for the trip you want. Whether Antarctica has been on your list for years or you're only starting to look at Patagonia, the Galápagos or the Arctic, come with your questions.
Planning for the 2027 or 2028 season? October is exactly the right time to start.
Your host
I've spent over two decades planning meaningful, thoughtfully organised travel for clients, and expedition trips are some of the ones I love working on most, precisely because there's so much to get right before a single booking is made.
Jennifer Waugh
Delivering Dreams Travel
On the evening
What we'll cover together
Why an advisor matters
Booking an expedition directly means researching a genuinely confusing category alone, dozens of ships, wildly different price points, and marketing that makes every itinerary sound identical. We'll walk through what a dedicated advisor actually does differently, one person who stays with your booking from the first question to the moment you're home
Choosing the right ship
Expedition ships range from around a dozen passengers to several hundred, and the right one has almost nothing to do with price and everything to do with what you actually want from the trip. Ships carrying more than 500 passengers are not allowed to land in Antarctica at all, and only 100 people can be ashore at once. The right ship decides how much of Antarctica you actually stand on.
We'll talk through how that matching happens, and what to ask yourself before you start looking at ships at all.
Understanding the seasons
Antarctica, the Arctic, the Galápagos, Peru and Patagonia each have a real season, and travelling at the wrong end of it changes what you'll actually see and do. We'll cover what each destination looks like at different points in its season, so you're planning around wildlife and weather, not school holidays.
Antarctica’s season shifts quickly: October brings pristine ice and penguin courtship, December to January is peak wildlife with hatching and chicks, and by February to March you’ll see whales and a changing landscape.
What to expect on board and on shore
An expedition day looks nothing like a typical cruise day. Landings happen by zodiac, weather can change the plan with a few hours' notice, and some ships run onboard citizen science programmes guests can take part in. We'll walk through what a real day looks like.
The destinations
Where we're headed
Antarctica & the Arctic
The far south and the far north are both genuinely hard to describe until you've been. We'll talk through how ships reach the ice, what a landing actually involves, and how the short season shapes when to go.
Departure Point: Most Antarctica voyages begin in Ushuaia, Argentina, the main gateway to the White Continent
Voyage Length: Classic expeditions typically run around 10–12 days, depending on route, sea conditions and time spent exploring landing sites
Ships: Small expedition vessels such as Ocean Endeavour and Ocean Nova, designed for ice navigation
Latin America
The Galápagos for wildlife encounters unlike anywhere else on earth, Peru for altitude, history and culture, Patagonia for scale and landscape. We'll talk through what sets each apart, and how to decide which fits the trip you're picturing.
Galápagos: Small expedition vessels (typically 16–20 guests) with voyages of 7–10 days, usually starting via Quito or Guayaquil, Ecuador
Peru: Land journeys of 7–12 days centred around Lima, Cusco and Machu Picchu, combining altitude, culture and history
Patagonia: Longer itineraries of 10–14+ days, often connecting Chile and Argentina (e.g. Santiago, Buenos Aires, Ushuaia) for large-scale landscapes
Your hosts
Who you'll be spending the evening with
Jennifer Waugh
Jennifer is a Vancouver based travel advisor and the founder of Delivering Dreams Travel. She has spent over two decades planning meaningful, thoughtfully organised travel for clients, and genuinely loves the part of the job most advisors skip, the long conversation that gets a trip actually right before a single booking is made.
Kerstin Bellis
Kerstin is Partnerships Manager, North America, at Chimu Adventures, a specialist in small ship Antarctic, Arctic and Latin America expeditions, and has made the trip herself, including her own polar plunge. She spends her days matching travellers to the right ship out of a roster of around 25, and will bring her own stories and photos to the evening alongside the practical detail.
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