LUXURY EXPEDITIONS 2018-2019

Pre & post cruise
programmes
We invite you to enhance your cruise and extend your trip with carefully designed, high-quality programmes, organised to tie in with the
flights selected by PONANT. These are group excursions, and are available either immediately before or after your cruise; they must be
booked before departure. Would you like to join this program but are travelling on a different flight than the one selected by PONANT?
Please do not hesitate to contact our travel agents or your travel professional, PONANT can organise your private transfer. The programmes
with the logo “Escorted programme” benefit from a PONANT accompaniment.
Ushuaia, Argentina
Patagonia, a land of contrasts (5 days / 4 nights)
• Price per person: consult us
On your arrival at the airport, you will be transferred to your hotel before enjoying a panoramic tour of Buenos Aires and dinner in a typically
Argentinian restaurant. On the following day, you will fly to the small town of El Calafate, considered to be the gateway into Patagonia’s
Los Glaciares National Park, before heading off to discover Perito Moreno, the famous glacier that is regarded as an unmissable stage
of any trip to Argentina. Your programme will then take you into the heart of the Torres del Paine National Park, designated a World
Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1978. On your final day, you will be transferred to the city of Ushuaia where you will be able to enjoy an
afternoon of free time before you board.
Your pre-cruise programme: FOR ALL CRUISES DEPARTING FROM USHUAIA
Ushuaia, Argentina
Overnight in Buenos Aires (2 days / 1 night)
• Price per person: consult us
Meet and greet at the airport and transfer to your hotel. In the
afternoon, panoramic tour of Buenos Aires. You will discover the
highlights of the attractive and pulsating capital of Argentina,
famous for being "the Paris of South America". You will visit the
heart of the city, May Square (Plaza de Mayo), with the Government
House (Casa Rosada) on one side and the cathedral on the other
side, and the City Hall. From there, the bus drives you through San
Telmo (a tango district) to La Boca, with its most famous colourful
and picturesque houses. La Boca is the oldest harbour of Buenos
Aires and in the early 20th century, most Italian immigrants
made here their first steps in their new homeland. At the end of
the tour you will visit the northern part of Buenos Aires and the
Recoleta neighbourhood with its French style wide avenues,
parks and residential houses. Eventually you will visit the unique
monumental cemetery, where Evita Perón is buried.
Your pre-cruise programme:
FOR ALL CRUISES DEPARTING FROM USHUAIA
Ushuaia, Argentina
Iguazu Falls (5 days / 4 nights)
• Price per person: consult us
You will be greeted at the airport and taken to your hotel. In the
afternoon, you will discover Buenos Aires and its main districts.
The next day, you will fly to Iguazu Falls, a UNESCO World Heritage
Site. On the Argentinean side, two routes will allow you to get as
close as possible to the falls. On the Brazilian side, you will have a
full, front-on view of three kilometres of waterfalls. Transfer and
Iguazu / Buenos Aires flight and transfer to your hotel. The next
day you will be taken to the airport for your flight to Ushuaia.
Your pre-cruise programme:
USHUAIA • MONTEVIDEO - 27th February 2019 aboard L’Austral
USHUAIA • CAPETOWN - 3rd March 2019 aboard Le Lyrial
Your post-cruise programme:
MONTEVIDEO • USHUAIA - 3rd November 2018 aboard Le Lyrial
32 | Summer 2018 / Winter 2018 - 2019 Cruises