CRUISE WINTER SUN DESTINATIONS
passengers, has four-poster beds and boasts cabanas by the pool. Clients who go in winter will escape the searing summer heat but enjoy sunny days, ancient Egyptian temples and balmy evenings with whirling dervishes, galibaya parties and cocktails on the sun deck. Book it: From £4,895 per person including flights for an 11-day Treasures of Egypt cruise-tour departing January 18, 2019, combining Cairo, Luxor and Aswan with a four-night Nile cruise.
scenic.co.uk Or try: Monks, markets and bustling Phnom Penh await on AmaWaterways’ 10-night cruise- tour, combining three nights in Siem Reap, Cambodia, with a
seven-night cruise on the Mekong to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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GALAPAGOS: ANIMAL ATTRACTION Good news for sun seekers in search of a
winter wildlife wonderland – January and February are perfect for cruising the Galapagos Islands. The days are hot (an average 30C), the seas are calm, the water is lovely for snorkelling and the wildlife is out in force because it’s the time birds begin nesting, iguanas start mating and turtles slope up beaches to lay their eggs. Celebrity Cruises has a choice of island-hopping itineraries on
the recently refurbished Celebrity Xpedition, which take passengers to different bays each day so they can join their guides for walks ashore and get up close to marine iguanas, tortoises, boobie birds, sea lions and other species that have no fear of humans. Book it: From £3,789 per person cruise-only for a seven-night Inner Loop cruise departing January 13, 2019.
cruisingpower.com Or try: Swap birds and lizards for the ’big five’ on Oceania Cruises’ 15-day South African Explorer voyage round-trip from Cape Town next January, which offers safaris in game reserves and wetlands.
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TOP LEFT: Galapagos tortoise
TOP RIGHT: Snorkelling with Paul Gauguin Cruises
LEFT: Sea lions on the Galapagos Islands
landscapes captured by artist Paul Gauguin and temperatures averaging 28C, a one-week voyage around French Polynesia with Paul Gauguin Cruises is a hard act to beat when it comes to escaping a dreary UK winter. Clients can sip cocktails on the cruise line’s private island of Motu Mahana (drinks are included in the cruise price), learn about life on the islands from Les Gauguines entertainment team, see the sights by ATV or 4x4 jeep, and enjoy a beer at celebrity watering hole Bloody Mary’s on Bora Bora. The Paul Gauguin has snorkelling gear that can be borrowed, and scuba-diving instructors, so beginners and experts can explore a world beneath the waves. Book it: From £2,688 per person for a seven-night Tahiti and the Society Islands cruise round- trip from Papeete departing January 19, 2019, including return flights from Los Angeles and Papeete. International flights extra.
pgcruises.com Or try: Say “aloha” to Hawaii on Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Pride of America – the only mass- market cruise ship based in the islands. One-week cruises sail round-trip from Honolulu.
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