Valparaiso to Fort Lauderdale - Central & South America Luxury 19 Day Expedition Cruise

Valparaíso has inspired more Chilean poets, novelists, and painters than any other city in the country. Pablo Neruda had a house here, and the city's steep hills of coloured houses, street art, and funicular railways create an aesthetic entirely its own. Founded in 1536 and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the port city combines 19th-century mercantile grandeur with a bohemian energy that remains genuinely uncurated.

Days at sea are the perfect opportunity to relax, unwind, and pursue personal interests, whether visiting the gym, the spa, or simply watching for whales from deck. These blue sea days offer an ideal balance to busy days spent exploring ashore.

Days at sea are the perfect opportunity to relax, unwind, and pursue personal interests, whether visiting the gym, the spa, or simply watching for whales from deck. These blue sea days offer an ideal balance to busy days spent exploring ashore.

Chile's northernmost city, Arica sits within the Atacama Desert yet is divided by a fertile river valley producing fruit, vegetables, and the olives for which it is famous. El Morro hill above the port was captured by Chilean troops during the War of the Pacific in 1880, and the Museum of Azapa holds the oldest mummies in the world, dating back 7,000 years to the Chinchorro culture. The city has been a strategic port since 1545 when silver from Potosi was brought here for export.

Days at sea are the perfect opportunity to relax, unwind, and pursue personal interests, whether visiting the gym, the spa, or simply watching for whales from deck. These blue sea days offer an ideal balance to busy days spent exploring ashore.

Lima, founded in 1535, is one of the world's largest desert cities, with Plaza Mayor as its colonial heart watched over by the Basilica Cathedral. Pre-Columbian cities and temples emerge from the dusty earth nearby, and grand museums showcase treasures from civilizations that built vast mud-adobe cities across Peru's coastline. Ceviche, lime-marinated fish with a national day on June 28th, is the emblematic local dish.

Lima, founded in 1535, is one of the world's largest desert cities, with Plaza Mayor as its colonial heart watched over by the Basilica Cathedral. Pre-Columbian cities and temples emerge from the dusty earth nearby, and grand museums showcase treasures from civilizations that built vast mud-adobe cities across Peru's coastline. Ceviche, lime-marinated fish with a national day on June 28th, is the emblematic local dish.

Days at sea are the perfect opportunity to relax, unwind, and pursue personal interests, whether visiting the gym, the spa, or simply watching for whales from deck. These blue sea days offer an ideal balance to busy days spent exploring ashore.

Days at sea are the perfect opportunity to relax, unwind, and pursue personal interests, whether visiting the gym, the spa, or simply watching for whales from deck. These blue sea days offer an ideal balance to busy days spent exploring ashore.

Days at sea are the perfect opportunity to relax, unwind, and pursue personal interests, whether visiting the gym, the spa, or simply watching for whales from deck. These blue sea days offer an ideal balance to busy days spent exploring ashore.

Fuerte Amador offers a dramatic approach to Panama City, where the skyline glows at dawn and the capital rises between ocean light and tropical heat. From here, visitors can delve into the engineering triumph of the Panama Canal at the Miraflores complex or turn instead to Casco Viejo, the old quarter of colonial churches, balconies, and restored mansions. It is a port call that balances modern spectacle, historic atmosphere, and one of the world’s most consequential waterways, and the experience feels richer with every step ashore.

From the first approach, Panama Canal Transit suggests the threshold of the Panama Canal and the appeal of laid-back sophistication. Its defining scenes include transit and Panama Canal locks, giving visitors a vivid sense of what makes the place special and why it stands apart from more predictable ports of call. In just a few hours, it delivers the kind of sensory and cultural richness that great itineraries depend on, proving that a compact visit can still feel expansive, and it feels worthy of more than a passing glance.

Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984, Cartagena's walled old city dates from 1533, its 11-kilometre walls once hosting Sir Francis Drake who set fire to 200 buildings during his 1586 visit. Cobbled streets wind beneath turquoise balconies draped in fuchsia bougainvillea, past colonial buildings in vibrant colours. The city's strategic Caribbean bay location made it essential during the era of European exploration, and traces of that history still line the streets of the old town.

Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984, Cartagena's walled old city dates from 1533, its 11-kilometre walls once hosting Sir Francis Drake who set fire to 200 buildings during his 1586 visit. Cobbled streets wind beneath turquoise balconies draped in fuchsia bougainvillea, past colonial buildings in vibrant colours. The city's strategic Caribbean bay location made it essential during the era of European exploration, and traces of that history still line the streets of the old town.

Days at sea are the perfect opportunity to relax, unwind, and pursue personal interests, whether visiting the gym, the spa, or simply watching for whales from deck. These blue sea days offer an ideal balance to busy days spent exploring ashore.

The Dominican Republic’s capital was the first permanent European settlement in the New World. The UNESCO-listed Zona Colonial has cobblestone streets and a honey-colored, sun-faded cathedral — the first built in the Americas. Now home to more than a million people, Santo Domingo is a busy city with natural sights including the waters and caves of Los Tres Ojos, or the Three Eyes. The Malecón also offers long, easy walks along the seafront.

Days at sea are the perfect opportunity to relax, unwind, and pursue personal interests, whether visiting the gym, the spa, or simply watching for whales from deck. These blue sea days offer an ideal balance to busy days spent exploring ashore.

Days at sea are the perfect opportunity to relax, unwind, and pursue personal interests, whether visiting the gym, the spa, or simply watching for whales from deck. These blue sea days offer an ideal balance to busy days spent exploring ashore.

Fort Lauderdale is a canal-laced city known as the Venice of America, with miles of sandy beaches and a lively promenade of red-brick tiles running along its length. The swampy wetlands of the Everglades, the USA's largest tropical wetlands, sprawl nearby, home to alligators, crocodiles, black bears, panthers, and wading birds. Las Olas Boulevard is lined with upscale shops, restaurants, and art galleries.

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