Norwegian Cruise Line Opens for Sale a Year's Worth of Aspirational Voyages Including Antarctica
Norwegian Cruise Line Opens for Sale a Year's Worth of Aspirational Voyages
Guests Can Experience Over 20 New Destinations with Itineraries Into 2023
Cruise Line to Set Sail for All Seven Continents Including Antarctica
Miami, FL, US - May 11, 2020
Norwegian Cruise Line, the innovator in global cruise travel with a 53-year history of breaking boundaries, today announced that is has opened more than a year of wish-list worthy sailings for 2021 through 2023, with voyages to over 20 new destinations across all seven continents.
Among the notable itineraries are:
· Norwegian Star’s first voyage to Antarctica beginning in 2021 when she sails from Buenos Aires, Argentina for a season of 14-day Extraordinary Journeys, visiting five ports of call across Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and the Falkland Islands, including a majestic sailing by Deception Island and Elephant Island/Cape Lookout.
Norwegian Star’s March 2022 South America sailing when she will become the first in the fleet to visit Fortaleza and Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, during a 15-day itinerary departing from Rio de Janeiro.
Norwegian Star’s July 14 and July 25, 2022 Northern European sailings, when she will make the brand’s debut in Greenland with calls to Nuuk, Qaqortoq and Nanortalik during two back-to-back 10-and -11-day sailings from Reykjavik, Iceland.
Norwegian Jade’s 12-day Extraordinary Journey sailings from December 2021 through January 2022, when she will make Norwegian Cruise Line history as the first ship to offer roundtrip cruises from Cape Town, South Africa. The voyages will include visits to Luderitz and Walvis Bay, Namibia; Durban, and will feature overnight calls in Cape Town and Richard’s Bay, South Africa.
Norwegian Sun’s November 2021 sailing, when she will make her Asia debut and will become the first in the fleet to visit the exotic destinations of Nagoya, Beppu and Himeji Japan; Manila and Coron, Philippines; Kota Kinabalu and Melaka, Malaysia; Muara, Brunei and Kampot, Cambodia.
“The just-announced itineraries for 2021 through 2023 are designed to provide guests with vacations of a lifetime,” said Harry Sommer, Norwegian Cruise Line president and chief executive officer. “At this moment, we are in our respective corners of the world destination daydreaming. We wanted to use this time to provide our loyal guests with the best-of-the-best itineraries. We’ll set sail to more than 20 new incredible destinations including Antarctica, Greenland and South Africa while also sailing to the over 300 destinations our guests have come to love. This time around, we’re giving our guests more time to plan their long-awaited vacations as well as additional extraordinary ports-of-call. We can’t wait for them to experience these vacations of a lifetime.”
Among the new destinations featured in the itineraries are:
· Elephant Island, Antarctica (No disembarkation) – January 2021 (Norwegian Star)
· Deception Island, Antarctica (No disembarkation) – January 2021 (Norwegian Star)
· Nagoya, Japan – November 2021 (Norwegian Sun)
· Beppu, Japan – November 2021 (Norwegian Sun)
· Durban, South Africa – December 2021 (Norwegian Jade)
· Luderitz, Namibia – December 2021 (Norwegian Jade)
· Walvis Bay, Namibia – December 2021 (Norwegian Jade)
· Timaru, New Zealand – December 2021 (Norwegian Spirit)
· Manila, Philippines – February 2022 (Norwegian Sun)
· Coron, Philippines – February 2022 (Norwegian Sun)
· Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia – February 2022 (Norwegian Sun
· Muara, Brunei Darussalam – February 2022 (Norwegian Sun)
· Melaka, Malaysia – February 2022 (Norwegian Sun)
· Miyakojima (Okinawa), Japan – March 2022 (Norwegian Sun)
· Himeji, Japan – March 2022 (Norwegian Sun)
· Fortaleza, Brazil – March 2022 (Norwegian Star)
· Salvador de Bahia, Brazil – March 2022 (Norwegian Star)
· Nuuk, Greenland – July 2022 (Norwegian Star)
· Qaqortoq, Greenland – July 2022 (Norwegian Star)
· Nanortalik, Greenland – July 2022 (Norwegian Star)
· Yangon, Myanmar – November 2022 (Norwegian Spirit)
· Maputo, Mozambique – January 2023 (Norwegian Jade)
· Kampot, Cambodia – January 2023 (Norwegian Sun)
For a complete list of the new 2021 to 2023 itineraries, visit www.ncl.com.
For more information about Norwegian Cruise Line ships and their itineraries, or to book a cruise, please contact a travel professional, call 888-NCL-CRUISE (625-2784) or visit www.ncl.com.
About Norwegian Cruise Line
As the innovator in global cruise travel, Norwegian Cruise Line has been breaking the boundaries of traditional cruising for 53 years. Most notably, the cruise line revolutionized the industry by offering guests the freedom and flexibility to design their ideal vacation on their preferred schedule with no assigned dining and entertainment times and no formal dress codes. Today, its fleet of 17 contemporary ships sail to nearly 300 of the world’s most desirable destinations, including Great Stirrup Cay, the company’s private island in the Bahamas and its resort destination Harvest Caye in Belize. Norwegian Cruise Line not only provides superior guest service from land to sea, but also offers a wide variety of award-winning entertainment and dining options as well as a range of accommodations across the fleet, including solo-traveler staterooms, mini-suites, spa-suites and The Haven by Norwegian®, the company’s ship-within-a-ship concept. For additional information or to book a cruise, contact a travel professional, call 888-NCL-CRUISE (625-2784) or visit www.ncl.com.
