Princess Cruises Ready to Launch Two Vessels to South America

Princess Cruises will send two ships –the Golden Princess and the Pacific Princess- to South America late next year for the 2006-2007 winter season. The line said the 2006-2007 season will be its first two-ship South America season.

The 2,600-passenger Golden Princess will sail around Cape Horn and will offer cruises on both sides of the continent, including a 16-day Santiago, Chile, to Acapulco, Mexico, voyage that includes a visit to Machu Picchu, Peru; and a 16-day cruise from New Orleans to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The 670-passenger Pacific Princess, meanwhile, will sail the Amazon River and offer two Andes cruises in Peru.