--- title: "Elephant Island Cruise Port" url: https://cruisello.com/destinations/antarctica/elephant-island description: "Shackleton's refuge at the edge of the world" --- # Elephant Island 🇦🇶 · Antarctica · Antarctica > "Shackleton's refuge at the edge of the world" ## At a Glance - **Avg. Ships/Day:** 1 - **Visiting Sailings:** 16 - **Cruise Lines:** 2 ## Photos - ![Elephant Island, Antarctica](https://cruisello.com/img/ports/antarctica/elephant-island/elephant-island-unsplash-lpy5uwum4us.webp) Photo by [Paul Carroll](https://unsplash.com/photos/mountain-covered-with-snow-near-body-of-water-during-daytime-lpY5UwUM4Us?utm_source=cruisello&utm_medium=referral) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=cruisello&utm_medium=referral) - ![Elephant Island, Antarctica](https://cruisello.com/img/ports/antarctica/elephant-island/elephant-island-commons-87743025.webp) © [amanderson2 / CC BY 2.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Endeavor_glacier_tidewater_face_south_side_Elephant_Island_Antarctica.jpg) - ![Elephant Island, Antarctica](https://cruisello.com/img/ports/antarctica/elephant-island/elephant-island-commons-24444814.webp) © [Liam Quinn from Canada / CC BY-SA 2.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Point_Wild,_Elephant_Island_(6019044525).jpg) - ![Elephant Island, Antarctica](https://cruisello.com/img/ports/antarctica/elephant-island/elephant-island-commons-87743038.webp) © [amanderson2 / CC BY 2.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wide_View_of_Endurance_Glacier_south_side_Elephant_Island_Antarctica.jpg) - ![Elephant Island, Antarctica](https://cruisello.com/img/ports/antarctica/elephant-island/elephant-island-commons-7715523.webp) © [Michael Clarke / CC BY-SA 2.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Port_Wild_-_Elephant_Island.jpg) - ![Elephant Island, Antarctica](https://cruisello.com/img/ports/antarctica/elephant-island/elephant-island-commons-24444824.webp) © [Liam Quinn from Canada / CC BY-SA 2.0](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinstrap_Penguins_dot_the_landscape_at_Point_Wild,_Elephant_Island_(6019007901).jpg) ## Peak season Not really a peak season 16 sailings over the next 12 months Busiest months: Jan (7 sailings), Feb (6 sailings), Dec (2 sailings) ## About Elephant Island Elephant Island is a mountainous, glaciated island in the South Shetland Islands, about 245 kilometres northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Almost entirely covered in ice, it has no permanent inhabitants and no facilities. The island is famous as the place where Ernest Shackleton's crew sheltered for four and a half months in 1916 after their ship Endurance was crushed by pack ice. They survived under two upturned lifeboats at Point Wild while Shackleton sailed 1,300 kilometres to South Georgia for rescue. Cruise ships pass by or make Zodiac landings when weather permits, which is not always. A bust of Captain Luis Pardo, the Chilean naval officer who eventually rescued the crew, sits on a cairn at Point Wild. The island is home to chinstrap and macaroni penguin colonies and elephant seals, which gave the island its name. Conditions can be harsh, with high winds and poor visibility common. ## Quick facts - **Currency:** No local currency (N/A) - **Timezone:** Antarctica/Palmer (UTC-3) - **Tipping:** Not applicable ## Location Coordinates: -61.0900, -54.8700 - [Open in Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/cruise+terminal+Elephant%20Island/@-61.09,-54.87,13z) - [Open in Apple Maps](https://maps.apple.com/?q=cruise%20terminal%20Elephant%20Island&ll=-61.09,-54.87&z=13) ## Nearby ports - [Paradise Harbor](https://cruisello.com/destinations/antarctica/paradise-harbor.md): 583 km (315 nm) · Antarctica - [Cape Horn](https://cruisello.com/destinations/south-america/cape-horn.md): 913 km (493 nm) · Chile - [Ushuaia](https://cruisello.com/destinations/south-america/ushuaia.md): 1,052 km (568 nm) · Argentina ## Cruise lines stopping here - [Celebrity Cruises](https://cruisello.com/cruise-lines/celebrity-cruises.md) - [Norwegian Cruise Line](https://cruisello.com/cruise-lines/norwegian-cruise-line.md) ## Cheapest Available Sailing **[View this cruise →](https://cruisello.com/cruises/frostfire-passage-horn-ice~CEL-CELEBRITY_EQUINOX-20290211-14.md)** - **Price:** €2,456 per person (€4,911 total for 2 guests) - **Cruise Line:** [Celebrity Cruises](https://cruisello.com/cruise-lines/celebrity-cruises.md) - **Ship:** [Celebrity Equinox](https://cruisello.com/cruise-lines/celebrity-cruises/celebrity-equinox.md) - **Duration:** 14 nights - **Departure:** 2029-02-11 - **Itinerary:** Frostfire Passage – Horn & Ice ## Cruises visiting Elephant Island Prices are per person, two sharing. | Cruise | Ship | Line | From | Departure | Nights | Price | |------|------|------|------|------|------|------| | [Glacial Quest – Ushuaia & Cape Horn](https://cruisello.com/cruises/glacial-quest-ushuaia-cape-horn~CEL-CELEBRITY_EQUINOX-20270102-14.md) | Celebrity Equinox | Celebrity Cruises | 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires | 2027-01-02 | 14 | €3,160 | [See all Elephant Island cruises](https://cruisello.com/cruises.md?stopoverPorts=elephant_island) ## Ready to sail to Elephant Island? 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