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Aranui 5 launch delayed
#expeditioncruising Artist’s rendering of Aranui 5 in port Tahiti’s Compagnie Polynésienne de Transport Maritime (CPTM) has just confirmed to us that the Aranui 5 ‘s maiden voyage will be delayed by one sailing. At the moment, CPTM believe that she should be able to enter service with departure N°14/2015 (October 10, 2015). This date could […]
New Aranui 5 revealed
#expeditioncruising The new Aranui 5 is scheduled to take over from the Aranui 3 in September 2015. With a total length of 126m, featuring air-conditioning and lifts, the new passenger/freighter ship can carry up to 254 passengers accommodated in magnificent suites and cabins more spacious and comfortable, of which a great number of units with […]
AFR: Sail away to the most isolated paradises on earth
#expeditioncruising Locals in dugout outriggers pay a visit on True North’s PNG cruise. Travel 1000 kilometres south-west along PNG’s barely chartered east coast, passing through some of the world’s least-visited islands. Photo: North Star Cruises Great ‘executive summary’ of expedition ships by Craig Tansley for the AFR Read the full story
Aranui Adds Bora Bora to Revamped 2015 Program
#expeditioncruising Aranui 3 in Bora Bora (Lionel Gouverneur) Bora Bora’s impossibly blue lagoon is set to become a regular highlight for Tahiti’s freighter cruise line Aranui, which has added the famed Society Islands to its 2015 program. For the first time, every 14-day Aranui roundtrip cruise from Papeete will call at Bora Bora as well […]
Aranui 3 to include visit to Takapoto
#expeditioncruising Aranui 3 French Polynesia’s renowned passenger-cargo ship, the Aranui 3 is now affording passengers the pleasure of visiting the picturesque island of Takapoto in the Tuamotu Islands, in place of Fakarava, on all future voyages. While on shore in Takapoto, guests have the opportunity to explore the island by foot and swim and snorkel […]
Aranui Adds Bora Bora For First Time in 2014
Credit: Lionel Gouverneur Tahiti’s freighter cruise line, Aranui, will make its first scheduled calls to Bora Bora next year including a special Christmas visit. Aranui is best known for its 14-day cruise adventures to French Polynesia’s mysterious Marquesas and the pristine Tuamotus but will also add two visits to Bora Bora’s famed blue lagoon during […]
Cruise Weekly: Ready … on your Marquesas … go!
Location: Port of Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas, French Polynesia View Larger Map If there ever was a perfect outpost as sanctuary for troubled artists, refuge for wayward seamen and magnet for restless adventurers, then the far flung islands of the Marquesas would have to be it. Sure, you can catch one of the easy flights […]
