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Fred Olsen adds worldwide destinations
Sunday, 30 Jun, 2009
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New destinations around the world feature in Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines newly issued 2010/11 worldwide cruises brochure.
New ports of call include Cabo San Lucas, Hilo, Lahaina, Honolulu, Samoa, Mystery Island (Vanuatu) on Balmoral’s2010 world cruise and Puerto Madryn, West Falkland, Robinson Crusoe Island on a Black Watch2010 around South America cruise.
Sulawesi, Borneo, Bandar Seri Begawan, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Malaysia, Phuket all on Balmoral’s world cruise in 2011.
Braemar will visit Maracaibo, Manta (Ecuador), Corinto (Nicaragua), Acajutla (El Salvador), and Golfito (Costa Rica) on Caribbean itineraries.
Floro (Norway), and Ystad (Sweden) will both be visited on Nother Europe itineraries for the first time, while Braemarwill make a debut call at Dartmouth in Devon.
The company has also retained its commitment to regional UK departures despite a reduction in the fleet size from five to four ships.
Smallest ship Black Prince, which has spearheaded cruises from ports in the North of England and Scotland, retires from service in October this year.
Larger vessel Boudicca is being deployed instead with a programme of departures from Liverpool, Greenock (Glasgow), Rosyth (Edinburgh) and Port of Tyne (Newcastle) in 2010/11.
The brochure covers 119 cruises visiting 260 different ports of call
in 121 different countries or islands.
The programme consists of:
· Two world cruises
· Two around South America voyages
· 24 cruises to the Caribbean, Amazon and the Americas
· 17 Mediterranean cruises
· 35 sailings to Northern Europe and Scandinavia
· 20 Canary Islands and West Africa cruises
· 12 cruises to Iberia, Around the UK, and Ireland
· Seven Mini cruises
Highlights include Black Watch’s two voyages around South America and two world cruises on board Balmoral.
Braemar will continue to offer Caribbean fly-cruises throughout the winter, with an expanded choice of itineraries, including the Amazon, Panama Canal – taking in Ecuador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica – as well as the Eastern and Western Caribbean.
by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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