By
Rebecca Gibson |
Seabourn Cruises is to call at 25 new ports on its autumn 2015 and winter/spring 2016 schedule, which features more than 70 departures of ten to 97 days in length.
Seabourn Odyssey, Seabourn Sojourn and Seabourn Quest will sail to various destinations on all seven continents, including 25 destinations that are either maiden calls or ports that the line has not visited for a long time. These include visits to South Korea, China and Japan, Seabourn Sojourn, as well as the South Pacific Isles on Seabourn Odyssey.
In addition, the line will sail to popular destinations such as Antarctica, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, Arabia, Canada/New England, the Panama Canal and the Caribbean. Guests will also be able to visit a range of UNESCO World Heritage Sites as part of a new partnership between UNESCO and Seabourn.
“From the historic and culturally-rich destinations in Asia to the ‘white continent’ of Antarctica, our ships will sail to many of the most desirable locations across the globe.” said John Delaney, Seabourn’s senior vice president of marketing and sales. “We’re proud to be visiting so many ports with UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and through our partnership with UNESCO, our guests will have opportunities to gain privileged insights into these unique cultural and natural places.”
Seabourn Sojourn will offer various voyages to the Far East in late 2015 and early 2016. Her Asia season begins with a 14-day roundtrip from Singapore to Malaysia and Myanmar, where she will stay in Yangon for three days to allow guests to visit the city, Mandalay and more than 2,000 temples at Bagan. Over the Christmas period, Seabourn Sojourn will sail a 14-day Vietnam and Thailand itinerary from Singapore to Hong Kong. Guests will spend Christmas Day in Angkor Wat, Cambodia, and New Year’s Day in Halong Bay, Vietnam.
Other 2015 highlights include visits to a collection of islands in the Philippine Archipelago and a 21-day round-trip from Hong Kong to Korea, China and Japan.
Seabourn Odyssey will offer four 12-day sailings from Fort Lauderdale in Florida to the ‘Uncommon Caribbean’. As the line’s only Caribbean voyages of the season, these cruises offer guests the opportunity to experience Seabourn’s Caviar in the Surf beach barbecue events.
Following a 20-day ‘Holiday Panama Canal’ sailing from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles, US, over December and January, Seabourn Odyssey will sail a 77-day circumnavigation around the South Pacific. During her voyage she will visit islands such as French Polynesia, Cook Islands, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, and Hawaii, as well as New Zealand and Australia.
Seabourn Quest will begin the autumn 2015 season with a series of ten-day Canadian Maritime and New England itineraries, featuring an overnight in Québec City, Canada. The ship will then sail down the Atlantic coast to the Amazon and along the Brazilian coast to arrive in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to start her third season in Antarctica and Patagonia. The four 21- to 24-day voyages will sail between Valparaíso, Chile, and Buenos Aires, and include six days of cruising and complimentary landings on the Antarctic Continent.