Fiji Offers new voyages on Pacific Dawn
and sister ship Pacific Sun to increase tourism in Denarau, Fiji
Note: This article was published in May
2008. Prices noted here are subject to change and are
published only as reference.
Cunard's Queen Victoria in Sydney Harbour on its maiden visit; it will
make three calls in Australia next year.
These include a 17-night Brisbane to Darwin trip in August from $3649 a
person and a 16-night voyage from Sydney to Tonga, Fiji and New
Caledonia in September from $2203 a person. There will also be a
21-night round trip from Auckland to Tahiti in June from $2754 a person.
These cruises are among the 46 from Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland that
P&O will offer on the two ships from May 2009 to January 2010. Next
year's program also includes Port Denarau near Nadi in Fiji, a new
destination for the cruise line.
Denarau provides exceptional home and
property ownership opportunities at Fiji Hilton, Fiji Radisson,
Golf Terraces, and
Denarau
Island Lots from $500,000 US.
Or look in
Taunovo Bay
approximately two hours away.
Details are in a just-released
brochure. More: www.pocruises.com.au.
Grand cruise: The lip-smacking opportunity to sample the 33 grand crus
of France's Burgundy region comes with a week-long cruise on the luxury
barge Napoleon. It takes just 12 passengers who will participate in a
week of wine classes, tastings and excursions. Four leading vineyards
will be visited during the Macon to Dijon cruise, starting on July 20.
Passsengers will travel from London to Paris on the Eurostar, then take
the TGV to Macon. Orient-Express is offering the trip for the first time
from pound stg. 3510 ($7253) a person ex London, all-inclusive. More:
www.orient-express.com .
Paddle and camp: Paddle the sea by day and camp on the beach at night
with a seven-day Hinchinbrook Island kayaking trip in Queensland that
comes with the chance of spotting turtles, dolphins, dugongs and even
humpback whales. From $1695 a person, including kayaking equipment,
guides, most meals, camping gear and transport from Misson Beach.
Available to October 26. More:
www.escapetravel.com.au.
Take to the air: Creative Cruising has a 13-night fly-cruise linked with
Sun Princess's Sydney to Tahiti voyage in October; from $2579 a person.
There's also an 18-night return cruise in November from $3199. Both
include one-way flights, transfers, port charges and taxes. Sun Princess
will sail from Sydney on October 21 for New Caledonia, Tonga, the Cook
Islands, French Polynesia and Tahiti (where there's a night at the
Radisson Plaza Resort). The return cruise departs on November 1 after a
two-night stay at the Radisson and will visit Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga and
Fiji on the way to Sydney. More:
www.creativecruising.com.au.
Dawn awakening: A month-long Pacific cruise from San Francisco to Sydney
on Dawn Princess is available from $5799 a person, including flights
from Sydney and a night at the Grand Hyatt in San Francisco pre-cruise.
The ship sails on September 24, visiting Hawaii, Christmas Island,
French Polynesia, the Cook Islands, American Samoa, Fiji and New
Zealand's Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin and Fjordland
National Park, arriving in Sydney on October 24. For sale to August 2.
More: www.ecruising.travel.
Royal show: Queen Mary 2 will make its second visit to Australia on
February 26 when it sails into Sydney as part of a 90-day voyage from
Fort Lauderdale in the US, visiting 26 ports in 24 countries. Following
its maiden visit this year, Queen Victoria will make three calls here
next year: Hobart (February 17), Sydney (February 19-20) and Cairns
(February 23) during an epic 107-night trip. Details of Cunard's 2009
program are on its new website. More:
www.cunardline.com.au.
Take a dive: Cruise West's flagship, the 120-passenger Spirit of the
Oceanus, will operate three itineraries exploring the reefs and
shipwrecks of the South Pacific in 2009. Pearls of Polynesia, Island
Sanctuaries and Legends of the Pacific, which will run from January to
March, are targeted at scuba divers. Book before June 13 and there's a
$US600 ($640) a person discount and an additional saving of $US200 if
paid by that date. The 12-night Pearls of Polynesia cruise, which sails
between Fiji and Papeete, is from $US5399 a person, cruise only, with
the discounts. More:
www.traveltheworld.com.au.
River rush: River cruising in Europe is riding the crest of a wave, with
departures often booked out well in advance. Harvey World Travel has 15
and 21-day flight-inclusive river cruises that travel from Amsterdam in
The Netherlands to Budapest in Hungary. The 15-day cruise, on an APT
ship, is from $6575, including flights, all meals and wines with dinner,
transfers and tipping. For departures in March or November 1-22, 2009.
The 21-day trip combines the cruise with six nights in Paris and Prague
and there's a bonus two-night Asia stopover with accommodation and
transfers. From $9825 a person ex Australia. This also includes a number
of events such as a champagne music recital at Hungary's Budapest Opera
House and guided walking tours. Flights are from Sydney, Melbourne,
Brisbane, Adelaide or Perth to Budapest or Amsterdam and return. More:
www.harveyworld.com.au.
Take a cut: Princess Cruises is offering savings of up to 50 per cent on
Dawn Princess's South Pacific cruise departing Sydney on November 23,
visiting the Loyalty Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and New Caledonia. From
$1895 a person; balcony cabins from $2635. More:
www.dawnsunprincess.com.au.
Free air: Free flights to Argentina are on offer from Cruiseco, plus
discounts of up to 27 per cent, on Discovery's 108-day marathon cruise
between South America, Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, South Africa,
India, North Africa, the Mediterranean and Harwich on England's east
coast. The full cruise, departing Ushuaia on February 8, is from $27,250
a person with flights. For those with less time, it can be broken into
58-day sectors from $14,995 a person. More:
www.cruising.com.au.
(2008/05) Originally published on
www.theaustralian.news.com.au
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