Gail in California

Thank you, notamermaid, for your frequent & knowledgeable updates. We are on Tauck Amsterdam to Basel on Aug10 & are following your posts with great interest & concern. Hoping the recent rain helps the river water levels.

We are starting a Regent cruise in a few weeks and have three days pre-cruise in Santiago. Just wondering if anyone has any experience with the ship’s pre-cruise tours. We might consider doing a tours by locals instead if the ships tour is just a drive-by look.
One day is a Santiago city tour & a drive with lunch at the Santa Rita winery with tour & tasting. That day is from 9 AM until 5 PM. 

Another day is driving to Portillo with a lunch at a local restaurant, and visiting Laguna Del Inka. That day is from 9 AM until 6 PM.

Our last day we have a guided visit of Valparaiso for an hour and a half & a cable car ride before going to the pier.

These seem like long days and I just want to make sure our time is well spent.

Thank you for any suggestions or comments.

We are in Santiago for 3 days prior to a Regent cruise to Buenos Aires. We are scheduled to do the ship’ s tours in Santiago & concerned they might be more of a driveby . Any advice on this? Might be tempted to do  Tour by Locals. 
One  day is a city tour  with lunch & tour at the Santa Rita Winery.

Next day is bus to Portillo,lunch at a local restaurant & visit Laguna del Inca (9am-6pm)

The last day is guided visit of Valparaiso ( might be 1 1/2 hrs.) before driving to the pier in San Antonio.

Thank you for any guidance or suggestions on this. We leave in a few weeks.

We are on Voyager Santiago to Buenos Aires Feb 16, 2023 with extensions pre & post.-8 months off

We are flying into Lima, pre- Macchu Picchu extension of Regent Cruises Santiago to Buenos Aires.

Any must see places or recommended tour guides in Lima?

 Thank you.

How does one get from the Langelinie Pier to the central part of Copenhagen? I am on Oceania Marina in July.

Thank you.

Martins taxis service quoted me 100L for 2 way transport from port to Brugge for this July.