Cruise

Cruising Tahiti by passenger-carrying cargo ship you won’t find too many coconut palm-lined lagoons in the Marquesas Islands. Nor will you discover…

We wrote an article earlier this year about Storylines at Sea which is developing a concept for a residential cruise ship. Travellers…

Cruising Indonesia beyond Bali on a traditional phinisi sailing ship we see Komodo Dragons, swim with manta rays at Manta Alley and…

Explore the outer untouched Solomon Islands expedition-style with Solomon Islands Discovery Cruises. Fiona Harper stepped onboard for a 7 night cruise to Russell and Florida Islands

Hike & Cruise Tasmania onboard bespoke motor yacht Explore south west Tasmania’s Bathurst Harbour on an expedition-style cruise where a bespoke floating…

‘We’re going to snorkel with sharks!’ chortles Captain Jitoko as we steam north towards Fiji’s famed Yasawa Islands. My fellow passengers look…

With over 900 islands dotted across the South Pacific Ocean, the Solomon Islands are an idyllic boating and cruising destination. Cruising the…

There are few better ways to explore an archipelago country than by boat. Especially when the country in question has an estimated…

Fulaga Island (also spelt Vulaga) is a small island within a lagoon in the Lau Group of Islands, Fiji. At the southern…

As you’d expect from a reptile weighing up to 250 kg, giant tortoises are slow movers. Were it not for two dark…

MUSHROOM-like islets poke above an implausibly blue sea, their craggy caps cloaked in vegetation clinging grimly to weathered limestone. The vast lagoon…

Encouraging a relationship to blossom when one party is a parasitic irritant doesn’t sound like the ideal start to longterm bliss does…

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve visited Fiji. Travelling by land, sea and air, I’ve bunkered down in barefoot-style…

Luxury expedition cruise specialist Silversea is introducing the newest member of its fleet, the 100-guest Silver Galapagos, in September 2013. The stylish…

Lindblad Expeditions, the U.S.-based small ship expedition company which partners with the National Geographic Society for expedition cruising, announced last month that…

I’m astounded that a 100m expedition vessel can be simply cast adrift and left unmanned to float around the North Atlantic indefinitely.…

The first time I sailed around Cape York I was kitted out in full wet weather gear more commonly seen in cooler…

Sylvester is looking for a wife. Sort of. Chatting in his grandmother’s kitchen, as other family members lurk inquisitively in the shadows,…