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Solos and pharaohs
There are three spaces left on the Cairo & Nile cruise from One Traveller, which includes four nights in the Cairo Marriott hotel before five nights on all-inclusive, five-star river cruise ship Steigenberger regency. The solos- only voyage to the Valley of the Kings departs on March 25 and starts from £3,290 pp ( onetraveller.co.uk, 01760 722011).
Dipping a toe in the ocean
rIVer cruise line emerald Waterways is set to dip a toe into ocean cruising next year with its 100- guest superyacht emerald Azzurra, which will feature a marine platform for snorkelling and paddleboarding. Look forward to calling at smaller ports such as Mykonos and Santorini on the eight-day Cyprus, Turkey and Greece Delights voyage, departing on July 31, 2021, with prices from £3,285 pp ( emeraldcruises.
co.uk, 0808 301 3352).
12 maiden ports
A DOZeN new ports of call are featured in Fred Olsen Cruise Lines’ newly released 2021/22 brochure. These include Bluff and Picton in New Zealand; M’Diq in Morocco; Port d’Alcudia in Mallorca; Sandakan in Borneo; Setubal in Portugal; and Trelleborg in Sweden.
Guests can also choose from 93 new itineraries, such as Boudicca’s 28-night Transpacific Voyage with French Polynesia fly- cruise from Costa rica to Auckland, New Zealand, on November 16, 2021, with prices from £ 4,299 pp ( fredolsen
cruises.com, 0800 0355 242).
Historic Malta
WheN Scenic eclipse returns from 2022 adventures in Antarctica, she will change course to take a historyfocused Andalucia Coastline cruise in the sparkling Med from Valletta to Lisbon via Sicily. The 11-day voyage on June 7, 2022, starts from £5,795 pp and includes a call at Mgarr, in rural northern Malta, a port for fishing boats and private yachts that is surrounded by farmland and vineyards ( scenic.co.uk, 0808 120 7713).
Hike with Greg
JOIN Australian mountaineer and co-founder of Aurora expeditions Greg Mortimer on the new ship named after him, to hike along the West Coast of Ireland. The May 19 voyage from Dublin to Cobh features spectacular walks in Donegal, Clare Island, Connemara National Park and The Skelligs, plus kayaking and trips by Zodiac boat to spot seabirds, dolphins and whales. The 13- day trip starts from £6,975 pp ( aurora
expeditions.co.uk, 0808 180 2005). Ancient kingdoms await
SAIL to ancient kingdoms on Marella Celebration’s seven-night cruise from Limassol in Cyprus on March 25, with prices from £ 503 pp when booked online. Depart Bournemouth Airport and visit Alanya and Kusadasi in Turkey; rhodes, in Greece; and Ashdod for Jerusalem and Bethlehem on the all-inclusive trip, which includes flights and tips ( tui.co.uk/cruise, 0871 230 2800).