Luxury river cruise line AmaWaterways on Thursday introduced a partnership with Metropolitan Touring, a top South The us tour operator, to introduce a new river cruise encounter in Colombia. Via the partnership, AmaWaterways suggests it gets to be the initially luxurious river cruise line to sail the Magdalena River. It also marks the river cruise line’s 1st foray into South America.
A new customized-developed, all-suite, eco-pleasant river cruise ship will start sailing in December 2023. When details are nevertheless under wraps, AmaWaterways’ President and Co-Founder Rudi Schreiner claims the ship will be named AmaMagdalena and will accommodate around 80 travellers. The new ship and cruise application will incorporate decades of style and design practical experience from Schreiner, additionally Metropolitan Touring’s decades of abilities in expedition cruising in the Galápagos Islands.
Visitors will be in a position to choose concerning two 7-evening itineraries with pre- and write-up-cruise land courses exploring the Magdalena River and delving into Colombia’s cultural and natural heritage. Accompanied by a staff, which will incorporate a wellness supervisor on-board, river cruise travelers on the Magdalena will love in-depth connections with area nature, wildlife, society, flavors and persons, as effectively as actions these as kayaking, mountaineering and birdwatching.
Certain itineraries are now becoming created with extra details predicted in the coming weeks.
The Magdalena River is the principal river of Colombia, flowing for approximately 950 miles south-to-north in the western 50 % of the country. Its mouth is close to Barranquilla, alongside the Caribbean Sea, that means the river was the only transportation hyperlink speaking Bogotá with the Caribbean Sea port Cartagena and, thus, with Europe.
Past the hundreds of fish species discovered in the river, other native animals include caiman, iguanas, pelicans, manatees, parakeets, turtles and tortoises. Invasive hippopotamuses are also discovered in the river—originally introduced to Colombia by Pablo Escobar.
Bookings are probably to open up in slide of this 12 months.
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