Hurtigruten Expeditions has introduced the addition of extra West African expedition cruises for the 2023-24 season, making it “probably the most intensive within the firm’s 125 years of exploration.” The brand new itineraries embody some lesser-visited locations and nationwide parks, extra off-the-beaten-track exploration of South America and extra North American Nationwide Parks.
As a part of the season, the distant and barely visited elements of West Africa together with Cape Verde and the Bissagos Island could be explored by Hurtigruten company. The itineraries span 4 nations: Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal, onboard the Spitsbergen primarily based out of Dakar, Senegal.
Hurtigruten stated that it’s the solely cruise firm providing West African-based cruises.
Extra small-ship Caribbean and Central American expedition cruises have additionally been added to Hurtigruten’s roster, the place company can discover native seashores, cultures and small communities.
North American nationwide parks with pure reserves each on the east and west coasts of the USA are additionally now on provide, in addition to “greener” exploration onboard Hurtigruten’s sustainable Fridtjof Nansen and its similar sister ship Roald Amundsen. The dual hybrid ships Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen will provide six North American expedition cruises.
Company may now ebook a brand new 10-day expedition cruise from Panama to Barbados.
A complete of 32 expedition cruise packages is now on provide, the place small-ship expedition cruising could be mixed with land-based exploration of locations like Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, the Galapagos Islands, and Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio.
“Exploration shouldn’t be solely about geography; it’s a mindset. We obtain clear suggestions from company that they need to expertise new methods to discover, and in additional locations. That is the rationale why we proceed to launch and develop our choices to immerse in nature, tradition, historical past, and science throughout the entire planet,” stated Hurtigruten Expeditions’ CEO Asta Lassesen. “We provide journey with studying and private growth. Our company need their journey to have that means and depth – whereas they discover unparalleled locations leaving the bottom doable local weather and nature footprint.”
Hurtigruten Expeditions stated that each one its cruises characteristic a big onboard expedition workforce with consultants “handpicked for every itinerary.” Main as much as the 2023-24 season, the scale of the expedition workforce on all Hurtigruten Expeditions’ ships will likely be elevated even additional, in response to the cruise line.
Extra expedition gear will even be added to the ships, that means extra kayaking, extra small-boat exploration, mountain climbing, lectures, science tasks and different actions.
“In brief, nice will get even higher. Our onboard colleagues and the way in which they share their ardour, data, and experience of the areas we discover is the core of the Hurtigruten Expeditions’ expertise. Larger expedition groups imply extra of all the things – extra consultants, extra data, extra actions and extra choices for our company,” stated Lassesen.
