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New maiden voyages released for Coral Geographer

New maiden voyages released for Coral Geographer

Helen Hutcheon, Australasia correspondent

November 6, 2019

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Australia’s Coral Expeditions has released three new voyages to be undertaken by the 120-passenger Coral Geographer being built at the Vard Yung Tau shipyard in Vietnam.

A sister ship to Coral Adventurer launched earlier this year, Coral Geographer is due to take Coral Expeditions’ fleet to three all blue water ships when she  arrives in January 2021.

Remote islands

She will sail to some of the most remote islands across the vast arc of the Indian Ocean during February, March and April 2021.

She will depart Mauritius on February 17, 2020, on a 17-night ‘Small Islands at the edge of Africa’ expedition taking in the coastlines of Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar, Mozambique and Tanzania, before arriving in Zanzibar on March 6.

A 19-night ‘Navigating the Indian Ocean’ voyage from Zanzibar to Fremantle in Western Australia follows.

From Fremantle there is a 27-night expedition to Darwin called ‘Island Outposts of Australia’s West Coast.’ The itinerary includes the Abrolhos Islands, Shark Bay, Cocos Islands, Christmas Island and Ashmore Reef.

Strong market demand

‘We are releasing these new voyages following strong market reception to Coral Geographer’s 25-night maiden voyage from Singapore to the Seychelles,’ Jeff Gillies, Commercial Director of Coral Expeditions said.

About the Author

Helen Hutcheon

Australasia correspondent

Helen Hutcheon did her cadetship on a shipping magazine and worked in P&O’s Sydney office for seven years as a public relations journalist.

For 19 years she was deputy editor of Travel Week, which was Australia’s leading trade newspaper that covered major local and international industry events.

In 2008 the late legendary Rama Rebbapragada presented her with an award from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd ‘in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the cruising industry.’

In 2010 she won the Neil Frazer Award for ‘outstanding contribution to the cruise industry,’ elevating her to CLIA Australasia’s hall of fame.

She has been the Australasia correspondent for Seatrade Cruise Review since 1997 and for Seatrade Insider (now Seatrade Cruise News) since its launch in 2000.

 

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