Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

36-Night San Diego to Buenos Aires Cruise Adventure

Holland America · Nieuw Amsterdam · from San Diego

$4,529 per person · next sails Oct 12, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into San Diego (SAN)

Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.

Open-jaw · fly into SAN, home from EZE · $1,574 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near San Diego

Fly in at least a day early — every seasoned cruiser does, so a delay never costs you the ship. Here’s what’s worth that day, within reach of your port — not just the city you fly into.

1 mi from San Diego

Balboa Park

0 mi from San Diego

San Diego Zoo

Your voyage · 36 nights, day by day

Day by day — the unforgettable thing at every port

Your whole sailing in order: the day you board, every port it calls — each with the single bucket-list experience there, the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
San Diego Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 3
Cabo San Lucas
El Arco & Lover's Beach · $240 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Days 4–5
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 6
Huatulco
⚙ Curating Huatulco’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 7
Puerto Quetzal
⚙ Curating Puerto Quetzal’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 8
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 9
Puntarenas
⚙ Curating Puntarenas’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 10
CROSSING THE EQUATOR
⚙ Curating CROSSING THE EQUATOR’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 11–12
Manta (Quito)
⚙ Curating Manta (Quito)’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 13
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 14
Salaverry (Trujillo)
⚙ Curating Salaverry (Trujillo)’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 15–16
Callao (Lima)
⚙ Curating Callao (Lima)’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 17
General San Martin
⚙ Curating General San Martin’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 18
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 19
Arica
⚙ Curating Arica’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 20
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 21
Coquimbo (La Serena)
⚙ Curating Coquimbo (La Serena)’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 22
San Antonio
Private Santiago City Tour · $280 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 23
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 24
Puerto Montt
Private Osorno Volcano & Petrohué Falls Shore Excu… · $512 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 25
Puerto Chacabuco
⚙ Curating Puerto Chacabuco’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 26
Chilean
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 27
SCENIC CRUISING SARMIENTO CHANNEL
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 27
Pio Xi (Bruggen) Glacier
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 28
STRAIT OF MAGELLAN
⚙ Curating STRAIT OF MAGELLAN’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 29
BEAGLE CHANNEL
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
8 more days at sea and ashore
Days 36–37
Buenos Aires Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Buenos Aires

You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.

0 mi from Buenos Aires

Teatro Colón

0 mi from Buenos Aires

Café Tortoni

Home

Fly home from Buenos Aires (EZE)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into SAN, home from EZE · 2 travelers $1,574 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · San Diego · Premium~$290
Cruise fare36 nights · Holland America · 2 guests$9,058
Shore excursions7 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$3,160
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$14,262
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above) — an open-jaw trip: out to the embark port, home from where you disembark; the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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