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Itinerary
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| Day 01 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Day 02 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Day 03 |
Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Day 04 |
Cruising the South Atlantic Ocean |
| Day 05 |
Puerto Madryn, Argentina |
| Day 06 |
Cruising the South Atlantic Ocean |
| Day 07 |
Falkland Islands/Port Stanley, UK |
| Day 08 |
Cruising the South Atlantic Ocean |
| Day 09 |
Cruising Elephant Island, Antarctica |
| Day 10 |
Cruising Antarctica |
| Day 11 |
Cruising Antarctica |
| Day 12 |
Cruising the South Atlantic Ocean |
| Day 13 |
Cruising Cape Horn / Ushuaia, Argentina |
| Day 14 |
Ushuaia, Argentina |
| Day 15 |
Punta Arenas, Chile |
| Day 16 |
Cruising the Chilean Fjords |
| Day 17 |
Cruising the Chilean Fjords |
| Day 18 |
Puerto Montt, Chile |
| Day 19 |
Cruising the South Pacific Ocean |
| Day 20 |
Valparaíso, Chile |
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Dec 20, 2009 for 19 days
Crystal Symphony
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This voyage is a part of:
Circle South America! - Miami Roundtrip
Nov 22, 2009 - 62 Days
Crystal Symphony
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Cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, whose name means city of "favorable winds," is the capital of Argentina. With broad, well planned avenues, charming sidewalk cafés, carefully tended parks, elaborate monuments, noble statues and splendid rococo buildings, it exudes an air of sophisticated elegance. Buenos Aires has also frequently been dubbed the "Paris of the Southern Hemisphere," due to its superb restaurants, art galleries, museums and European-influenced architecture.
Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay, South America's second-smallest country. Beyond urban limits, 90% of Uruguay's land is devoted to sheep and cattle grazing, as Montevideo is this nation's largest city. Legend tells us that its name originated from the words monte vide eu meaning "I see a mountain," exclaimed by an eager lookout when Magellan's fleet first arrived in 1520.
The Patagonian city of Puerto Madryn lies on the shores of the Golfo Nuevo, along the southern coast of Argentina.It was here that a band of Welsh settlers arrived in 1880 aboard the brigantine Mimosa. These pioneers were brought by Viscount Madryn to found a colony far away from the rigors of Britain's Industrial Revolution. Soon they established the town of Trelew and populated the green Chubut River Valley. Others later followed from Scotland and England as small farms and sheep ranches were gradually developed. Today, Argentina's finest wool originates from here.
The Falkland Islands are situated some 350 miles east of Tierra del Fuego, 1,000 miles north of Antarctica and, as the locals claim, a mere 8,000 miles from Britain. Port Stanley is home to the majority of the island's residents -1,990 out of a total population of 2,490.
Ushuaia, the world's southernmost town, lies on the triangular-shaped islandof Tierra del Fuego. While Ferdinand Magellan was exploring the straits between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in 1520, he was amazed by the smoke and fires which seemed to appear at every turn. These fires, which were kept continuously alight by the Yaghan and Ona Indians, became the inspiration for the name "Tierra del Fuego," Land of Fire.
Punta Arenas (Sandy Point) is the only city situated on the Strait of Magellan, the 300-mile waterway which cuts a swath between the mainland and the island of Tierra del Fuego. This remote center is Chile's southernmost city and capital of Magallanes Province. Since it was founded in 1848, Punta Arenas prospered as a busy coaling station until the building of the Panama Canal.
Puerto Montt was founded in 1853, at the head of the Pacific inlet knownas Reloncavi Sound. Since then it has become the gateway to the Bavarian-flavored Chilean Lake District, a region graced with some of the world's most inspiring scenery. Virgin forests, picturesque towns, snow-mantled mountains and translucent lakes adorn this idyllic setting.
Valparaíso, the "Vale of Paradise," has a population of almost 300,000 and is Chile's principal seaport and home to Chile's Congress. It climbs a crescent of 45 hills creating a maze of alleys, winding streets, connecting stairs and funicular railways. The port and business center lies at the foot of the hills, in a narrow belt of flatland. Having experienced the rich culture and history of this popular port city, you will realize how ingenuity has transformed this abrupt stretch of coastline into one of the world's most picturesque and famous port cities.
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