MAGELLAN EXPLORER

MAGELLAN EXPLORER Some yachts are built for anchorages. This one was built for latitudes. At 90.70m (298ft), MAGELLAN EXPLORER is a purpose-built expedition vessel delivered in 2019 and conceived for the waters that most yachts never see: the Chilean fjords, the Drake Passage, the Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia and the Argentine south. That operating range is not a marketing line — it is the design brief the vessel was answered to, and it shows in the way she is organised. The interiors are the work of Enrique Concha & Co, and they follow the logic of the voyage rather than the codes of the Mediterranean. This is a ship where the view outside is the principal luxury, and where the spaces exist to send you out into the cold and welcome you back from it. Accommodation runs to 39 cabins for up to 76 guests, arranged across seven distinct categories — an unusually broad spread that includes dedicated single cabins, a genuine rarity at this scale and a real advantage for solo travellers and expedition groups alike. Every cabin except the Porthole Cabins opens onto a private balcony, which changes the nature of the experience entirely: ice, wildlife and light are yours to watch alone, in your own time, without leaving your quarters. All cabins have a private bathroom with shower. Detailed bed configurations are available on request. A complement of up to 60 staff and crew supports the vessel — a ratio that reflects the demands of remote-region cruising, where seamanship, guiding and logistics all have to be carried on board rather than called in from shore. MAGELLAN EXPLORER also holds an air-cruise capability, with passenger numbers reduced to 73 for those itineraries — a meaningful practical advantage in a part of the world where crossing time is often the scarcest commodity of all.