I had sailed on the same ship from Beijing to Hong Kong 20 years ago. And we sailed on the Silver Shadow from Vancouver to Alaska to San Francisco. Silversea fares include specialty coffees, standard alcohol, and tips. On their expedition ships - it includes off shore excursions - and some include a rt flight to the port of Ushuaia; and parkas suitable for Antarctica, backpacks, and water ...

The route seemed perfect to us: A few nights in Buenos Aires before the cruise, a few nights after in Rio and some great places in-between: we knew this was for us! And in fact most of it was wonderful, especially Punta del Este (grab a taxi to Bikini Beach), a day in the Pampas on a lovely farm, the un-touristy destination of Montevideo, the final Carnival parade at the Sambódromo, Rio in general ...

My wife and I wanted to visit South America and this cruise matched up well. This is our fourth cruise on Silversea and we'd rate it as our best. We ate at La Terraza, Indochine, Atlantides, and the Grill and found all of them to be superb in both quality and service. Our room was very comfortable and our butler provided service that was above and beyond excellent. The attention to detail from ...

Day 1 After a very long journey from Cyprus (Europe) we arrived at BA EZE international airport. We may have been unlucky, but the queues for passport control were very long, one hour to get through (eye and fingerprint recognition). We collected our luggage then waited one more hour to get through customs control, every bag is screened, not what you need after a long journey. Thankfully ...

Maiden Voyage-South America Embarkation-Buenos Aires 16 days to Valparaiso South American embarkation ports can be very difficult to reach. We originally planned to connect via DC, due to East Coast weather leading up to our departure was not looking good, we changed our plan to Lima, Peru instead. You should be well advised that most South American countries accesses $131 per person entry fee ...