Momi

8 hours ago, tokidoki said:

anyone know what the big announcement is this monday?   Saw it on FB.  thx

probably that they don't exchange USD anymore  you have to bring your own cash.

3 hours ago, TroubleT said:

Absolutely!

I only don't understand why you need three days. It's more than enough to have just one day to see the Argentinian side of the Falls. 

Last December we did the same itinerary:

1. Flew early morning from Buenos Aires to Iguazu Falls - Argentina side airport; check in to hotel in town on Argentina side; did the tour of the Argentinian side. Had a great dinner at the local restaurant. 

2. Day 2: Visit Brazil side of the Falls. 

Our flight was late in the evening. We could have had it in the late afternoon. There are different routes on Brazilian side of the Falls, but you actually need to see only The Devil's Throat. Some may disagree with me, but our group felt that it was a waste of time to spend the whole day on Brazilian side (especially when the temperature was 112 F!).

The devils throat is at the Argentina side. 

It is doable. We did both sides on one day. 

We spent 5 hours an the Argentina side, started 8:00 am and walked the blue loop and to the Devils throat with the train. 

It was not to busy in the morning and not to hot and it was beautiful. 

1:00 pm our private taxi dropped us off at the Brazilien side where we spent 4 hours. 

After lots off walking in Argentina it was great that Busses bring you to the Falls to see the highlights. 

We flew from Buenos Aires to Argentina and stayed at the Brazilien side in order to have inland flights only. And have no delay with boarder crossing. It was all easy. 

We had amazing private accommodation 

and great driver allways be on time. 

The black and yellow taxis have a meter and they charge you fair. We just got in the taxi, devided the showen price by 39 and paid in US $. No problem ever. 

They don’t have change and do not accept 

1$ bills. 

On 2/26/2019 at 4:29 PM, boom_boom said:

The terminal is easy to access, but remote from most of the city. The embarkation area, however, has to be reached via a bus from the terminal. At least it was that way on the Eclipse a few weeks ago.  Don't recall any nearby hotels.  We stayed to the San Telmo area of the city and the taxi, as I recall, cost about $300 Pesos. BA is a large, spread-out city, but lots of taxis at reasonable prices. Pick an area of the city you like and find a hotel you like, Just don't expect to be overly close to the cruise terminal.

On 2/26/2019 at 4:18 PM, We-R-Off said:

Is the cruise port in Buenos Aires easily accessible to & from the city. We’re planning to stay several days pre-cruise?

On 2/26/2019 at 4:18 PM, We-R-Off said:

Is the cruise port in Buenos Aires easily accessible to & from the city. We’re planning to stay several days pre-cruise?

It is really close. We paid for 4 people 30$

and that is way to much. After staying for two days i know we overpaid. 10$ to the Plaza de Mayo should be enough. 

1 hour ago, caneable said:

 

Hi momi

We are doing the cruise after yours from BA to San Antonio. At Puerto Montt a guy called Dennis Purtov seems very well regarded and we will be travelling with him that day.  His website is www.puertomontt-excursions.com you could give him a try.  There’s a boat trip to Magdalene Island to see Magellanis Penguins.  At Stanley on Falkland Islands try Estancia.com.  They do visits to Volunteer Point to see King Penguins.  If they can’t help try Patrick Watts, try Googling the name, he’s very popular but I don’t know website address.  There’s a hop on hop off bus at Montevideo that looks like it stops near the harbour gates.  There’s going to be a lot more on the Feb 16 Roll Call, but I realise time will be tight.  Anyway have a great trip and get the Champagne Bar warmed up for us guys on the next trip!

Steve

Hallo Steve, thanks for the great tips. I read good about Dennis Purtov before and contacted him now but couldn't get a hold of him. Also read about Patrick Watts and Angelika Deutsch from Chacabuco.

You have a great trip as well. Champagne bar is supposed to be the best 🙂 we'll check it out for you. cheers

25 minutes ago, 4774Papa said:

We have done Around the Horn and been to Chile twice.  We used SouthExcursions for tours and they were excellent and reasonably priced.

Thank you, I will check that.

2 minutes ago, ColinIllinois said:

 

 

Actually according to your posting history, you did.  It was your first post.

I did ? See ,no glue, sorry :)

I did not get any response

Thanks

14 minutes ago, FredZiffle said:

Wow.  That's a pricey tour for riding around in a van looking at scenery.  There is honestly very little a tour guide can tell you other than general facts about the region.  The views are very nice, but you don't need a tour guide to see them.  You might want to look at going out on your own using the local bus system.  Exact same route to Coyhaique on a nice motor coach for less than $20 per person roundtrip.  There are specifics on how to do this in several other posts in the South America Ports of Call Forum.

Thank you Fred.

I read that before and I think we will do public transport now. I thought it is much better deal than NCL but still expensive. I don't understand any Spanish or Portuguese and English is my second Language is that okay?

do you have any recommendations for Puerto Montt?

thanks again

Monika

1 hour ago, tallnthensome said:

Have you tried the roll call forum for your cruise for this? 

Thanks for your response. No I haven't  I'm new to this and have to figure out how to 🙂

Monika

Hi, we are a group of four people from Germany and would be happy to join a small group for private tours.

I've reserved a private tour in Chacaboco,  Coyhaique+ Simpson Valley for 6 People 670 USD, 4 1/2 hours.

www.toursbylocals.com

Is anyone interested to join us or has a better deal where we could join?

NCL Sun from Chile to Argentina  16.Februar- 2.March

Thanks