More Great Cruises To Choose

The Sun Herald

Saturday September 26, 1992

Still undecided about which cruise to choose? Well, here are a few more ideas to whet your appetite.

CRUISING the Caribbean is not as expensive as it may appear, if Chandris Lines Celebrity Cruises is anything to go by.

For an all-inclusive fare of $3,210, you can fly from Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne to America and spend seven nights in Anaheim with free passes to Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm.

You will then be flown to Florida to board the MV Zenith for seven days cruising the Caribbean. Food will be prepared by the renowned chef Michel Roux.

Cruises to Iceland, Israel, Bermuda and a range of other destinations are featured in the 1993 Chandris Lines cruise brochure. Contact the Moray Travel Company on (02) 231 6899.

* SYDNEY International Travel Centre is offering exciting adventure cruises on board the Columbus Caravelle to Antarctica and the Amazon.

Amazon cruises start from $3,445 for single or double cabins and those to the Antarctic start from $6,295. Full details on (02) 299 8000 or your travel agent.

* CRUISE Connections and Epirotiki Lines are offering a superb range of Mediterranean cruises, including a 21-day voyage from Athens to Mombasa, departing Athens on February 12.

The cruise takes in the Suez Canal, Luxor in Egypt, Aqaba in Jordan, Aden in the Yemen, Mahe in the Seychelles, before arriving in Mombasa on the Kenyan coast.

Rates start from US$3,345 per person with a 10 per cent discount for early bookings made and deposited by November 1.

Full details on this and other cruises from Epirotiki Lines and Cruise Connections on (02) 290 3244 or toll-free on 008 251 020.

* OUR own Whitsunday Islands offer some of the world's finest cruising and Queensland Yacht Charters (QYC) has a boat to suit your needs and budget.

Chartering your own boat allows you the freedom to sail where you like. And if you don't feel confident handling the boat yourself, you can hire a skipper for a small extra charge and leave all the hard work to the experts.

Rates start from $295 per day for a basic yacht sleeping four to six people or you can hire by the week.

QYC also offers five-star crewed yacht charters, starting from $1,395 per day for two couples, including all gourmet meals. Absolute luxury on the water. Full details on (079) 467 400 or toll-free on 008 075 013.

* PRE-Christmas cruising on the luxury ship, MS Arkona, is the lure of the liner's maiden voyage to Australia in early December. There's a wide selection of itineraries to choose from, including 17 days Papeete to Sydney from $4,490 per person (commencing November 16) and eight days Sydney to Port Moresby from$2,030 per person.

The Arkona's 22-day Sydney to Singapore cruise (from $5,790) arrives on December 22 for a smash-and-grab shopping raid in the island state. For details, call World Travel Holidays on (02) 235 2411.

* TO finish on a high note, Cunard's Sea Goddess has combined with the most luxurious of Caribbean resorts, La Samanna, to offer the trip of a lifetime for US$3,495 (excluding air fare).

For this, you get a five-day Caribbean cruise on the Sea Goddess, three nights and all meals at La Samanna, free air travel from one of 24 gateway cities in the US and a $1,000 gift voucher from H. Stern's Jewellers. Mary Rossi Travel (02) 957 4511 will fill in the tantalising gaps.

© 1992 The Sun Herald

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