Crusing 94 days with a circumnavigation of Australia and exploration of New Zealand, Holland America Line’s Grand Australia and New Zealand voyage onboard Volendam is the latest Grand Voyage launched by the Seattle-based cruise line.
Crusing roundtrip from San Diego, there can be 43 port calls whereas visiting the Nice Barrier Reef, the pure wonders of Hawaii and the South Pacific, and the plush landscapes of New Zealand.
Volendam’s Grand Voyage
Holland America Line’s Volendam will sail on a 94-day Grand Voyages on January 3, 2024, visiting 43 ports round Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific, and Asia.
The Seattle-based cruise line has been engaged on a number of longer cruises over the previous interval, and this epic exploration is the latest addition to the corporate’s portfolio. A cruise that the cruise line has been within the making for over ten years.
Beth Bodensteiner, the chief business officer of Holland America Line: “Australia continues to be a sought-after cruising vacation spot, and by providing it as a Grand Voyage we’re in a position to take our time and have different lovely locales just like the islands of the South Pacific, New Zealand and the Nice Barrier Reef.”
“It’s been greater than ten years since we’ve provided this Grand Voyage itinerary, and we listened to our visitors who requested that we deliver it again. The San Diego departure makes it simple for our North American visitors to discover this area and make it a memorable journey alongside the best way.”
Crusing from San Diego, the cruise features a circumnavigation of Australia, a go to to the Nice Barrier Reef, the Hawaiian islands and different islands across the Pacific Ocean, the Komodo dragons in Indonesia, and the unimaginable landscapes of New Zealand.
After 94 days, the 60,906 gross tons, 1,432-passenger Volendam will return to San Diego, California, making certain that visitors within the US or Canada won’t should endure in depth flights to have the ability to see among the remotest locations on earth.
Holland America Line’s Volendam has been within the information lately because the Dutch authorities makes use of it to home Ukrainian refugees within the Port of Rotterdam.
Shorter Grand Voyage Choices Additionally Accessible
Highlights of the voyage embrace 43 port calls, with 17 of these in Australia. There can be 4 in a single day calls in Fremantle and Sydney, Australia; Auckland, New Zealand; Papeete, Tahiti, and two night departures in Honolulu, Hawaii, and Brisbane, Australia.
Visitors will be capable of spend two full days of scenic cruising across the Nice Barrier Reef, exploring the Ribbon Reef and Far North areas. There will even be scenic cruising within the Torres Strait between Australia and New Guinea and Milford Sound in New Zealand.
For the adventurous varieties, there will even be a go to to Komodo Island in Indonesia, the house of the beautiful however frighteningly terrifying Komodo Dragons.
Holland America will present native cultural leisure and notable visitor headliners for these days at sea and night leisure. Eating can be elevated to a brand new stage with menus that change usually, that includes native substances and regional delicacies.
Whereas 94 days onboard is undoubtedly one thing that not many individuals will say no to, there are shorter choices obtainable for these that don’t wish to be or can’t be onboard for such an prolonged time. Alternatives exist for a 58-day section from San Diego to Sydney and a 36-day section from Sydney to San Diego.
Different Grand Voyages launched by Holland America Line embrace the 2022 and 2023 Grand Africa Voyage, the 2023 and 2024 Grand World Voyages, and the 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Voyage.
