Silversea Cruises has introduced its new 2024-2025 voyage assortment, comprised of 341 new sailings to locations in 120 international locations between March 2024 and Could 2025.
The expansive providing is the most important in Silversea’s historical past, with extra choices because of a 56 p.c improve in capability in 2024 when in comparison with 2020.
Eleven of the road’s ships will embark on these new sailings, with further voyages on Silver Endeavour, previously Crystal Cruises’ Crystal Endeavor, to be introduced quickly.
The 2024-2025 voyages embody the inaugural season of Silversea’s second Nova-class ship, which can be referred to as Silver Ray. The vessel is predicted to debut in spring 2024.
Highlights of the 2024-2025 voyages embody:
Silver Ray’s Inaugural Season
The sister ship to Silver Nova, Silver Ray will incorporate a trio of energy sources that embody a gasoline cell system, battery expertise, and twin gasoline engines that may primarily use liquefied pure fuel.
The vessel will start her inaugural season in Could 2024 in northern Europe and the Mediterranean, working voyages which can be seven to 12 days lengthy.
In December 2024, Silver Ray will cross the Atlantic to Port Everglades to start a season of Caribbean and Central America cruises. A circumnavigation of South America, an Amazon River cruise, and a return to Port Everglades will set the stage for a transatlantic crossing again to Europe in April 2025.
Africa and the Indian Ocean
Six ships will discover over 60 locations in Africa and the Indian Ocean, with expedition choices on Silver Cloud and Silver Wind, complemented by cruises on Silver Daybreak, Muse, Whisper, and Spirit.
New South African expedition cruises will highlight distinctive wildlife with sport drives and water actions. A brand new 18-day Silver Cloud cruise in April 2024 will discover East Africa’s Indian Ocean islands.
Six voyages which can be 16 and 17 days lengthy will transit the Suez Canal. Two of these in November 2024 will provide entry to the Nabataean ruins of Hegra in northwest Saudi Arabia, a UNESCO World Heritage Web site.
South Pacific Islands
Expedition ship Silver Cloud and ocean ships Silver Shadow and Silver Moon will function within the South Pacific, permitting company to go to the area’s lagoons, coral reefs, forests, and waterfalls; go to native communities; and admire the wildlife.
Included among the many 13 sailings are new packages spotlighting the islands of Hawaii and French Polynesia, together with hidden gems like Fakarava.
Silver Cloud‘s expedition cruises will discover the shores of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Easter Island.
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Northern Europe
Expedition ship Silver Wind, together with ocean ships Silver Spirit, Daybreak, and Ray will journey to 105 locations in northern Europe. 9 sailings can be dedicated to the Norwegian fjords.
Silver Daybreak will provide the prospect to expertise coastal Norway amid the colourful foliage of fall, and possibly even see the Northern Lights.
Silver Spirit will circumnavigate Iceland on three voyages in summer season 2024.
A set of Atlantic Coast cruises will embody a September crusing aboard Silver Spirit that may spend 14 days exploring the area’s cities, historic websites, and harvesting traditions.
Mediterranean
Charming seaside villages, historic archaeological treasures, and world-renowned delicacies would be the focus of an prolonged season within the Mediterranean, spanning from March to December 2024.
Ocean ships Silver Whisper, Spirit, Moon, Daybreak, and Ray will name in 111 locations in 20 international locations. There are a number of iconic itineraries scheduled within the Greek Isles and Turkey, six cruises to the Holy Land, and — in September 2024 — a brand new voyage to the Balearic Islands on Silver Whisper, marking a return to Ibiza.
Visitors touring on Silver Whisper and Spirit in Could will have the ability to expertise the Monaco Grand Prix 2024 with unique occasions.
Alaska
Silver Muse and Nova will provide a wide range of choices in Alaska with 31 departures.
A sequence of seven-night cruises will showcase traditional frontier cities like Ketchikan and Sitka, in addition to Valdez — a gateway to the second largest tidewater glacier in North America, Columbia Glacier.
A number of new prolonged 10 and 11 day voyages characteristic longer stays in Juneau.
Additionally highlighting the brand new Alaska program are Silver Muse‘s 14-day mixture voyages, which hyperlink back-to-back seven day cruises.
Canada and New England
Silversea’s new summer season program gives longer, 12 day itineraries in Canada and New England, designed to highlight the area’s summer season festivals, colonial and maritime historical past, coastlines, and the mountains of Acadia Nationwide Park.
These itineraries on Silver Shadow embody in a single day calls in Québec or Boston, in addition to an exploration of the not often visited Îles de la Madeleine Archipelago or a go to to Saint John, New Brunswick, with its spectacular Reversing Falls.
Within the fall, a sequence of 10 day voyages will give attention to the world’s most iconic cities, corresponding to Halifax and Boston, whereas providing an opportunity to see the colourful fall foliage.
Arctic and Greenland
In summer season 2024, Silver Wind will discover the Arctic and Greenland on eight expedition cruises.
Highlights embody nine-day cruises that may go to the glaciers of Norway’s Svalbard Archipelago and 12-day voyages that will even characteristic Iceland.
In-depth expeditions to Greenland and Arctic Canada provide the prospect to expertise Inuit tradition and spot wildlife together with walruses, polar bears, orcas, narwhals, and belugas.
Different highlights embody a 24-day crossing of the Northwest Passage on Silver Wind and a brand new 18-day expedition spotlighting Alaska.
Antarctica
Each Silver Cloud and Silver Wind will unlock Antarctica’s pure treasures on 21 expedition cruises, that includes an industry-high ratio of onboard expedition specialists.
Six-day Antarctica Bridge choices allow company to skip the Drake Passage and fly straight to Antarctica to start out their cruise.
Antarctic Peninsula voyages of 10 to 12 days provide the prospect to cruise Cape Horn from the preferable gateway of Puerto Williams.
Longer voyages calling in South Georgia and the Falkland Islands afford alternatives to see orcas, sea lions, seals, and 5 completely different sorts of penguins.
Australia and New Zealand
With 25 cruises scheduled on Silver Cloud, Muse, and Nova — together with inaugural seasons for Silver Nova in Australia and Silver Cloud in The Kimberley area — 2024 guarantees Silversea’s largest-ever program in Australia and New Zealand.
To mark her first season down beneath, Silver Nova will provide seven longer itineraries that discover the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia, and Micronesia.
Shorter cruises on Silver Muse will give attention to Australia and New Zealand.
The Kimberley’s waterfalls, gorges, and 1000’s of years of Aboriginal historical past are all highlights of Silver Cloud‘s debut within the distant coastal area.
Different Deployment Highlights
Different noteworthy deployments embody 27 voyages devoted to Asia, 10 to South America, 18 to the Caribbean and Central America, and 52 expeditions on Silver Origin, which is able to take passengers nearer to the pure wonders of the Galápagos Islands.
Bookings open in the present day to all Venetian Society members, and can open to most of the people on August 11, 2022. With the launch of the 2024-2025 schedule, for the primary time company will instantly have the ability to ebook their shore excursions on Silversea’s web site.
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