Memorable experiences extend around the Globe To circle the world is to complete a voyage that has captured the imagination across the centuries. And as you follow the earth’s gentle curve, you’ll span its three oceans, both tropics and the equator – twice – and undertake dramatic passages along two of its most impressive engineering projects – the Panama and Suez Canals – that will undoubtedly rate among your fondest memories.
Discoveries around the Americas Beyond a wintry New York and milder Fort Lauderdale, the temperatures rise and nature comes to the fore. Descend by submarine into the crystal clear waters off Aruba to see a rainbow of marine life. From Puerto Limon, the Tortuguero National Park wetlands entice you to search for caimans, turtles or even the incredibly rare West Indian manatee. Then follow a waterway of an altogether different kind, as you take the famous short cut from Atlantic to Pacific over the locks and lakes of the Panama Canal.
Vibrant memories around the Pacific Once in Pacific waters, your second jaunt into vibrant Costa Rica may showcase its coffee plantations, mangrove swamps and cloud forest. Everybody leaves their heart in San Francisco, and you’ll understand why as you ponder the chaotic alleys that create Chinatown’s intense vibrancy or the eerie
isolation of Alcatraz prison island. Watch surfers negotiate the waves that roll onto Honolulu’s Waikiki Beach. From Lahaina, gaze up at one of Maui’s most postcard-friendly landmarks, the monolithic Iao Needle. Bask on sugary Samoan sands, perhaps decorated by polished boulders and lagoons marbled with swirls of cobalt and turquoise. Or delight in Tonga, a Polynesian kingdom scattered over 170 islands whose inhabitants include flying foxes, considered sacred by locals.
On the far side of the globe Your first landfall in Australasia is Tauranga in northern New Zealand. Maori customs and culture await discovery in Rotorua which can be reached either from here, or from Auckland, your next call. Then it’s on to the Bay of Islands on New Zealand’s northern tip. Its shores are swathed in enormous
kauri trees, its waters teem with seals and dolphins and history hangs in the air – for the treaty of Waitangi was signed here in 1840. Naturally, Sydney is firmly on Queen Elizabeth’s World Voyage agenda too and, with almost two full days there, you may wish to explore the leafy Paddington district, home to Victorian houses with wrought iron balconies, street names familiar from London and the 200 stalls of its Saturday market. Staying in Australia, Brisbane is gateway to the Gold Coast, and Whitsunday Island reveals the Great Barrier Reef. Papua New Guinea may reside in the imagination as an exotic land of steaming volcanoes and bubbling mud pools, yet its role in World War II as an important Japanese naval base is equally fascinating, and relics of the conflict still tell an intriguing story.
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