Celebrity to visit 30 ports in 11 different countries in 11th South America season

Celebrity Cruises winter 2010/2011 Panama Canal and South America cruises, the lines 11th season in the region, will include visits to 13 countries via stops at 30 ports. Accompanying the cruises are a variety of in-port shore excursions and escorted land-based tour programmes that can be combined with a cruise. 

24 September 2009 will see Celebrity Infinity begin her Panama Canal/South America season with an 16-night repositioning cruise from Seattle to Fort Lauderdale, via the Panama Canal. She will then undertake four 14-night Panama Canal cruises between Fort Lauderdale and Los Angeles.  

The Panama Canal cruises during the 2010/2011 season also include two 14-night South America and Canal cruises, two 14-night Canal cruises between Fort Lauderdale and San Diego, and a 16-night repositioning cruise back to Seattle on 24 April.

Between the Panama Canal portions of the season, Celebrity Infinity will sail six 14-night cruises throughout South America between mid-December 2010 and February 2011, including sailing around Cape Horn, through the Straits of Magellan, between Buenos Aires, Argentina and Valparaiso, Chile, most of which include an in-port overnight stay in Buenos Aires.

For the second consecutive year there will also be two roundtrip Antarctica cruises from Buenos Aires, which include a visit to the capital of the Falkland Islands, Port Stanley, as well as panoramic cruising by Elephant Island, Paradise Bay and Gerlache Strait in Antarctica. 

In-port excursions available include: 

• The ‘Petrohue Falls and the Chilean Lake District’ excursion from Puerto Montt, which includes a tour of the city along with a drive to Todos Los Santos Lake for view of the Osomo Volcano, and a walk along the Petrohue River to view the falls
• Chile’s Punta Arenas is the site of the ‘Magdalena Island Natural Penguin Reserve’ excursion, where passengers can visit one of the largest Magellan penguin colonies in southern Chile
• In Buenos Aires, the ‘Tango Show and Dinner’ features a visit to a tango house for dinner followed by a live tango show 
• In Montevideo, ‘Day at the Estancia’ takes passengers to Estancia La Rabida, where they can experience the daily life of a Uruguayan gaucho and learn about the agriculture, horse breeding, cattle raising and other activities at the ranch
Select itineraries offer a ‘Cuzco and Machu Picchu Adventure,’ a three-day, two-night overland tour encompassing the city of Cuzco, Peru, and its famed archaeological relics as well as a day at Machu Picchu, the ‘Lost City of the Incas.’