Explore under water on the high seas with Ponant’s scuba diving cruises

Explore under water on the high seas with Ponant's scuba diving cruises

It’s one of the world’s most luxurious small ship cruise lines, and now French company Ponant is offering passengers the opportunity to dive in some of the world’s most popular underwater sites. Who’s for scuba?! Over the coming two years, the award winning luxury expedition cruise line will feature scuba diving destinations across over 80 voyages. It’s … Read more

Viking Orion returns Down Under in 2021

Viking Orion sets a new standard for value

Viking fans can look forward to the return of Viking Orion Down Under when she sails in Australian waters for three months from December 2021 to March 2022 – her fourth consecutive season. Viking Orion will offer six 15-day Australia and New Zealand itineraries from Sydney to Auckland. She ends her season with a 17-day … Read more

Has this ship found the answer to sea sickness?

Aurora Expeditions

If cruising to the Antarctic has always been top of your bucket list but you dread battling the stomach-churning high seas of the Drake Passage, then Aurora Expeditions may be your answer. The line has just launched its innovative expedition ship, Greg Mortimer equipped with a cutting-edge prow designed to cut through choppy waves and … Read more

Abandon ship! Celebrity passengers forced to evacuate expedition ship in the Galapagos

Abandon ship! Celebrity passengers forced to evacuate expedition ship in the Galapagos

It’s the cruise line that famously gives guests “an experience like no other” and this week, it has certainly lived up to its promise after the Celebrity Xpedition ran aground in the Galapagos, forcing 46 passengers and 58 crew members to be evacuated. The cruise line’s parent company Royal Caribbean announced that while “no one was … Read more

Forget the cup – it’s a carnival at sea this year!

Forget the cup – it’s a carnival at sea this year!

The focus has well and truly turned away from Flemington this year, with celebrations around Melbourne Cup Carnival shifting to cruise instead, namely the three Carnival Cruise ships that carried 6000 passengers in style into Melbourne today – the largest contingent of cup carnival passengers yet. Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Spirit sailed in from Sydney with … Read more

Aurora Expeditions christens innovative ship Greg Mortimer

Aurora Expeditions

Aurora Expeditions has christened its latest innovative ship, Greg Mortimer, in a ceremony set against the snow-capped mountains of Ushuaia in Argentina. Godmother to the ship, Margaret Mortimer, smashed a ceremonial piece of Antarctic ice against the world’s first passenger expedition ship featuring the Ulstein X-Bow. The inverted bow design enables the ship to cut … Read more