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Cruise
The Silver Cloud.
Expedition Cruising Takes
Active Luxury Off the Charts
Geri Bain
If your clients think expedition cruising
means roughing it, they haven't seen the
offerings of the current wave of luxury ships
as each new expedition ship ups the ante
on luxury, in-depth encounters with nature,
and sustainability with jaw-dropping new
features. "High-end expedition cruises allow
travelers to feel as if they are the first to
discover a destination, but in far more luxury
than explorers of centuries past could have
ever imagined," says Vicky Garcia, COO and
co-owner of Cruise Planners.
In the Chilean fjords, for example,
passengers might ride Zodiacs to shore and
hike to a remote vantage point where they
are met with a champagne reception, notes
Edie Rodriguez, Ponant's America's brand
chairman and corporate special advisor.
"It is this combination of active, foot-on
adventures and heightened luxury that
defines expedition cruising."
While high-end expedition lines such as
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Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic
and Hurtigruten keep raising their luxury
quotient, upscale lines such as Ponant,
Scenic, Crystal Cruises and Silversea are
adding expedition ships to their mix. Garcia
predicts other lines will be stepping into this
market, too, as demand continues to grow.
Exploration cruising is one of the fastest
growing trends in travel-and it's not just
adventure-seeking adrenaline junkies, says
Kristin Small, a Cruise Planners franchise
owner. "In addition to Baby Boomers, we're
seeing both an upward and a downward
expansion in our age demographics."
Expedition-style travel is definitely gaining
speed as the next multi-generational travel
genre. There's a desire to experience these
remote destinations before they're gone;
before the icebergs melt and the polar bears
become extinct."
Making the expedition ships even more
family- and multi-gen friendly, Lindblad
Expeditions/National Geographic,
Hurtigruten and Ponant all offer special
programming for children.
Knowing that a ship might change course
due to weather conditions or to catch
an unusual experience adds to the sense
of adventure. For example, on a recent
Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic
trip, the captain heard whales on the
ship's hydrophones at 2:30 a.m. and woke
interested passengers in time to see a blue
whale with two calves right off the bow.
Similarly, on a Ponant sailing, the captain
was alerted that sea lions were sunning on a
glacier, so he changed course and then sent
passengers out in Zodiacs so they could see
them up-close.
Zodiacs, kayaks, hydrophones (for
listening to undersea sounds) and a video
microscope, as well as snow shoes, x-country
skis and extreme weather clothing are
examples of what Lindblad Expeditions/
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