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We did a similar cruise on Princess in March of 2023 but without the Antarctica portion and if you prefer to book your tours with an independent provider as we always do, we can highly recommend Calaio Viajes y Turismo an Argentina based operator. We had originally booked this South America cruise for March 2022 but due to COVID, Princess cancelled it. We rebooked the identical cruise for 2023. When planning for 2022, I contacted Edgardo Calaio, the General Manager, and arranged a total of 8 tours – Buenos Ares, Montevideo, Puerto Madryn, Ushuaia, Punta Arenas, Puerto Montt, San Antonio and Coquimbo. Edgardo was a pleasure to work with. There were six of us and we made a number of revisions during the planning process. Edgardo was patient and professional over an almost two-year period. When we had to change to 2023, he was able to switch everything to a year later. It was a great help to be able to arrange all our tours with a single contact. Our vans were comfortable and clean. All our guides spoke excellent English and were able to answer all the many questions we threw at them. Edgardo let us know the name of our guide shortly before each port so we knew who we would be with. We made a small deposit for the tours a few months before sailing. At our request, rather than pay the balance to the driver in every port, we paid via PayPal shortly before sailing. If you are planning tours, by all means contact Edgardo and ask what he can arrange for you. The website is https://calaioviajesyturismo.tur.ar/ . In over 30 cruises on Princess arranging tours all over the world, our experience with Edgardo was the best.