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Adventure Cruising: Into Africa
UNESCO World Heritage-listed Gorée Island, Senegal,is a monument to the West African slave trade. By Roderick Eime With our planet “shrinking” at a rapid rate, expedition cruisers are always spinning their globes in search of new and enriching destinations to add to their adventure CVs. Nowadays, the whole Earth is pretty much fair game and […]
Zegrahm coming to Australia in 2013
Zegrahm Expeditions flagship, Clipper Odyssey by Louise Goldsbury, editor, Cruise Weekly Under new ownership, Small Ship Adventure Company and Alaska Bound are set to launch several products in the local market. THE sale of Small Ship Adventure Company and Alaska Bound to Asia Pacific Travel Marketing Services (APTMS), announced yesterday, will see an expansion of […]
Zegrahm coming to Australia in 2013
Zegrahm Expeditions flagship, Clipper Odyssey by Louise Goldsbury, editor, Cruise Weekly Under new ownership, Small Ship Adventure Company and Alaska Bound are set to launch several products in the local market. THE sale of Small Ship Adventure Company and Alaska Bound to Asia Pacific Travel Marketing Services (APTMS), announced yesterday, will see an expansion of […]
Snow Petrels and Showgirls: Ponant Antarctica
Ice Queen: L’Austral looks magnificent amid the Antarctic landscape (Ponant) You know how it is when you just can’t get a song out of your head. So why was I strolling through a Gentoo penguin rookery on the Antarctic Peninsula humming Beyonce’s hit, “All the single ladies” ? Read on. From my experience, folks travel […]
Ponant sales up
Source: Cruise Weekly The 20-y-o Le Ponant was the French line’s first vessel. In two months, the French line has sold a yacht, ordered a yacht, and may soon increase its presence in Australia. COMPAGNIE du Ponant has recorded a strong year of sales in Australia and may be sending its next luxury vessel down […]
Ponant sales up
Source: Cruise Weekly The 20-y-o Le Ponant was the French line’s first vessel. In two months, the French line has sold a yacht, ordered a yacht, and may soon increase its presence in Australia. COMPAGNIE du Ponant has recorded a strong year of sales in Australia and may be sending its next luxury vessel down […]
Oceanic Discoverer hits reef in PNG
Source: Cruise Weekly CORAL Princess Cruises’ 72-pax Oceanic Discoverer has had a “minor” incident, hitting a reef near Papua New Guinea. Early reports indicate that no significant damage or injuries were sustained.According to a company spokesperson, the cruise continued as normal to its scheduledconclusion the following day. “The ship is in Cairns at the moment […]
Oceanic Discoverer hits reef in PNG
Source: Cruise Weekly CORAL Princess Cruises’ 72-pax Oceanic Discoverer has had a “minor” incident, hitting a reef near Papua New Guinea. Early reports indicate that no significant damage or injuries were sustained.According to a company spokesperson, the cruise continued as normal to its scheduledconclusion the following day. “The ship is in Cairns at the moment […]
A Dose of Real Aloha
Safari Explorer carries just 36 pax by Roderick Eime, Adventure Cruise Guide Vessel: Safari Explorer, 36 paxLocation: Molokai, Hawai’i “Cruise Ships not welcome!” “Cruise Ships Go Home!” You’d think with placard-wielding protesters and chants like this greeting you at the wharf, you’d washed up on some hostile, alien shore. The truth was quite the opposite. […]
A Dose of Real Aloha
Safari Explorer carries just 36 pax by Roderick Eime, Adventure Cruise Guide Vessel: Safari Explorer, 36 paxLocation: Molokai, Hawai’i “Cruise Ships not welcome!” “Cruise Ships Go Home!” You’d think with placard-wielding protesters and chants like this greeting you at the wharf, you’d washed up on some hostile, alien shore. The truth was quite the opposite. […]
