We chose this cruise to travel with friends and see some new sights and escape grey January in UK and see some sun as well as nature. Princess was a very good price and coupled with fantastic weather we had a wonderful 2 weeks travelling around S America. Embarkation in Buenos Aires was easy. We had 4 nights pre cruise in a hotel and saw most of the sights, doing 2 cycling tours ... highly recommended. We got tot he port at our 4 pm slot and just walked up to the desk and within a few minutes were walking on board. Straight to the cabin and all fine ... although our luggage was another matter. We had 7.45 dining and needed to get changed ... so in the end we peeked though crew only door spotted the cases and begged a steward to pull ours out at 7.15. Our cabin neighbours gave up and ordered room service.

This cruise ship lacked the wow factor of some we have travelled on, like Celebrity Reflection but the cabin had everything we needed and had a huge balcony. The main dining room fixed seating service was impeccable. Getting to know our servers really made the evening meals fun and also meant they knew how we liked our food and did everything they could to make things good for us. The vegetarian food was a little hit and miss but the italian offerings were superb and every evening the head waiter checked with us to see what they could do to make a favourite meal.

We did 1 ships tour - tigre delta - exactly as described and a gentle trip out on the morning before the ship sailed. All other tours we did privately. Getting most info from tripadvisor. Very pleased with them all. Of the ports .. Punta Del Este - we just walked around town. Lots to see loads of birds and seals, beaches to swim from and shops and restaurants etc. A great stop. Falkland Islands - very windy tender trip on the way back ..we were lucky captain got us in early and out early .. we still saw the penguins and our guide said if we had arrived at usual docking time he thought we would not have made it. V windy so cold .. and this is their summer! This was our coldest stop. Punta Arenas we again we just wandered around .. not so much to see here and if we hadn't done trips in all other ports then I would say do a trip here and do your own thing in a different port... but you need a balance of busy /active and just wandering. Ushuaia we did a 4x4 trip - saw the glaciers and beautiful lakes and had a short walk and then lunch in a log cabin. Great wildlife. Ushuaia looked like a great little town so maybe I'd swap that for the wander around day and so a trip in Punta Arenas if I was returning. One of the best things about this cruise is that you are very frequently in sight of land .. and for 2 days you are in the Chilean fjords ..you also see glaciers really close up as we sail glacier alley. Unforgettable. As we are close to land you also see lots of birds and mammals .. so this is a great trip for a nature lover. Read more