Paul Gauguin Announce 2014 Voyages

Paul Gauguin Cruises has unveiled its full array of voyages for 2014, featuring new itineraries and ports in Fiji, Australia, south-east Asia and Europe, as well as Latin America and Costa Rica.

New for 2014 on Paul Gauguin:

• An 11-night Fiji to Australia voyage: Lautoka, Fiji; Port Vila, Vanuatu; Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu; Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands; Kieta, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea; Samurai Island, Papua New Guinea; Rabaul, Papua New Guinea; and Cairns, Australia. Departing June 14, with fares from £4,290 per person, including airfare from Los Angeles.
• Two 14-night voyages between Australia & South-east Asia: Cairns; Thursday Island and Darwin, Australia; Komodo Island, Benoa, Bali and Semarang, Indonesia; and Singapore. Departing June 25, with cruise fares from £5,294 per person including airfare from Los Angeles. Reverse itinerary available August 4, with fares from £5,087pp.
• A 12-night Australia to Fiji voyage: Cairns; Samurai Island, Rabaul, Kieta and Bougainville, Papua New Guinea; Guadalcanal; Espiritu Santo and Port Vila, Vanuatu; Malolo Island and and Lautoka, Fiji. Departing August 18, with cruise fares from £4,579 per person, including airfare from Los Angeles. 

New ports for the Paul Gauguin include: Guadalcanal, Kieta, Bougainville, Rabaul, Samurai Island, Thursday Island, Darwin, Komodo Island, Benoa, Bali, Semarang, Singapore and Maupiti in the Society Islands. 

Paul Gauguin returns to Fiji in 2014 with 12 and 13-night Fiji, Tonga, Cook & Society Islands voyages and also offers four of its most popular itineraries: the seven-night Tahiti & the Society Islands; 10-night Society Islands & Tuamotus; 11-night Cook Islands & Society Islands; and 14-night Marquesas, Tuamotus & Society Islands.

The company's new ship, Tere Moana, will operate a second season of cruises to Europe and Latin America following her debut this spring. 

For bookings, follow this link to the Cruise Line Ltd, the UK's luxury cruising specialists.

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Oceania Expands Culinary Tours To South Pacific

Oceania Cruises is expanding its Culinary Discovery Tours to the South Pacific in 2013, on the award-winning mid-sized luxury cruise ship Marina. Uniquely designed for each port, Culinary Discovery Tours provide guests with the opportunity to explore local food markets, vineyards and farms in small groups, side-by-side with an expert chef from the ship’s Bon Appétit Culinary Center. Participants then join the chef in the fully equipped cookery school for a hands-on cooking lesson of the regional cuisine in one of 24 workstations.

The new South Pacific Culinary Discovery Tours are offered in the Bay of Islands and Tauranga, New Zealand on the 18-day South Pacific Paradise cruise. Departing Papeete, Tahiti, on February 7, the cruise calls on 11 ports throughout French Polynesia, Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia before arriving in New Zealand.

“A Chef-Insider's Food & Wine Feast” Culinary Discovery Tour in the Bay of Islands visits Kerikeri, a horticultural centre and home to Ake Ake winery for a tasting with the head vintner and a meal created from locally grown foods depending on what's fresh that day. Guests might expect a regional dish prepared with seafood from the Bay of Islands, such as Pan-Roasted Snapper with Capsicum Coulis.

The Culinary Discovery Tour in Tauranga, “Maori ‘Kai’ Cooking Demo and Kiwi Fruit,” explores a flourishing kiwi orchard followed by a trip to the lakes of Rotorua for a traditional Maori luncheon featuring native herbs and ingredients used by the indigenous people of New Zealand.

Marina also sails three additional South Pacific voyages with highlights that include overnight calls on Easter Island and Bora Bora, cruising the Tuamotu Archipelago and crossing the international dateline. Additional sailings include:

Ancient Legends – a 20-day holiday sailing between Valparaiso, Chile, and Papeete, visiting Robinson Crusoe Island, Hanga Roa (Chile), Adamstown (Pitcairn Islands) and Fakarava, Moorea and Bora Bora (French Polynesia). Departure: December 27, 2012.

Tahitian Breeze – an 11-day voyage round-trip from Papeete, with visits to Bora Bora and ports in the Marquesas Islands. Departures: January 16 and January 27.

With free air, bonus savings of up to £3,184 per stateroom and free pre-paid gratuities, guests will find exploring the exotic South Pacific with Oceania an extraordinary value. Bonus savings and free pre-paid gratuities are offered on bookings made by December 31.

The Bon Appétit Culinary Center on Oceania's Riviera and Marina features 24 fully equipped workstations. Induction cook-tops and convection ovens afford participants the opportunity to gain a hands-on cooking experience. Classes cater to all levels of aptitude, from beginner to master-chef level.

For bookings, follow this link to The Cruise Line, the UK's luxury cruising specialists.

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