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Ports of Call
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New York, New York
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Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii Melbourne, Australia
Pack in those iconic Manhattan experiences: Steep yourself in island culture: the Bishop Witness sacred ceremonial lands on an
Fifth Avenue stores, Grand Central Station, Museum displays its regal capes resplendent in Aboriginal Heritage walk in the Royal
MoMA, Times Square, Central Park or tropical bird feathers; beautiful ‘Iolani Palace is Botanical Gardens, or board the ‘Puffing Billy’
surveying all from the Empire State Building. the elegant seat of Polynesian royalty. steam train bound for the Yarra Glen vineyard.
15 January 7 February 24 February
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Pago Pago, American Samoa Adelaide, Australia
Bonnet House is South Florida at its serene Make a dramatic South Seas entrance into this The ‘City of Churches’ is also a city of nature,
best. Built in the 1920s, this plantation-style gorgeous natural harbour embraced by jungle- with its green parks, flowing rivers and nearby
estate resounds with calls of resident birds and clad peaks, before exploring the evocative Barossa Valley, whose vineyards account for a
monkeys amidst leafy glades. white clapboard capital. third of the country’s wine.
17 January 10 February 27 February
Grand Cayman, Cayman Lautoka, Fiji Albany, Australia
Islands
Welcome to a paradise of azure lagoons, white From Western Australia’s earliest settlement,
Delve into the duty free stores, browse for
sands and verdant forest-clad interiors, dotted keep an eye out for offshore whale spouts,
jewellery made from caymanite, snorkel in
with waterfalls, orchids, rippling sugar cane dramatic coastal blowholes or stark cliff-top
Stingray City and feed the graceful sea
and ancient Polynesian shrines. features such as the ‘Bridge’ and the ‘Gap’.
creatures – or just bask on flawless beaches.
13 Febuary 28 February
19 January
Auckland, New Zealand Perth (from Fremantle),
Cartagena, Colombia Australia
Witness Maori artefacts and cultural
Be drawn to Ciudad Amurallada, the walled
performances at the awesome Auckland
Admire the colonial buildings around
old town brimming with colonial history,
Museum, or gaze across Waitemata Harbour,
Fremantle or in sun-kissed Perth, with its Town
brightly painted facades, charming balconies
whose name is Maori for ‘sea of sparkling waters’.
Hall and Mint, backed magnificently by the
and delightful plazas awash with flowers. distant peaks of the Darling Ranges.
15 February
23 January
Christchurch (from
2 March
Acapulco, Mexico Lyttelton), New Zealand Exmouth, Australia
Relax at sea level on the golden sands of this Take the gondola for a bird’s eye view of this Nature is abundant here, as Ningaloo Reef
beautiful resort, or stand 45 metres up at La verdant city, see the sights by heritage tram or teems with sea life just offshore and Cape
Quebrada to watch the daredevil cliff divers rely on leg power to explore beautiful Hagley Range National Park’s gorges and mangrove
plunge into the ocean swell below. Park or Cathedral Square. swamps house bird colonies galore.
27 January 16 February 7 March
San Francisco Wellington, New Zealand Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Fall under the spell of Chinatown’s intense A city of cable cars, café society, cultural riches Practice your blowpipe skills at Monsopiad
bustle, wispy bay mists, roller-coaster streets and inspired cuisine, this capital is best Cultural Village or admire Borneo’s majestic
and clunking cable cars, the only mobile explored on foot, and you may start at the flora and fauna in the mangrove swamps of
national monuments in the entire US. architecturally striking Civic Square. Kota Kinabalu City Bird Sanctuary.
1 February 19-20 February 10-11 March
La Haina, Maui, Hawaii Sydney, Australia
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Hong Kong
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Maui’s beaches are simply legendary, with Drop by the Opera House, Harbour Bridge and Sip sunset cocktails on an authentic Chinese
sandy ribbons of black, red, white or gold; Bondi Beach. Browse the historic Rocks District junk; it’s a calm moment between browsing
though it’s worth tearing yourself away for the and Queen Victoria Building, then ascend this heady, non-stop bazaar and tempting your
breathtakingly scenic inland drives. Sydney Tower for an awe-inspiring perspective. palate with the country’s finest delicacies.
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