Embarking at Valparaiso

[welshaussie]

We are in process of organising our cruise on Zaandam for next Christmas - staying overnight in Valparaiso before embarkation.

Local agent advises that vehicle transfer from Valparaiso hotel to ship is expensive as drivers need to be specially cleared to enter the port. Anyone have info or suggestions about embarkation there please?

Don't fancy wrangling suitcases too far if it's very hot.

[whogo]

We had no trouble taking a taxi from our hotel to the cruise terminal in 2011. Price was reasonable.

Edited February 18, 2014 by whogo
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[J-D]

We had no trouble taking a taxi from our hotel to the cruise terminal in 2011. Price was reasonable.

 

Same for us in March 2013. The taxi should bring you close to the terminal where you will check in your luggage and go through embarkation formalities. From there, you will take a shuttle bus for perhaps 2 km to the ship, and your luggage will be delivered to the ship by someone else.

 

John

[welshaussie]

Thanks, we were a bit dubious about the agent info. They said transfer would be around US$125 due to port requirements re drivers and we thought that seemed pretty steep. We'll leave it and arrange with the hotel when we get there.

Thanks again - happy cruising.