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Cruise Segment of Itinerary
Thursday - Aug 21, 2025
Day 1
Fremantle, Australia
Depart: 18:00:00
The vibrant city of Fremantle blends the old with the new, creating an enriching cultural experience. Maritime, convict, and colonial history can be explored in one of the best-preserved examples of a 19th-century port streetscape on Earth, while buzzing markets, lively bars, and casual street cafes give you a taste of 21st century life with the locals. If you're hitting the heritage trail, be sure to include a visit to the Western Australian Maritime Museum, UNESCO World Heritage-listed Fremantle Prison, and Western Australia's oldest public building, the Roundhouse. ... Read More
Friday - Aug 22, 2025
Day 2
Jurien Bay, Australia
Jurien Bay Marine Park, located 150 kilometres north of Perth, was named by Captain Nicolas Baudin aboard the Geographe in honour of the French naval administrator Charles-Marie Jurien. The marine park surrounds dozens of ecologically important islands that contain rare and endangered animals found nowhere else in the world. The marine park and its immediate surrounds is the only major breeding area for Australian sea lions along the western coast of Australia. It is also a primary breeding ground for seabirds and is populated with a mix of temperate and tropical plants and animals, courtesy of the Leeuwin Current. ... Read More
Saturday - Aug 23, 2025
Day 3
Abrolhos Islands, Australia
The Abrolhos Islands Marine Park consists of three main clusters of islands that stretch from north to south across 100 kilometers of ocean, and includes the Wallabi Group, Easter Group, and Pelsaert Group. Established as a marine park in 1983, the waters of the Abrolhos are famous for colourful coral, crystal-clear waters, and large breeding colonies of seabirds. Here, the southward flowing Leeuwin Current has created a meeting place for tropical and temperate sea life. In July 2019 the Islands were declared a national park for their ecological and historical significance. You will have the opportunity to explore East Wallabi Island and its fringing reefs. ... Read More
Sunday - Aug 24, 2025
Day 4
Shark Bay, Australia
With its white sandy beaches, turquoise waters, rust-red sand dunes, and abundant wildlife, Shark Bay became Western Australia's first UNESCO Wold Heritage-listed area in 1991. The colourful and diverse landscapes, rare fauna and flora, and world-class examples of Earth's ecological processes are what qualify Shark Bay for World Heritage listing - making it a truly remarkable place. You will have the opportunity to sail past the location of the first recorded European landing on Australia's west coast at Cape Inscription where in 1616 Dirk Hartog left evidence of his landing in the form of a pewter plate inscribed with details of his journey. ... Read More
Monday - Aug 25, 2025
Day 5
Cape Peron, Australia
Tuesday - Aug 26, 2025
Day 6
Ningaloo Reef, Australia
The Ningaloo Marine Park is a place of spectacular contrast between lush and colorful scenery beneath the surface of the Indian Ocean and the rugged, arid landscape of Cape Range National Park. Here is also one of few places on Earth where you can see the biggest fish in the ocean - the whale shark. Depending on the season, you will have the opportunity to encounter these amazing giants of the sea. We will also have the opportunity to swim and snorkel on the largest fringing coral reef in Australia and the only large reef in the world found so close to a continental land mass, making it an easy snorkel from shore. ... Read More
Wednesday - Aug 27, 2025
Day 7
Ningaloo Reef, Australia
Thursday - Aug 28, 2025
Day 8
Montebello Islands, Australia, Australia
Located off the Pilbara Coast 120 kilometers west of Dampier, the Montebello Islands Marine Park covers more than 58,000 hectares of ocean and over 250 low-lying limestone islands and islets. The flat limestone islands range in size from Hermite, the largest, at about 1,000 hectares to several small islets and rocks of less than one hectare. They are the remnants of an old coastal landform and have been separated from the mainland for more than 8,000 years. They were named by the French navigator Nicolas Baudin in 1801 after the Battle of Montebello. The area is rich in natural marine diversity and human history. They achieved international notoriety in 1952 when the British, in an operation code named Hurricane, detonated an atomic weapon in a bay off Trimouille Island. Two further atomic tests were carried out in May and June of 1956 on Alpha and Trimouille Islands. You will have the opportunity to explore the marine park with the ship's fleet of Zodiacs. ... Read More
Friday - Aug 29, 2025
Day 9
Burrup Peninsula, Australia
Murujuga National Park and the islands of the Dampier Archipelago showcase what is thought to be the highest concentration of rock engravings of any known site in the world. Aboriginal people have been living there for more than 50,000 years and the petroglyphs (rock engravings) have been estimated to be as old as 40,000 years. The petroglyphs are diverse, depicting a record of what was meaningful to the Aboriginal people of the Pilbara and beyond. The sacred rock art's traditional custodians are the Ngarluma-Yindjibarndi, the Yaburara-Mardudhunera, and the Woon-goo-tt-oo and you will have the opportunity to visit Deep Gorge with a traditional custodian guide and marvel at the petroglyphs up close. ... Read More
Saturday - Aug 30, 2025
Day 10
At Sea
During your journey at sea, make the most of the many services and activities on board. Treat yourself to a moment of relaxation in the spa or stay in shape in the fitness center. Depending on the season, let yourself be tempted by the swimming pool or a spot of sunbathing. As for lovers of the open sea, they will be able to visit the ship's upper deck to admire the spectacle of the waves and perhaps be lucky enough to observe marine species. A truly enchanted interlude, combining comfort, rest, and entertainment. ... Read More
Sunday - Aug 31, 2025
Day 11
Broome, Australia
Located in the northwest of the Kimberley region and in the far north of Western Australia, the town of Broome is reputed for its history and its glorious pearling era. The fascinating Chinatown district, which is the historic city centre, and the famous Japanese Cemetery, dates back to 1896, and has a past marked by the immigration of numerous Chinese and Japanese workers, attracted by the prosperous pearl industry at the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century. Broome is also famous for the "Staircase to the Moon", an optical illusion created by the Moon reflecting on the sand banks at low tide, like a staircase climbing up towards the sky, a unique spectacle provided by nature... ... Read More
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