{"id":13274,"date":"2013-07-05T09:21:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T09:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/crystal-to-return-to-antarctica-for-ultimate-white-christmas-and-new-years-cruise\/"},"modified":"2013-07-05T09:21:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T09:21:00","slug":"crystal-to-return-to-antarctica-for-ultimate-white-christmas-and-new-years-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/07\/crystal-to-return-to-antarctica-for-ultimate-white-christmas-and-new-years-cruise\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal To Return To Antarctica For Ultimate White Christmas — And New Year’s — Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Save hours on your travel research. Get brochures delivered to your door for free. Digital option too.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Crystal Cruises is planning a magical winter wonderland holiday with a newAntarctica\u00a0Christmas\/New Year’s\u00a0cruise.<\/span><\/span>

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In addition to three days sailing Antarctic waters, the\u00a0December 21, 2013\u00a0Buenos Aires-Valparaiso\u00a0voyage aboard the award-winning Crystal Symphony sails through\u00a0Argentina,\u00a0Uruguay,\u00a0Chile,\u00a0Falkland Islands, Drake Passage, Cape Horn, and the Chilean Fjords, with multiple excursions to the Antarctic continent.\u00a0 Generous booking savings are available until\u00a0August 30\u00a0for the unique voyage — the only one of its kind for 2013 and 2014.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Crystal is one of the few cruise lines permitted to sail to\u00a0Antarctica, due to the strict environmental regulations, for which Crystal has incurred extra cost and planning efforts.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\n“We are always very environmentally conscious of the destinations we visit,” says\u00a0Anita Hodson,\u00a0<\/span>\"CRYSTALCrystal’s director of nautical and port operations.\u00a0 “We’re thrilled to be able to meet the new standards required to bring guests to this spectacular region this year.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

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Guests can fly, hike, and zodiac over and on the icy continent, viewing Air Force homes, penguin breeding grounds, and the gorgeous glacial scenery of\u00a0King George\u00a0and Ardley Islands.\u00a0 Extremely-limited Crystal Adventures also explore more ofAntarctica, taste local specialties, and overnight at the Chilean Eduardo Frei Antarctic Base (INACH).<\/span><\/div>\n

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The 18-day cruise is filled with opportunities to explore nature in all ports, from seeing volcanos, waterfalls, humpback whales, and marine elephants to kayaking the Strait of Magellan and visiting working farms in the Falklands and Patagonia \u2013 as well as to explore wine, cuisine, and culture in major South American cities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

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Onboard speakers include an Antarctic expedition book author, climate change researcher, shark conservationist, and CBS News correspondent.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The itinerary visits\u00a0Buenos Aires,\u00a0Montevideo, Puerto Madryn, Port Stanley, Ushuaia (overnight),\u00a0Punta Arenas,\u00a0Puerto Montt, and Valpara\u00edso.\u00a0 As guests’ warm and cozy home for the holidays, Crystal Symphony will be luxuriously decorated throughout, offering abundant space to celebrate with gourmet Christmas feasts, a champagne\u00a0New Year’s\u00a0gala, religious services, junior cruiser events (including Santa), and more.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Similarly decked-out and celebratory Crystal Serenity will spend the holidays cruising the tropics, with a round-trip\u00a0Miami\u00a0voyage also departing\u00a0December 21, and calling in Turks & Caicos;\u00a0Curacao;\u00a0Santa Marta\u00a0and\u00a0Cartagena,\u00a0Colombia; Roatan Island,Honduras;\u00a0Belize\u00a0City,\u00a0Belize; Costa Maya and\u00a0Cozumel, Mexico; and\u00a0Key West, Florida.<\/span><\/div>\n

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All-inclusive cruise fares begin at\u00a0$9,740\/person for\u00a0South America\u00a0and\u00a0$7,430\/person for the\u00a0Caribbean\u00a0and include\u00a0$600\u00a0and$800\u00a0per person in savings, respectively, if booked by August 30.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The renowned Crystal Experience has been voted “World’s Best” by readers of\u00a0Conde Nast Traveler<\/i>\u00a0for 19 years and\u00a0Travel + Leisure<\/i>\u00a0for 17 years, more than any other cruise line, hotel, or resort in history.<\/span><\/div>\n

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For more information and Crystal reservations, contact a travel agent, call 888-799-4625, or visit\u00a0www.crystalcruises.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Save hours on your travel research. Get brochures delivered to your door for free. Digital option too. Crystal Cruises is planning a magical winter wonderland holiday with a newAntarctica\u00a0Christmas\/New Year’s\u00a0cruise. In addition to three days sailing Antarctic waters, the\u00a0December 21, 2013\u00a0Buenos Aires-Valparaiso\u00a0voyage aboard the award-winning Crystal Symphony sails through\u00a0Argentina,\u00a0Uruguay,\u00a0Chile,\u00a0Falkland Islands, Drake Passage, Cape Horn, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}