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EXPLORA I embarks on maiden voyage
EXPLORA I, the first ship in the Explora Journeys fleet, has departed on its maiden voyage.
The seven-night sailing from Copenhagen visits Lerwick, Shetland Islands and Kirkwall, Orkney before heading to Reykjavik, Iceland.
Upcoming itineraries will span three continents.
EXPLORA I will also call at the port of Copenhagen on 15 August 2023 with a sailing to Hamburg, Germany.
The luxury ship will spend several weeks in Northern Europe on a range of diverse itineraries and will then cross the Atlantic.
It spends the winter in North America and the Caribbean before returning to Europe in summer 2024.
Michael Ungerer, CEO Explora Journeys said: “A new era of transformative luxury ocean travel begins now with the first sailing of EXPLORA I.”
EXPLORA II is currently being built in Italy and will come into service in August 2024.
EXPLORA III will become the first of two LNG powered vessels to join the Explora Journeys’ fleet.
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