islands a two-day sail from


New Caledonia, is another cruise favourite. Ships mostly call at Suva and Lautoka on the island of Viti Levu and Savusavu on Vanua Levu, where passengers can visit traditional villages, hot springs, mud pools and oyster beds. Cruises visit Mystery Island in


Vanuatu, which, according to one explanation, got its name because it was used as an airstrip by the allies in the Second World War and was so hidden away the Japanese never knew where the planes had come from. They also visit the Cook Islands and Samoa, both halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand, and Tonga, which is southeast of Samoa.


w INTER-ISLAND CRUISES Cunard, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines and P&O Cruises sail the South Pacific on their round-the-world voyages from the UK, but even if clients only do a sector of the cruise they’ll be away from home for a month or so. For instance, P&O Cruises’ Arcadia will spend a week visiting Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia


Paul Gauguin has a shallow draft so it can sail inside the coral reefs that encircle each of the Society Islands


in February 2019, but it’s part of a 47-night sector of a round-the-world cruise departing the UK in January 2019. Unless clients actually want to cruise


around the world, an inter-island voyage from Papeete in Tahiti with Paul Gauguin Cruises or Windstar Cruises makes more sense. Paul Gauguin’s 332-passenger ship, also called Paul Gauguin, was built in France specifically to cruise in the South Pacific. As a result it has a shallow draft (just under 17ft) so it can sail inside the coral reefs that encircle each of the Society Islands. It also has an aft marina from which passengers set out on scuba diving and snorkelling safaris. These are guided by onboard


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