Hapag-Lloyd Cruises Launches Its 2014/2015 International Expedition Cruises Brochure

      Hapag-Lloyd Cruises announces the arrival of its 2014-2015 expeditions brochure, offering eleven itineraries operated in English and German. The small and beautifully-appointed expedition ships, MS HANSEATIC and MS BREMEN will be traveling to Siberia, the Chukchi Peninsula and Wrangel Island, Antarctica, the Chilean Fjords, Cape Verde, the Amazon, Alaska, and the “small” Northwest Passage in 2014-2015. The HANSEATIC, the world’s only 5-star expedition ship* and the BREMEN, a 4-star plus expedition ship*, were built to provide intensive exploration in the most elegant surroundings for a maximum of 184 guests on the HANSEATIC and 164 guests on the BREMEN.

New itinerary and destination - Expedition Siberia

This unique itinerary makes stops in Pusan/Republic of Korea, various stops in Siberia/Russia, such as Rimsky Islands, Vladivostok, Petrov Island, and ends in Otaru/Japan. The HANSEATIC is one of the few non-Russian ships to set out on this cruising adventure along the Siberian coast. This 15-night itinerary is from 11 - 26 May, 2014, from Shanghai/China to Otaru/Japan, rates start at £6,090 per person/ based on double occupancy, cruise-only.

New itinerary and destination - Wrangel Island and Chukchi Peninsula

Even if you have travelled to the extremes of the earth, you will be treading new ground on this expedition premiere with the HANSEATIC, setting course for the Chukchi Peninsula and its unknown coasts to the east and north – for some intensive wildlife observations  £ 7,340 per person/ based on double occupancy, cruise-only.

The Pursuit of The “Small” Northwest Passage

This 19-night itinerary on board BREMEN is from 18 August – 6 September, 2014, from Kangerlussuaq/Greenland to Reykjavik/Iceland, rates for this itinerary start at £8,010 per person/ based on double occupancy, cruise-only.

Discovering Antarctica

 Antarctica and the Australia and New Zealand’s Sub Antarctic Region: This 26-night itinerary on the HANSEATIC is from 25 January – 21 February, 2014, from Ushuaia/Argentina to Bluff/New Zealand, with stops in Macquarie Island/Australia and Auckland Island/New Zealand (includes charter flight from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia), rates start at £13,360 per person/ based on double occupancy, cruise-only.

·     Antarctica: This 18-night itinerary on the HANSEATIC is from 22 January – 9 February, 2015, from Ushuaia to Ushuaia, (includes a roundtrip charter flight from Buenos Aires) rates start at £8,900 per person/ based on double occupancy, cruise-only.

For more information on Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ exciting destinations and itineraries visit www.hl-cruises.com