Cruise the World with Fred. Olsen

Black Watch departs from Southampton for her world cruise, travelling in a westerly direction, on 6th January 2009 for 97 nights. Her course takes her via the Canaries to the Caribbean and a transit of the Panama Canal, then on to French Polynesia and the islands of Tahiti, Tonga and Fiji en route to Australia. Ports here include Brisbane, Sydney, Tasmania and Perth, then it’s on to Mauritius and Mozambique. Black Watch calls at Cape Town in South Africa and also visits the African countries of Namibia and Ghana before returning via Cape Verde and the Canaries. Prices for this cruise start from £8,998 per person inclusive of 50% discount.

There are four separately bookable sectors on this cruise:- Southampton to Papeete (31 nights), Papeete to Sydney (19 nights), Sydney to Cape Town (32 nights) and Cape Town to Southampton (22 nights).

Balmoral’s first long voyage takes a very different route, travelling in an easterly direction. She leaves Dover on 14th February 2009 for a 104-night voyage, heading first to Lisbon and Valletta before reaching Port Said in Egypt and transiting the Suez Canal. Balmoral will visit Jordan and Oman, Goa in southern India, then Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam where she calls at Ho Chi Minh City. Hong Kong is next and then come some first time ports of call for Fred. Olsen: Shanghai and Tianjin in China, Seoul in South Korea then Yokohama in Japan. Balmoralcruises to Alaska before moving on to Vancouver and finally the Western coast of the USA visiting Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. She returns via Mexico and Guatemala, transits the Panama Canal then travels back through the Caribbean and the Azores. Starting price is £11,500 per person including 40% discount.

This cruise has three sectors – Dover to Singapore (32 nights), Singapore to Vancouver (40 nights) and Vancouver to Dover (35 nights).

Balmoral sets sail for her second world cruise departing from Dover on 5th January 2010. This time she takes a westerly course, via the Caribbean, Panama Canal, Costa Rica and Mexico, then on to the West Coast of the USA and Hawaii heading form the magical islands of Samoa, Fiji and Vanuatu. Her Australian ports include two nights in Sydney, then she continues on to Indonesia, Singapore, the Maldives, Oman, Iran and the UAE. The return voyage is via Egypt, and finally Malta and Malaga, before returning to Dover after an epic 106 nights. This cruise starts from £9,897 per person with a discount of 45%.

As with all long voyages, this cruise can be booked in sectors – Dover to San Francisco (32 nights), San Francisco to Sydney (28 nights), Sydney to Dubai (28 nights), and Dubai to Dover (23 nights).

All prices are per person, based on two sharing an inside twin cabin. Prices include all meals and entertainment on board and port taxes.

For more information on Fred. Olsen’s world cruises and their sectors, plus pre and port cruise holidays, visit www.fredolsencruises.co.uk To book, call Reservations on 01473 742424, book online, or see your local ABTA travel agent.

Agents can book online through F.OCAL or via AmadeusCruise. Alternatively, call Reservations on 01473 742424.