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Small Ship Cruises - The Americas

If you've traveled with big ship cruise lines in the past, it's time to forget everything you thought you knew about cruising. And if you've avoided cruising because you thought it would be like traveling in a floating mall, it's time to think again. This is something else altogether.
While magnificent sweeping views are certainly abundant in every one of Cruise West's destinations, it's the glory of the details, viewed close up, that bring you the most rewarding memories - cruising so close to a waterfall you can feel the mist, or seeing the barnacles on a humpback's fin. In many of the remote waterways you'll visit, small ships are the only way to explore the area. Cruise West forsakes the wider shipping lanes for channels just a few hundred feet wide, tie up to inner piers in tiny villages, and share waterways with local fishermen and perhaps a few private yachts. And their ships carry inflatable excursion craft to take you to where the action is.

Exploring The Americas by Cruise West's Small Ships is more than vacation. It is hands-on travelling with experienced guides, new friends, incredible authentic food, and never ending photo opportunities.

PLease contact us for all the details, for additional destinations and departures!

AGAIN AVAILABLE: Cruise West's Stowaway Program - 25% off the regular price and additional 5% off for past guests and Quyana members! More:download a PDF of the itinerary


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Cruise Costa Rica & Panama, 2010
10 - 15 days

  • The narrow link of land that connects North and South America is unique on earth, and our small-ship voyages offer unparalleled access to the animals, plants and indigenous people who call this region home. On the 100-guest Pacific Explorer, you'll visit ports of call and remote landings the big ships pass by. And with a limited number of fellow travelers, your experience both on board and ashore is up-close, casual, and very personal, whether you're meeting the Kuna Indians of Panama's San Blas Islands or seeking wildlife in a Costa Rican jungle. Zodiac inflatable excursion crafts take you right to remote bays and deserted shorelines, close enough to the water to trail your fingers in the sea as you watch for blue-footed boobies, red-billed oystercatchers, and magnificent frigate birds. On the edge of Panama's Darién Jungle, you step from a Zodiac launch onto a huge gnarled root in the streambank.
  • Dates:  Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr and Oct/Nov/Dec 2010
    - Cruise Only, 9 nights / 10 days
    - Cruise + Highlights of Costa Rica, 14 nights / 15 days
    - Cruise + Monteverde Cloud Forest, 11 nights / 12 days
     
  • Ports & Places: Coiba National Park, Darién National Park, Golfo Dulce, Manuel Antonio National Park, Panama, Panama Canal, Panama City, Portobelo, San José
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$3999 USD*
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Cruise Baja Mexico, 2010
8 or 12 days

  • Round trip from Cabo San Lucas. Over 140 million years ago the Baja peninsula began to move slowly away from the mainland, forming the Sea of Cortés-the planet's newest sea. In this region more than 900 species of fish, one-third of the world's species of whales and dolphins, hundreds of varieties of birds and thousands of species of marine animals flourish. Many of them found only here. And many of them as curious to learn about you as you are to learn about them. Stand on the deck as hundreds of dolphins welcome us into their midst. Swim with playful sea lions in their home waters. Kayak over gently flapping butterfly rays and schools of sergeant majors. And go ashore on islands that are home to both plants and animals found nowhere else in the world. The turquoise waters here are so impossibly brilliant and crystal clear that floating on the surface can be disorienting, like walking into space with nothing but air below you. Nearby shores are rimmed with white-sand beaches and cacti. And idyllic towns still echo with mission bells of a bygone era.
  • Departures: Jan/ Feb/ March 2010
  • OPTION 1: Cruise only
    OPTION 2: Cruise & Copper Canyon by rail:
    Cabo San Lucas to Chihuahua. Please inquire!
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$1999 USD*
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Cruise British Columbia, 8 days, 2010

  • CRUISE ROUNDTRIP From Seattle: Canada's secluded San Juan Islands  - the remaining mountaintops of a receding continent still offer incredible scenery and solitude. Only private yachts and Cruise West's Spirit of Endeavour and Yorktown Spirit can take full advantage of this captivating maze of islands and fjords. You'll see wild shores that have changed little since Captain George Vancouver first explored here in 1791, and navigate scenic, narrow passageways en route to British Columbia's charming Gulf Islands, the colorful logging community of Nanaimo, and Victoria's incomparable Butchart Gardens. And whether you're exploring the stately British heritage of Victoria or turn-of-the-century Rosario Resort on Orcas Island, the Exploration Leader will give you an insider's view of both the past and the present. Learn how to pronounce "Esquimalt," and where to find the best Irish linens and Scottish tweeds in Victoria. Learn the past of Vancouver's Stanley Park, and how the Hudson's Bay Company changed the face of Vancouver Island.
  • Departures:  5. April, 2. May, 18. & 11. & 25. September 2010 
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$2999 USD*
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Cruise West, specializing in small-ship voyages, has reintroduced their popular Stowaway Program that offers guests with flexibility the opportunity to travel on short notice and receive a savings of 25 percent on the cruise-only brochure rate. This program is available on most cruise products including Asia, South Pacific, the Sea of Cortés, Costa Rica & Panama, Alaska and the East and West Coasts. The Stowaway Program is a straightforward process. The traveler may request 60 or more days in advance to cruise on a specific itinerary and cabin category within a 30-day window. At the time of the request a non-refundable $700 per person deposit is required. At least 30 days before departure, Cruise West will offer to confirm the guest(s) on a specific departure within that requested 30-day travel window. If the guest cannot be accommodated, the full deposit will be refunded. If the guest declines the offered departure date, the deposit amount may be applied to a future cruise or cruise-tour within 24 months. The deposit is also transferable, but is non-refundable.

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* Please Note: All prices quoted are per person and do not include GST, fuel surcharges and applicable taxes.

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