Friday, November 25, 2011

South America, Here We Come!


On behalf of the Ensemble Travel Group, (of which Preferred Travel is a member), I've been asked to host a 68-day GRAND VOYAGE around South America on Holland America's PRINSENDAM ship.

The voyage sets sail from Fort Lauderdale January 4th and we head south into the Caribbean and through the Panama Canal, head down the west coast of South America, in the Chilean fjords, around the Horn, down to Antarctica, to the Faulklands, up the coast of Argentina and Brazil, head west up the Amazon, north in to the Caribbean and back to the good ol’ US port of Ft. Lauderdale on March 12th – just in time for my aunt’s 95th birthday!!

There are 33 guests in our group. We host a private cocktail party, a private shore excursion (Buenos Aires) and offer lots of personalized service! That's just a sample of what our clients can expect when booking a Preferred Travel hosted cruise.

Prinsendam itinerary:

Day Date Port Arrive Depart
0 04 Jan 2012 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US
11:00 PM
1 05 Jan 2012 At Sea
2 06 Jan 2012 Georgetown, Cayman Islands TR
Noon 06:00 PM
3 07 Jan 2012 At Sea
4 08 Jan 2012 Bocas del Toro, Panama TR
08:00 AM 04:00 PM
5 09 Jan 2012 Enter Panama Canal Cristobal CO
5 09 Jan 2012 Cruising Panama Canal CO

5 09 Jan 2012 Exit Panama Canal Balboa CO

6 10 Jan 2012 At Sea
7 11 Jan 2012 Manta, Ecuador
05:00 AM 05:00 PM
8 12 Jan 2012 Guayaquil, Ecuador
08:00 AM 05:00 PM
9 13 Jan 2012 At Sea
10 14 Jan 2012 Salaverry (Trujillo), Peru
08:00 AM 05:00 PM
11 15 Jan 2012 Callao (Lima), Peru ON
10:00 AM
12 16 Jan 2012 Callao (Lima), Peru
11:00 PM
13 17 Jan 2012 General San Martin (Pisco), Peru
08:00 AM 05:00 PM
14 18 Jan 2012 At Sea
15 19 Jan 2012 Matarani, Peru
08:00 AM 05:00 PM
16 20 Jan 2012 At Sea
17 21 Jan 2012 Antofagasta, Chile
08:00 AM 05:00 PM
18 22 Jan 2012 At Sea
19 23 Jan 2012 Coquimbo (La Serena), Chile
08:00 AM 05:00 PM
20 24 Jan 2012 Valparaiso (Santiago), Chile
07:00 AM 05:00 PM
21 25 Jan 2012 At Sea
22 26 Jan 2012 Castro, Isla Chiloe, Chile TR
08:00 AM 05:00 PM
23 27 Jan 2012 Chilean Fjords CO
08:00 AM 08:00 AM
23 27 Jan 2012 Puerto Chacabuco, Chile TR
10:00 AM 06:00 PM
24 28 Jan 2012 Darwin Channel Chilean Fjords CO
25 29 Jan 2012 Amalia Glacier CO

26 30 Jan 2012 Strait of Magellan CO
05:00 AM 05:00 AM
26 30 Jan 2012 Punta Arenas, Chile
07:00 AM 08:00 PM
26 30 Jan 2012 Cockburn Channel CO
09:00 PM 09:00 PM
27 31 Jan 2012 Ushuaia, Argentina
01:00 PM 08:00 PM
28 01 Feb 2012 Cape Horn and Drake Passage CO
29 02 Feb 2012 Wilhelm Archipelago CO

30 03 Feb 2012 South Shetland Islands CO

31 04 Feb 2012 The Antarctic Sound CO

32 05 Feb 2012 At Sea
33 06 Feb 2012 Pt. Stanley, Falkland Islands TR
07:00 AM 03:00 PM
34 07 Feb 2012 At Sea
35 08 Feb 2012 At Sea
36 09 Feb 2012 Buenos Aires, Argentina ON
08:00 AM
37 10 Feb 2012 Buenos Aires, Argentina
08:00 PM
38 11 Feb 2012 Montevideo, Uruguay
08:00 AM 05:00 PM
39 12 Feb 2012 At Sea
40 13 Feb 2012 At Sea
41 14 Feb 2012 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ON VS
08:00 AM
42 15 Feb 2012 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil VS
06:00 PM
43 16 Feb 2012 Armacao dos Buzios, Brazil TR VS 08:00 AM 03:00 PM
44 17 Feb 2012 Vitoria, Brazil VS
08:00 AM 05:00 PM
45 18 Feb 2012 At Sea
46 19 Feb 2012 Salvador da Bahia, Brazil VS
08:00 AM 11:00 PM
47 20 Feb 2012 At Sea
48 21 Feb 2012 Recife, Brazil VS
08:00 AM 11:00 PM
49 22 Feb 2012 Cabedelo, Brazil VS
08:00 AM 06:00 PM
50 23 Feb 2012 At Sea
51 24 Feb 2012 Fortaleza, Brazil VS
08:00 AM 05:00 PM
52 25 Feb 2012 At Sea
53 26 Feb 2012 Belem, Brazil TR VS
10:00 AM 06:00 PM
54 27 Feb 2012 Cruising the Amazon River CO

54 27 Feb 2012 Crossing the Equator CO

55 28 Feb 2012 Santarem, Brazil
10:00 AM 06:00 PM
56 29 Feb 2012 Boca da Valeria, Brazil TR VS
08:00 AM 02:00 PM
57 01 Mar 2012 Manaus, Brazil ON VS
10:00 AM
58 02 Mar 2012 Manaus, Brazil VS
06:00 PM
59 03 Mar 2012 Parintins, Brazil TR VS
08:00 AM 02:00 PM
60 04 Mar 2012 Cruising the Amazon River CO

60 04 Mar 2012 Crossing the Equator CO

61 05 Mar 2012 At Sea
62 06 Mar 2012 Devil's Island, French Guiana TR VC 07:00 AM 03:00 PM
63 07 Mar 2012 At Sea
64 08 Mar 2012 Castries, St. Lucia
08:00 AM 03:00 PM
65 09 Mar 2012 Philipsburg (St. Maarten), AN
08:00 AM 05:00 PM
66 10 Mar 2012 At Sea
67 11 Mar 2012 At Sea
68 12 Mar 2012 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US
07:00 AM