For 2 1/2 months this past winter and spring, my husband and I have been on a grand adventure—a 68-day cruise around the entire continent of South America, stopping at Antarctica, and continuing back to Ft. Lauderdale. We saw many amazing sights including the breathtaking natural beauty of Antarctica with its snow-covered mountains, whales breaching, and close-up views of chinstrap and gentoo penguins on the coldest, driest, most isolated place on earth. Another spectacular experience was an all-day walk through Iguazu National Park to see Iguazu Falls, 1.7 miles of waterfalls on three different levels in the park that make Niagara Falls look like a miniature waterfall, and the meeting of the muddy Amazon and the blue Atlantic Ocean that run parallel to each other and don’t mix for over 100 miles into the ocean. We also got to experience other memorable things like holding the toucans, sloths, snakes, and capybaras of the Amazon rain forest and being astounded by the spider and capuchin monkeys, agoutis, (like guinea pigs on stilts!), and coati mundis that walked right by us! These memories from our trip of a lifetime will stay with us forever.  As St. Augustine said, “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.”

The food was excellent, the lecturers were knowledgeable and interesting, and the variety of countries, cultures, and scenery was astounding. We would recommend this cruise to anyone wanting an extraordinary experience!