Your WILD journey awaits
A Taste of the Wild Life
SMALL GROUP JOURNEY WITH LIKE-MINDED TRAVELLERS
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As one of just eight travellers on this Small Group Journey, you’ll have exclusive access to participate in a range of signature experiences unique to this itinerary. You’ve signed up for a journey of a lifetime, no doubt.
SPECIALIST-HOSTED AND ACCOMPANIED BY SOME OF THE BEST IN THE INDUSTRY
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You’re not alone on this journey. Throughout the 19 days, you’ll be guided by &Beyond experts and joined by conservation legend Kris Tompkins, President and co-founder of Tompkins Conservation and former CEO of Patagonia, Inc.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND WILDLIFE TRACKING
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Your journey has been thoughtfully curated to include an engaging array of thought-provoking discussions, offering in-depth insights into the remarkable destinations you’ll explore. Get ready for some real-world discussions.
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES AND UNFORGETTABLE ADVENTURES AWAIT
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All topics and discussion points that will take place on your journey will come to life through a curated collection of interpretive conservation and community experiences. Your guides are there to provide insight throughout.
ICONIC LOCATIONS EXPLORING UNTOLD LANDS AND WATERS
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Get ready to explore the breathtaking and remote wonders of the Patagonia and Polar regions. Your time at Estancia Cerro Guido, Cabo de Hornos Hotel, and aboard the Ultramarine will only enrich your journey and experience.
Welcome Patricio and Florencia
Your voyage of discovery is almost underway
1 night Santiago | 2 nights Patagonia | 2 nights Punta Arenas | 12 nights Antarctica | 1 night Buenos Aires
It’s officially time to start getting excited for your upcoming 19-day journey through the awe-inspiring landscapes of Chilean Patagonia and the untouched wilderness of the Antarctic Peninsula. Get ready to experience an array of transformative conservation projects in a once-in-a-lifetime adventure across two of Earth’s most remarkable regions.
Here’s what to look forward to:
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- Exploring Santiago, Chile’s bustling capital city
- Visiting the iconic Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia
- Gaining first-hand experience with the innovative and sustainable livestock management programme at Estancia Cerro Guido
- Learning about Estancia Cerro Guido’s conservation initiatives and exploring prime terrain for South America’s most elusive big cat, the puma
- Unpacking some of the incredible projects led by Rewilding Chile and Rewilding Argentina
- Discovering the vibrant southern city of Punta Arenas
- Experiencing the remarkable conservation work of Tompkins Conservation in Cape Froward (Cabo Froward), the southernmost point of mainland South America
- Embarking on a voyage aboard the Ultramarine to the Antarctic Peninsula
- Engaging in thrilling excursions and encountering awe-inspiring wildlife and otherworldly landscapes
- Enjoying the freedom to explore the White Continent, including remote polar regions rarely visited by humans
Refresh your memory
A Taste of the Wild Life
(Re)immerse yourself in your upcoming journey, where you’ll uncover what it takes to create a national park and how organisations collaborate to share knowledge while navigating one of the planet’s most delicate ecosystems. It’s time to start getting excited!
We’re past the moment where inaction is acceptable.
– Kris Tompkins
A quick hello from Kris Tompkins
President and co-founder of Tompkins Conservation, and former CEO of Patagonia, Inc.
“You can’t protect a place unless you understand it. You can’t love it until you know it.”
I’m looking forward to meeting you soon on our journey through Chilean Patagonia and the Antarctic Peninsula.
Both Chilean Patagonia and the Antarctic Peninsula are dear to me. My deep connection to Patagonia began over three decades ago when my late husband Doug Tompkins and I left the business world to shift our careers to help fight biodiversity loss and climate chaos, focusing on largescale conservation projects in Chile and Argentina. Today, Tompkins Conservation and its offspring organisations, Rewilding Chile and Rewilding Argentina, have driven the creation or expansion of 15 parks, including two marine national parks. This work is far from over, in fact, it continues to expand and scale up. I’m thrilled that we will have the opportunity to visit the newest park-in-progress – Cape Froward National Park – on this expedition with &Beyond.
I’ve long felt that at the heart of protecting wild nature and intact ecosystems is coming to understand these places and even falling in love with them. I’m excited to embark on this expedition with you and &Beyond and Quark Expeditions—and to share a part of the world so close to my heart that needs our urgent care and attention.
I’m sure we’ll leave with a deeper understanding and love for the places we visit and all they encompass.
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Meet-and-greet with Kris
28 January 2025 | 08h00 PT
Before embarking on your adventure, enjoy a virtual one-on-one session with Kris to get started. Don’t forget to add the date to your calendar.
Masterclass topics
Look forward to an engaging array of thought-provoking discussions with Kris Tompkins and fellow like-minded travellers, not only providing insight into the incredible work by Tompkins Conservation but also allowing you to truly discover the extraordinary destinations you are visiting.
Wild Life documentary
Exclusive viewing with Kris Tompkins
Enjoy an exclusive viewing of Wild Life while on board the Ultramarine, a sweeping portrait of conservationists Kris and Doug Tompkins’ life and their fight to preserve one of the last truly wild places on earth. Your viewing will be followed by an interactive Q&A session, so start thinking of your questions now!
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Wild Life documentary
Wild Life is a powerful documentary that follows conservationists Kris Tompkins and the late Doug Tompkins in their extraordinary journey to protect some of the planet’s most threatened ecosystems. Chronicling their ambitious efforts in South America, the film showcases their quest to create vast national parks and preserve critical habitats in Chile and Argentina. Blending breathtaking visuals with a deep exploration of their environmental activism, Wild Life captures the Tompkins’ legacy and the movement they inspired to rewild, restore, and preserve nature for future generations.
Cape Froward
Is it really just as easy as “opening a national park”?
Hear it from someone who has truly “been-there-done-that” as Kris Tompkins unpacks what it takes to open a national park, while you explore South America mainland’s southernmost point, Cape Froward (Cabo Froward).
Rewilding Chile and Argentina
The legacy of Tompkins Conservation
Learn a little more about how these two (wild)life-changing organisations came about, diving deeper into the outstanding work they do to help protect and preserve some of South America’s most endangered big cats.
Antractica
Explore the end of the earth with the experts
A destination very few have had the privilege of exploring, discover our world’s seventh continent and its wild inhabitants, learning as much as possible about this unknown region from only the best in the industry.
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What to pack when travelling to Antarctica
There’s no doubt packing for an Antarctic adventure requires careful preparation and attention to detail. Which is why we’re here to help.
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Stay in-the-know for your upcoming adventure
Keeping you in-the-know for your adventure ahead
We're curated a selection of must-see documentaries and have-to read books to get you excited (and keep you inspired) for A Taste of the Wild Life.
Browse some of our favourites below…
Novels of the best kind
There’s nothing quite like getting lost in a great book. From timeless classics to contemporary gems, these stories take you on a journey through the heart of the continent.
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Documentaries to see
Brush up on South America’s fascinating heritage. We have included the various documentaries to make your viewing decision that much easier.
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TED Talk – Kris Tompkins| March of the penguins | Antarctica Ice and sky | Shackleton’s Captain | Tompkins Conservation
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