This post has been a while in coming believe me and I’m about to reveal the cheapest way for a traveller or a backpacker to get to Antarctica without working on a ship or working in Antarctica. This is how to book a cheap trip to Antarctica as a traveller and backpacker. You can do it, and you SHOULD do it. Antarctica is the best place I have been so far. [

My story is that I worked endlessly on broccoli farms in Tasmania saving the pennies to book my trip. While this is a great idea and you feel like you have deserved the trip, ultimately it’s not the cheapest. You can book trips in advance from around $5,000 Australian Dollars. But read on to find how to book a really cheap trip to Antarctica…

How can you get to Antarctica for cheap?

OK this is for travelers only, NOT workers or scientists. We know boat staff, captains, expedition staff, waitresses and scientists all go to Antarctica with work all the time, but here’s how to do it as a backpacker.

Five key words: DON’T BOOK ANYTHING IN ADVANCE!

If you really want to make sure you get to Antarctica for cheap you have to wait. Do not book anything in advance – the price will be a lot higher as the travel companies need to make the money early on. Then in a last minute rush they need to sell the empty beds so they bring down the price – it’s only natural for them to do that. If you happen to book it in advance I’d estimate the bare minimum you could get it for is about $4,000 US. So hold off, Yes the first step is don’t book anything!

How to get your cheap Antarctica trip booked

OK now the nest step is easy – head to Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego in October. It’s on the south tip of Argentina and all the Antarctica trips leave from there. Spend a few days in the city itself – it’s a great city to travel round. Keep your eyes open for special offers from the many travel agents on the main street. Then pop in and book your cheap trip to Antarctica! You could be leaving the very next day and for very cheap!

If you book yourself on a boat to leave to Antarctica the next day you will get it for as cheap as $3,000 US Dollars! How’s that for a saving!!

This is how it works:

Most of the boats heading to the cold continent are not full – the empty beds need filled up and the company would rather get some money last minute for them than have them float away empty and that’s how you do it. That’s how and why you can easily book a cheap trip to Antarctica.

So the main advice here is you need to arrive in Ushuaia and get a cheap trip booked there and then just before one leaves. You’ll only have to wait for a short number of days. Antarctica is a travellers dream and you can really cut your costs by following my tip. You will just love it!

So I’ve sold Antarctica to you!! Now all you need to do is head to Ushuaia in Argentina and book your trip on the spot for the next day. It’s not just the quality terrain, landscape and beauty of the white continent…the amount of awesome travellers you meet on board the ship is phenomenal. We even had a massive “cabin party” in our cabin bedroom on the last night! And I met my girlfriend in Antarctica. If I have to go to the bottom of the world to meet the girl for me, it must be a special place. (A story for another day on Don’t Stop Living).

You must make sure you take the correct warm clothes and supplies with you on this epic trip. You’re going to be able to say you have stepped into Antarctica. It is a sensational place. Happy travelling!