Celebrity Sets Itineraries for 11th South America Season

Celebrity Cruises will mark its 11th season sailing in South American in December 2010. The season will include visits to 30 ports in 13 countries. Celebrity opened its winter 2010-11 Panama Canal and South America cruises and cruise-tours for sale on April 30.

Celebrity Infinity will sail four 14-night Panama Canal cruises between Fort Lauderdale and Los Angeles. The Panama Canal cruises in the 2010-11 season also include two 14-night “South America and Canal” voyages, two 14-night canal cruises between Fort Lauderdale and San Diego, and a 16-night repositioning cruise to Seattle on April 24.

Between the Panama Canal portions of the season, Infinity will sail six 14-night cruises throughout South America. These voyages, taking place from mid-December 2010 through February 2011, include sailings through the Straits of Magellan between Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Valparaiso, Chile, most of which feature an overnight stay in Buenos Aires.

There will also be two Antarctica cruises roundtrip from Buenos Aires that will sail through the region, past several Antarctica islands. Each of these cruises features a visit to Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, as well as cruising by Elephant Island, Paradise Bay, and Gerlache Strait in Antarctica.

Celebrity also offers escorted land tours in combination with cruises departing from or arriving in Buenos Aires and Valparaiso. The land packages include hotel accommodations, ground transfers, some meals, and time for independent shopping, dining and sightseeing.

The four-night “Buenos Aires and Iguazu Falls” package includes visits to a gaucho estancia, Buenos Aires’ old San Telmo region, and the trendy Puerto Madero neighborhood.

The package also includes a short inland flight to Iguazu Falls, where guests spend two days exploring during included tours and a Zodiac ride along the lower Iguazu River. The five-night “Machu Picchu Adventure” land package includes train travel to and from Machu Picchu and four hours at the site. Also included is a tour of Cuzco, as well as a city tour of Lima. Several inland flights are included.