Imagine yourself with Latin beats on a warm winter cruise, filled with attractions to enjoy with a fantastic beach day. My first Panama Canal cruise made me feel like we were free from our regular life. Slower pace, strong culture, and see more for your heart.
Windstar’s small boat cruise allows you to see iconic and lesser-known monuments and attractions Latin America and Panama Canal. Escape for a week or immerse yourself in a two-week resident. Costa Rica tour with local Naturalist on board Expand your knowledge about the area. Many Latin American cruises have the option to extend your trip by cruising and back-to-back, all of which have plenty of time to relax. Think of the multi-colored beaches brought by lush greenery. Then the ship Water Sports Piereasy access to transparent blue waters.
There are twenty-five different Latin America and Panama Canal Itinerary, Choosing the perfect challenge is a challenge. Are you mainly interested in the canal itself or are you looking for a cruise that is as easy as the Caribbeans to plan, but there are some new peculiar ports? Maybe you haven’t considered it at all. Read on to see Windstar’s options for exploring Central America and around.
Experience the Panama Canal
The Panama Canal has been a long cruise in history on other cruise lines, usually fourteen nights or more. And they are often used to reposition cruising (e.g., moving vessels in Alaska and the Caribbean). Windstar unleashes two patterns, providing the entire hybrid season and also offers guests the opportunity to customize their cruising methods. If you like, please be long – or short.
The absolute best itinerary to see the canal on a short cruise was 7 nights. This is a comprehensive tour. Depending on the date, you either start on the Atlantic side of Cologne or on the Pacific side of Puerto Rico crater.
Entering these cruises involves an easy flight from Miami (three hours) or Houston (four hours). The flight from Cologne is through Panama City (PTY). Transportation between the cruise terminals between Cologne and Panama City Airport can be arranged by bus, shuttle or private car. The closest airport to the Puerto Rico crater is Santa Maria International (SJO), about forty minutes from the airport.
Whether you have experienced the canal or not, seeing it from the boat is fascinating and relaxing. Since there are no crowds, you don’t have to fight the crowd when the ship passes through the lock. The local guide on the ship tells the transit throughout the day.
Your Wind Starship is essentially a river cruise of the day. You can kick back all day and enjoy engineering feats and lush Panama scenery. Boat options on the seven-night itinerary include sailing boats and Windstar motor yachts.
It’s not that I personally strongly tend to both (I love them equally), but imagine the sheer romance that goes through the canal Feng Ling or Wind Star. Both will be attracted to most other ships, but their main tailmasts will hardly clear the bridges you pass at either end. Passengers and crew refueled again in the darkness of the morning and at the other end of the night. Talk about photo action!
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Flight selection usually requires at least one day of pre-processing. Regardless of the direction you cruising, Panama City’s old town is worth exploring overnight.
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Entertainment time in the Pacific
If the Panama Canal itself is not as important to you as exploring call ports in Central America, especially on the Pacific Coast, you might consider Natural Costa Rica: Puerto Rico Crater to Panama City. It was an eight-night trip between the craters of Balboa, Panama and Puerto Rico in Costa Rica, and both countries stopped. The first thing to know is that there will be a beach. And if your beach isn’t your business, there’s plenty of time to explore the rainforest you’re visiting.
Call ports include exotic places like Isla Parida, where the tour options are somewhat adventures, ranging from snorkeling, fishing and hiking to wildlife viewing (yes, there will be monkeys). Next is Golfo Dulce, where you can do a lazy walking tour or try kayaking. Quepos offers a lot of options, more for hiking and wildlife viewing, and a large selection of cooking snacks.
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For water lovers, the cruise offers six potential water sports piers. For those like me who have been looking for scuba diving locations, this cruise offers the opportunity to book dives independently at most call ports. I easily found a dive operator along the way. The days at the port were long enough to go out alone for a few boat dives and then return to the boat for a leisurely afternoon.
Cultural in-depth diving
For those who have been driven to experience the region’s culture in depth, there are more than a dozen Celebrity Collector Series The cruise ranges from 13 to 55 nights. These provide time to last longer in multiple segments in the region (and even beyond). Choose a celebrity collector with the benefits of a free daily laundry so you can be a little lighter.
My favorite star collector option in Latin America is 22 nights Central America Exploration through the Panama Canal. Itinerary on board Seeking stars Start with San Juan, Puerto Rico and end in Puerto Valata, Mexico. It is packaged in the stunning scenery of two oceans in the essence of Latin American culture and history.
The ship is overnight in Cartagena, Colombia and Balboa, Panama. Among the 17 temporary ports, expect UNESCO World Heritage Sites, National Parks and Conservancy, coral reefs, rainforests, colorful beaches and Mayan cultural landmarks. The route includes four days at sea to relax on the boat.
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To dig deeper, go all the way from San Juan to Juneau, Alaska, stardom Style adventure. this Caribbean and American explorers Covering most of the Caribbean Sea, cross the Panama Canal, then head north and stop on the Mexican Riviera. There are plenty of ocean days on the way to Seattle, then enjoy a delightful early Alaska cruise on the first Alaska season of star Seeker.
Mix the Caribbean and Latin America
Don’t want to give up on your Caribbean winter adventure? That’s OK, there are some options to escape Latin America with the most delightful islands of the Caribbean. Take the aforementioned Six-day jump Between Aruba and Balboa, if you try to squeeze it all into a week-long cruise, including the transit through the canal.
For a more laid back Latin American/Western Caribbean combo, visit Star Collector Series: Natural History Meets Ancient Mysteries: Latin America and More. This 16-night tour Wind surfingStarting from Aruba, hitting the Atlantic hotspot in Mexico, staying on the colon long enough that you can tour the canal and see the locks work from different angles.
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If you are like me, can’t stand the idea of such intimacy, but missed it on the other two islands in ABC (Bonaire and Curacao) Wind and Tobago. This seven-night addition is the best in the Southern Caribbean: Bequia, Mayreau, St. Lucia, Bonaire, Curacao, and ends in Aruba. It’s hard to ask for more.
