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Azamara Journey arrives in Sydney for the first time

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Azamara Quest arriving in Sydney last year. Journey and Quest will return in 2018
Azamara Club Cruises’ Azamara Journey arrived in Sydney Sunday morning on a maiden voyage to Australasia from Singapore.

The 690-passenger ship will overnight before sailing to Auckland via Melbourne, Port Arthur, Hobart, Milford Sound, Dunedin, Akaroa, Napier and Tauranga, arriving March 6.

She returns to Sydney on March 21 and departs the following day on an 18-night repositioning voyage to Singapore via Brisbane, the Great Barrier Reef, Hamilton Island, Townsville, Cairns, Thursday Island, Darwin, Bali and Celukan Bawang.

Azamara Club Cruises made a spectacular debut in Australia and New Zealand last year with Azamara Quest.

Both destination immersion ships, that president and ceo Larry Pimentel calls ‘boutique hotels at sea,’ will return in 2018.

Azamara Journey departs Bali on January 21, 2018, and arrives in Sydney on February 7. On February 8 she will cruise to New Zealand, arriving in Auckland on February 22. She will make a same day turnaround, arriving in Sydney on March 6.

On March 7 Azamara Journey departs Sydney on an 18-night repositioning voyage to Singapore, arriving March 25.

On December 6, 2018, Azamara Quest departs Singapore for Fremantle, arriving December 21.

The following day she departs for Sydney, arriving on December 31 after Christmas Day at sea and in time for the city’s renowned New Year’s Eve fireworks.