CUNARD has revealed that it will extend Queen Elizabeth’s (pictured) current cruise season in Australia and New Zealand by 60 days, with six new itineraries and 29 more port visits. Among the new sailings is the ship’s first-ever 27-night full circumnavigation of Australia, which will call into Sydney, Brisbane, Airlie...
CUNARD has revealed that it will extend Queen Elizabeth’s (pictured) current cruise season in Australia and New Zealand by 60 days, with six new itineraries and 29 more port visits.
Among the new sailings is the ship’s first-ever 27-night full circumnavigation of Australia, which will call into Sydney, Brisbane, Airlie Beach, Cairns, Darwin, Fremantle, Adelaide, Kangaroo Island and Melbourne between 12 Apr and 07 May.
The 2,000-passenger vessel will also offer two six-night Tasmania itineraries, including stops at Eden and Port Arthur, and two 11-night New Zealand voyages, which will visit Wellington, Tauranga, Auckland and the Bay of Islands.
Wrapping up the season on 09 May, Queen Elizabeth will begin a 24-night Trans-Pacific crossing from Sydney to Vancouver via New Caledonia, Hawaii (Honolulu and Maui), Los Angeles and San Francisco before beginning the 2020 Alaska program.
Cunard Australia and New Zealand Commercial Director Katrina McAlpine said the decision to extend the luxury vessel’s season Down Under was “a result of the current uncertainty due to travel restrictions and port closures in Asia and their effect on cruise operations in the region”.
Cunard said it has offered guests who were booked on Queen Elizabeth’s cancelled Asia and Japan itineraries full refunds as well as “special incentives to book a new voyage”.
The new itineraries for the Australian and New Zealand season will go on sale on tomorrow at 9am at cunard.com.
