Simply wonderful.This is a trip I have wanted to do for many decades and I am so pleased I opted for Abercrombie & Kent. I chose to fly business class to Buenos Aires (there was no First Class available with BA), this made an expensive trip into a very expensive trip, but that was my choice.

My cabin or stateroom as they are rather pretentiously called, was on deck three and I was more than happy with it, it was close to reception, the Grand Salon, the restaurant and I was very comfortable. The food on board was excellent, personally I thought it was remarkable they could offer such wonderful selections of fresh fruits and salads throughout the trip. There were two restaurants, an informal buffet restaurant that was often busy on level six and a more formal and quieter restaurant on level two. Some guests complained about the choice etc, but then you will always get some people who just take a delight in finding something to complain about. It was a boat with 200 guests and 100 staff not 3,000 guests; they served three meals a day plus snacks and afternoon teas and even crepes some afternoons. If at anytime you were hungry, you could always order from the extensive room service menu for which there was no extra charge.

All drinks including from the cabin's mini bar were included with the exception of high value vintage wines and vintage champagnes.The staff on board were on the whole simply delightful. Many of the waiters etc were from Indonesia or Bali, they were charming and smiled and tried as hard as possible. Read more