Cunard to visit new ports in it’s 2017 World Cruise programme.

2017 seems a long time away, but for those people that are planning the holiday of a lifetime such as a round the world cruise you need to be prepared and book early to get the best choice of cabins, best deals & organise visas, vaccinations etc (not to mention planning the wardrobe)!

A world cruise is definitely something that’s on my wishlist. For many people it’s only possible to spare so much time and money to celebrate something like retirement or a special birthday or wedding anniversary. Having said that it’s interesting in my job to see many people who have both the time & money to sail on these long cruises regularly, therefore it’s important for the cruise lines to freshen up the itineraries every year.

Cunard have released details of their 2017 world cruise itineraries. The Queen Mary 2 is to set sail on January 3rd 2017 on a 132 night itinerary which will visit 40 ports in 23 different countries. Maiden calls will include: Le Port, Réunion; Kangaroo Island, Australia; Hobart, Australia; Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, Keelung,Taiwan, Jeju Island, South Korea, Busan, South Korea, and two firsts for the fleet – Busselton and Port Arthur, Australia. Unusually this cruise will begin in New York before sailing over to Southampton.

Queen Victoria will visit South America, sailing through the Strait of Magellan and  into Chilean fjords, continuing on the Amazon River. This will be the largest cruise ship ever to transit the Amazon. Maiden calls  for Queen Victoria are Manaus and Santarem in Brazil. This sailing is for 120 nights calling at 32 ports in 17 different countries.

Queen Elizabeth is offering the classic world voyage – a 120-night westbound circumnavigation of the globe which includes a transit of the Panama Canal. Queen Elizabeth will sail from Southampton will sail over 39,000 nautical miles, visiting 39 different ports in 25 different countries, and four maiden calls which are Huatulco, Mexico, Port Victoria, Seychelles, St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands and Alotau,Papua New Guinea.

If a full  world cruise (or even just joining the ship for part of it) is something you are lucky enough to be able to do you can pre-register by clicking here. And if you want to see what life on board is like click here for a video introduction to Cunard.

Full world cruise prices start from £12,899 per person on the Queen Victoria for 120 nights. There are early booking discounts available and they go on sale to past passengers on the 9th of September and general sale on the 10th.

Feel free to leave a message if you want more information, call 0800 408 6105  or e-mail [email protected].

If my 6 numbers come up on Saturday I will definitely be first in the queue!