South America Cruise Guide

Information for cruise visitors going to South America

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Valparaiso, Chile. Photo of expedition port for Silversea Cruises.

Overview

A South American cruise voyage can be an expedition to Patagonia and the Fjords in Chile or it can be a exciting cruise calling on cosmopolitan Buenos Aires or seductive Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Cruise visitors calling on the fourth largest continent can discover the world’s highest waterfall (Angel Falls, Venezuela) to the land’s end in Tierra del Fuego.

Ports of call in South America

The most popular cruise ports to embark a South America cruise are:

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Manaus, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Santiago (Valsparaiso), Chile

List of South America cruise ports and destinations:

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cape Horn, Chile
Cartegena, Columbia
Chubut, Argentina
Darwin Channel, Chile
Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Iquique, Chile
Iquitos, Peru
Itajai, Brazil
Lima (Callao), Peru
Manaus, Brazil
Mar Del Plata, Argentina
Montevideo, Uruguay
Palmer Station, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
Pisco, Peru
Puerto Chacabuco, Chile
Puerto Madryn, Argentina
Puerto Montt, Chile
Punta Arenas, Chile
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Recife, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Salaverry, Peru
San Antonio, Chile
Santos, Brazil
Sao Paulo (Santos), Brazil
Talcahuano, Chile
Ushuaia (Tierra del Fuego), Argentina
Valparaiso, Chile

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