Fred. Olsen Cruise Strains has carved out three phase voyages from its 106-night world cruise crusing roundtrip from Southampton on January 6, 2025. The cruises, aboard Bolette, embody a 56-night, a 29-night, and a 21-night itinerary, every specializing in a special a part of the world.
World cruise segments are a preferred choice within the trade, enabling cruisers to share within the pleasure of a world voyage with out making a three-month, or longer, time dedication. The 1,380-guest Bolette, considered one of three ships the road owns, launched in 2000 and beforehand operated as Amsterdam for the Holland America Line fleet.
“Our 2025 World Cruise has already confirmed widespread, and there are some unimaginable alternatives available as Bolette sails to gems throughout the globe,” stated Martin Lister, head of itinerary product growth at Fred. Olsen Cruise Strains.
“These shorter sailings will allow much more of our friends to share these experiences, with each port providing an unimaginable perception into tradition, historical past, artwork or the prospect to hunt out native wildlife such because the Magellanic Penguins in Chile, quokkas in Australia and the Large 5 in South Africa,” Lister added.
The 56-night phase, “Exploring South America and the Pacific Islands,” begins on embarkation day, January 6, 2025. The ship calls at ports in Portugal earlier than a transatlantic crossing to South America brings her to locations in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile.
The ship then heads to a number of ports in French Polynesia, with the phase ending in Sydney, Australia. The itinerary incorporates a resort night time within the capital metropolis earlier than flights again to the UK.
Bolette’s 29-night world cruise phase, “Australian and South African Discovery,” departs from Sydney on March 3, 2025 and explores a number of locations Down Beneath, akin to Melbourne, Hobart, and Fremantle.
The ship then sails to South Africa, calling at Port Elizabeth and Cape City. The itinerary contains an in a single day in Sydney in the beginning of the phase in addition to an in a single day in Cape City on the conclusion, earlier than flights to the UK.
The shortest phase, the 21-day “Scenic Vistas and Various Cultures of Africa,” departs from Cape City on April 1, 2025 and options calls in Luderitz and Walvis Bay, Namibia, and Dakar, Senegal. Land explorations embody Large 5 safaris and visits to the Namib desert and the island of St. Helena. The phase additionally calls at Santa Cruz de la Palma, Spain, and Funchal, Portugal, earlier than ending in Southampton.
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Cruise-only and fly-cruise choices can be found on all three segments. Bolette at the moment is homeported in Liverpool, England, crusing a sequence of Norwegian fjord cruises.
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Along with Bolette, Fred. Olsen Cruise Strains, which is Norwegian-owned and headquartered within the UK, additionally operates the 1,400-guest Borealis and the 1,350-guest Balmoral.
Like Bolette, Borealis was initially operated by Holland America Line. She debuted in 1997 as Rotterdam.
Balmoral, which entered service in 1988 as Crown Odyssey for Royal Cruise Line, additionally operated as Norwegian Crown for Norwegian Cruise Line and as Crown Odyssey for Orient Strains.
The corporate earlier this 12 months introduced it would provide two Grand Voyages in 2026 — onboard Bolette and Borealis. The ships will function a 95-night world journey and a 76-night voyage round South America and Antarctica.
The cruise line made headlines in June 2024, when it introduced it would broadcast main sporting occasions aboard all three vessels this summer season, together with the Union of European Soccer Affiliation’s European Soccer Championship, Wimbledon Championships, and the 2024 Summer season XXXIII Olympics.
