You should take a few lectures so you can learn about the local culture and experience hands-on various activities on board educational South America cruises. No matter if you retired with some free time or you are just looking of getting some educational experience without having to go back to college, there are a few cruise companies which will provide educational South America cruise tours. There are many professional leaders as well as tour guides which will teach about the local areas along your cruise.
Smithsonian Journeys – Jungle Rivers & Tropical Islands
You can take an educational journey through the rivers and the jungles of South America. Smithsonian Journeys will provide educational cruise tours throughout the entire world, as well as South America. The Jungle Rivers & Tropical Forests Cruise vessel will make various stops along the way in Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Trinidad, Paramaribo or Georgetown. The fourteen-day educational tour will include expert leaders, reading materials, study guides as well as local tour guides. Costs for such a cruise will start from $7.999/person, as of 2010. Meals, beverages and accommodation will also be included.
Smithsonian Journeys
Washington, DC 20077
877 338 8687
smithsonianjourneys.org
Expeditions – South America
National Geographic & Lindblad Expeditions will team up to provide educational cruise tours all over the world, in South America as well. You may jump on board the vessel in Lima to start your tour. During the ten-day cruise, you will be able to visit Nauta, the Pacaya Samiria Reserve or Iquitos. A professional expedition leader will help you learn more about the history of the area as well as its culture during your cruise tour. Costs will begin from $5.600/person, as of 2010. Meals, transportation, beverages and accommodation will be provided, as well as adventure equipment.
Lindblad Expeditions
96 Morton Street
212 765 7740
expeditions.com
Road Scholar World Academy South America
Road Scholar is a non-profit company for educational travel purposes which will provide tours throughout the entire world. This cruise company will provide the World Academy South America Cruise which will visit various places along the like Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Panama, Columbia, Falkland Islands or Venezuela. On this seventy-seven-night cruise tour, guests will be able to receive 31 field excursions, 37 trips, 51 expert-led lectures, 3 performances, 224 meals, 7 flights as well as a lot more. Various highlights will include the Tierra del Fuego National Park and Amazon Rainforest. Costs will begin from $24.500/person, as of 2010.
Road Scholar
11 Avenue de Lafayette
1 877 426 8056
roadscholar.org