Argentina is now the point of arrival and departure of some of the most luxurious cruise ships and important in the world. Buenos Aires is mooring lines required for large international and coastal port to sail to other South American countries. Puerto Madryn and Ushuaia represent the postal world’s southernmost among icebergs and attractive fauna, with passages such as the Strait of Magellan and the Antarctic.
The packages are many and varied. Some short sail for two nights to explore the Lago Argentino among the most beautiful glaciers of Patagonia, from U $ S 985. Other, cheaper, consist of four nights from Buenos Aires to Uruguay, from U $ S 700, and some more adventurous out of Tierra del Fuego and the Beagle Channel crossing for one week, from U $ S 1200.
Costs grow as the services and amenities within the vessels, and by the time you want to be on them. The cabins en suite with balcony and sea view are more expensive and may exceed U $ S 10 000. Although they have characteristics that differentiate them, most ships have several restaurants, cinemas, nightclubs, shopping malls, casinos, circuit gym, spa, golf simulators and even mini basketball courts. External and internal pools, Jacuzzis and areas designed especially for the kids.
Buenos Aires, with its new cruise port Quinquela Martin became one of the most important in Latin America. Naturally attractive for music, art and his countless bars, the city receives numerous boats from all over the world. They are very popular especially the 47 districts of personality, the ability to enjoy a barbecue or attend a milonga to learn to dance the classic 2×4. Approaching the Rio de la Plata to the center of the city, the ships arrive in a brand new facility with capacity to handle two ships over 300 meters long and about two thousand visitors simultaneously.It is a modern building of 12 thousand square meters and located on two floors, with two sectors separate check-in. In addition, a reservoir that can accommodate up to 12 000 bags, monitoring service art, shops, banks, money exchange and other services so that nothing is missing the passenger.
It therefore represents a major stop for international cruise lines, from November to March being the busiest period. In Buenos Aires is sometimes point scale, in others arrival or departure of boats that travel the seas of southern Chile to reach or ascend the Atlantic to the magical Brazilian coast.
Once on board, each passenger is a citizen of the world of luxury tourism in the seas. It is estimated that at least one crew travels every two or three passengers, so that care is personalized and responsive.
There are national and international companies that offer varied routes, passing through Buenos Aires, Puerto Madryn and Ushuaia. Among the most luxurious, Celebrity can be mentioned that among their packages of around U.S. $ 4 000 offers two weeks from Valparaiso to the capital of Argentina. Another of the more expensive Holland America Line, Princess, Royal Olympic (passing Stanley Falkland Islands), Silversea and Regent Seven Sea, with values exceeding 10 000 U $ S.
Among the most popular are some of MSC and Costa Victoria and unique expedition and adventure are the MS Fram, who spends eight nights in Antarctica without any decrease, and the National Geographic Explorer is often the first in the season.
The Darwin Channel, the Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel and Antarctica are natural areas with great stories that you can listen to voice of the captain from somewhere preferential cover. The city of Ushuaia, the capital of Tierra del Fuego, is one of the busiest ports in Argentina throughout the region. Here, from mid-September through March, usually arrive nearly 400 ships and over 120 000 tourists, seeking to understand the world’s most southerly city.
With snow background, Ushuaia offers the possibility to visit museums, ride the Tren del Fin del Mundo or white sports such as skiing, snowboarding or a sleigh ride. Usually officiate as a gateway to Antarctica, where everything will be peace, immensity and silence. Just the excitement will come when called Drake Passage, which is claimed to be rougher waters of America, to lead in the horn of Africa in Cape Town.
These trips are made with craft well prepared to face any eventuality and sometimes tend to be lowered in rubber boats for walking on the frozen surface. The attraction par excellence are the four penguin species that live there along with petrels, terns, cormorants, Antarctic birds, seals, sea lions and many types of whales.