Patagonia
Uruguay used to be one of South America’s best kept secrets. Today it’s discovered but not overrun. The capital Montevideo, where Arcadia docks, is eclectic and vibrant. Head to Ciudad Vieja, where restored old buildings, painted cafés and galleries rub shoulders with elegant old theatres and tango bars.
The following morning you’ll wake for your two days, including overnight, in Buenos Aires. Alongside the designer boutiques, stately parks, bars and restaurants, you’ll fi nd old-world languor in back street cafés, dusty antique shops and fun outdoor markets; its slightly dishevelled appearance giving it a real edge. After dark its food and tango time.
Towards South America’s furthest tip, vibrant cities give way to more remote ones, surrounded by a wealth of natural attractions and awe- inspiring landscapes.
Located south of the Peninsula Valdes, the biggest on the Atlantic coast, Puerto Madryn in Chile is primed for whale watching. Bustling Port Stanley, in the Falklands, is surrounded by a wild and beautiful natural environment - its rugged mountains and coastal areas home to varied fl ora and fauna, penguins and other birdlife. En route to Ushuaia, you’ll experience the intense physical environment of Cape Horn. When you arrive a pretty boat-fi lled harbour, backed by colourful rooftops, dark green hills and snow speckled mountains awaits. This is your gateway to Argentina’s only coastal national park, home to beavers, condors and albatross.
Through the Beagle Channel is the small port of Punta Arenas, set against the rugged mountains of Patagonia. Its nearby penguin colonies are fascinating. Sailing onwards through the Chilean Fjords, you will be witness to two rugged, blue tidewater glaciers, the Amalia Glacier and the larger PIO X Glacier. Impressive and eerily silent.
Chacabuco, next, is close to yet more beautiful fjord scenery followed by Puerto Montt, capital of the ancient and stunning Lakes District at the foot of the Andes.
Arcadia’s fi nal Chilean destination is another of its big, vibrant cities – Santiago. It’s sprawling but quirky, and full of culture, if you know where to look. Barrio Basil, its lively bohemian quarter, is a good start. Amongst its mansions, cobbled streets, restaurants and cafés, it retains a fl avour of its opulent past.
Panoramas of the Pacifi c The Pacifi c Ocean is immense, covering about one third of the Earth’s surface – something you’ll really be able to appreciate as Arcadia sails across it. And some of the world’s most remote and idyllic islands can
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