Cunard Line has announced it will send all three of its Queens to Australia in 2014 as part of its new world voyage program.
The visits by Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria and Queen Mary 2 will take place during February and March 2014, and represent the first time all members of the royal triumvirate have visited Australia in the same season.
Between them, the liners will make 16 calls at Australian ports, with Sydney and Brisbane both having the pleasure of welcoming all three Queens at different times during their voyages.The 2014 program will go on sale in Australia at 10pm on September 5, featuring a range of options from three full world voyages through to shorter eight-night sectors. Highlights include:
- Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth each offer World Voyage options, calling at 78 destinations across six continents from the major cities to the less frequented
- Cruise to or from Australia with sectors from 15 to 61 nights available visiting Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Fremantle
- Queen Elizabeth first ever visit to Japan; sail from Sydney to Kobe (17 nights), fares from $4,569* per person, twin share
- Join Queen Mary 2 on her Royal Circumnavigation of Australia in 2014 featuring 4 round trip voyages from Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane
Ucango Travel & Cruise is currently taking pre-registrations to esnure their clients are able to lock an itinerary in on release.
The Voyages...
Queen Mary 2
Destination highlights will include Namibia and the spectacular sculpted dunes; Cape Town and beautiful Table Mountain; plus her second, full circumnavigation of Australia with calls in Cairns, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.
On her return route home from Sydney, guests will be treated to an impressive range of exciting Asian sights and cultures before transiting the Suez Canal and cruising the Mediterranean.
Overnight calls will include Cape Town, Hong Kong and Dubai.
Segment voyages provide guests the opportunity to enjoy Cunard's distinctive World Voyage experience in a shorter time frame, ranging from 18 to 23 days and will include:
- 18-day Southampton to Cape Town - includes an overnight in Cape Town
- 22-day Cape Town to Sydney
- 23-day Roundtrip Sydney
- 19-day Sydney to Hong Kong - includes an overnight in Hong Kong
- 19-day Hong Kong to Dubai - includes an overnight in Dubai
- 18-day Dubai to Southampton
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria's epic 116-day World Voyage will sail roundtrip from Southampton and visit 40 ports in 19 countries, including an extended trip around South America and a much-anticipated overnight call in San Francisco.
Guests can begin their journey in Southampton or Fort Lauderdale and experience everything from joyful samba displays in Rio and silent turquoise glaciers in Chile, to the mystery and legend of remote Pacific isles. Cape Horn, Amalia Glacier, Pio X Glacier, Easter Island, Pitcairn Island and breathtaking Milford Sound are just some of the voyage's iconic and dazzling destinations. Other highlights will include seven calls in New Zealand and visits to American Samoa, Tonga and Hawaii.
Queen Victoria will make 10 maiden calls during this World Voyage: Fortaleza (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo (Uruguay), Buenos Aires, Puerto Madryn (Chile), Ushuaia (Argentina), Punta Arenas (Costa Rica), Puerto Montt (Chile), Moorea (French Polynesia) and Suva (Fiji).
Segment voyages range from 10 to 28 days and will include:
- 10-day Southampton to Fort Lauderdale
- 16-day Fort Lauderdale to Buenos Aires
- 12-day Buenos Aires to Valparaiso
- 23-day Valparaiso to Sydney
- 28-day Sydney to San Francisco - includes an overnight in San Francisco
- 15-day San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale
- 12-day Fort Lauderdale to Southampton
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth will return to the World Voyage with an enthralling 118-day circumnavigation of the globe featuring embarkation points in Southampton, New York, Fort Lauderdale or San Francisco. The ship will visit 41 ports in 24 countries and feature a first-ever visit to Japan where she will make four maiden calls: Kochi, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagasaki. Additional highlights include a dramatic passage of the Panama Canal, the beauty of Hawaii and Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Overnight calls will include San Francisco, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai. Additional maiden calls will include Busan (South Korea), Shanghai, Xiamen (China) and Abu Dhabi.
Segment voyages range from 8 to 23 days and will include:
- 8-day Southampton to New York
- 19-day New York to San Francisco - includes an overnight in San Francisco
- 23-day San Francisco to Sydney - includes an overnight in Sydney
- 15-day Sydney to Yokohama
- 19-day Yokohama to Singapore - includes overnights in Hong Kong and Singapore
- 14-day Singapore to Dubai - includes an overnight in Dubai
- 20-day Dubai to Southampton
For bookings or more information call Ucango Travel & Cruise on 1300 822 646.
