CRUISE NEWS
■ An epic circumnavigation of South America is the highlight of Saga’s new 2023 programme.
The 78-night round trip on Spirit of Adventure from Portsmouth on January 12 will take in a Panama Canal transit and sights including Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, the Chilean Fjords, the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. Pricesfor the mammoth voyage start from £17,663 per person.
Sister ship Spirit of Discovery will also be heading across the Atlantic from Portsmouth for a 28-night autumn voyage to the US and Canada.
She will take in destinations such as New York City, leafpeeping in Maine’s Acadia National Park and the picturepostcard lighthouse and fishing village of Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia. The September 26 departure costs from £8,073 per person. For more information see travel.saga. co.uk/cruises
Whether you have been inspired by Kenneth Branagh’s big-screen adaptation of
Death on the Nile or simply always had a Nile cruise on your travel wish list, why not make 2022 the year to experience one of the world’s most sublime river journeys?
Jules Verne offers an array of Nile cruise options, including a new cruise on the five-star Mövenpick MS Hamees from Cairo and its famous Pyramids to the lesser-known ancient city of Tel el-amarna.
A Week on the Nile costs from £2,195pp, including flights (Heathrow), transfers, full-board cruise, excursions, and the services of an Egyptian tour manager and Egyptologist, and local reps.
Departs September 1, 9 & 17. No single supplement (subject to availability) on September 9 & 17 sailings. Call 020 3553 3722 (vjv.com).