Seabourn wellness cruise in Australasia

The 40,350gt Seabourn Encore will sail on a ‘Golden Austral Summer’ voyage from Auckland on February 21, 2020, calling  at Tauranga, Picton, Wellington, Akaroa, Dunedin and Stewart Island.

The 604-passenger mega yacht will then cruise around Fjordland National Park and Milford Sound before crossing the Tasman to call at Melbourne, Phillip Island and Eden, arriving in Sydney on March 8.

Weil, who has been described as ‘an American celebrity doctor’ and ‘a guru of integrative medicine,’ which combines traditional medicine with alternate therapies, will give lectures and classes on board Encore.

He will be supported by Dr Victoria Maizes, executive director of the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine; Dr Kenneth Pelletier, clinical professor of medicine at the University of California School of Medicine in San Francisco; Canadian-born Dr Julia Rucklidge, professor of clinical psychology at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand; and Dr Karen Koffler, who has trained in acupuncture, mindfulness-based stress reduction and ReCODE (a programme for the reversal of cognitive decline).

‘Wellness is a growing phenomenon, and rightly so, as people around the world seek to live better, healthier and more mindfully for the benefit of their overall well-being,’ Seabourn president Rick Meadows said.