SeaDream
Yacht Club has announced that, for the first time, they will deploy one of
their twin mega-yachts, SeaDream II to Asia
for the winter season 2013/14 after the completion of her advertised summer
2013 Mediterranean season.
The first of her Asia programme departures is
“Passage to the Far East”, which will depart Athens, Greece on 12th
October 2013 and include a transit of the Suez Canal, excursions to Egypt’s
fascinating archeological sites (accompanied by Egyptologist) en route to
Mumbai, India; prices for this epic 15-night voyage start from £4,050 per
person inc Govt, fees, handling & port tax. From Mumbai, she will sail onwards
via Cochin, Sri
Lanka and the Andaman Islands to Thailand before dropping down to Singapore;
this 13-night trans-Indian Ocean sailing costs from £3,995 per person inc Govt.
fees, handling & port tax.
Thereafter SeaDream II will visit almost every coastal country in South East
Asia, as well as visiting Northern Australia during a six months programme
which features destinations in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar (Burma),
East Timor, Indonesia, New Guinea, Vietnam, Cambodia and Hong Kong.
Offering 18
unique sailings in total, each voyage in SeaDream
II’s new Asia programme offers unique and
exciting ports of call, each ranging from seven to fifteen nights duration;
most may be combined to create longer back-to-back holidays. Typical 7-night
itineraries such as her “Asian New Year Celebration Cruise” from Phuket to
Singapore on 28th December 2013 costs from £3645 per person
including Govt. fees, handling and port tax whilst a typical longer voyage such
as her 14-night “Voyage of the Warrors” sailing from Cairns to Bali departing
on 1st February 2014 costs from £5995 per person inc Govt. fees,
handling and port tax.
SeaDream II accommodates up to 112 guests in a maximum
of 56 sea view staterooms and suites. She has a permanent crew of 95. Her full Asia programme is ‘live’ at www.seadream.com where full itinerary information, facts
about the yacht, accommodation choices and ‘live’ pricing can be found.
The newly-released 2013 Berlitz Complete Guide
to Cruising & Cruise Ships, has announced that SeaDream I and SeaDream II have
for the tenth successive year achieved the top two ratings in the ‘Boutique
Ships’ category (for cruise vessels up to 250 passengers).
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