Silversea Opens The Cormorant at 55 South for Antarctica Fly Cruises
The 150-room hotel in Puerto Williams, Chile, will host guests before and after their Antarctica expeditions.
Photo: Courtesy of Silversea
Silversea’s Antarctica Fly Cruise guests now have a new place to stay on either side of their expedition. The cruise line opened The Cormorant at 55 South on Nov. 5 in Puerto Williams, Chile, replacing Punta Arenas as the program’s gateway. The 150-room property is Silversea’s first hotel and, according to the company, the southernmost hotel on Earth.
Guests fly nonstop from Silversea’s private terminal in Santiago to Puerto Williams on a charter and stay at The Cormorant before and after their voyage. From Puerto Williams, a flight to King George Island lets guests reach their expedition ship without sailing across the Drake Passage on the way to Antarctica.
“We opened The Cormorant at 55 South to make the journey to Antarctica easier and more comfortable for our guests,” said Bert Hernandez, Silversea’s president.
Developed with a group of Chilean investors, the hotel was assembled from prefabricated guest rooms built in Mendoza, Argentina, and transported across the Andes and Patagonia. In the lobby, a suspended steel sculpture by Chilean artist Paola Vezzani is one of three large-scale works commissioned for the interiors. A lounge with a fireplace and broad windows overlooks the surrounding landscape.
At Latitude 55, the hotel’s restaurant, dinner is served family-style, with shared platters drawing on the cooking traditions of Chilean Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, including the asado. Bar Sur pours Chilean wines and serves cocktails made with pisco and calafate, a native berry. Guests can also join a sommelier-led wine tasting, kayak the Beagle Channel, hike the shoreline at Seno Lauta or explore the area on horseback.
Silversea will operate 40 Antarctica voyages through March 2027 aboard Silver Endeavour, Silver Wind and Silver Cloud. Of those, 29 are Antarctica Fly Cruise departures that include a stay at The Cormorant. Across the season, itineraries run from six to 21 nights, with some extending beyond the Antarctic Peninsula to South Georgia and the Falkland Islands.
