Page 25 - Explore - Autumn/Winter 2019

JAPAN A NEW HIGHLIGHT OF PRINCESS
CRUISES ITINERARIES FOR 2020
Princess Cruises’ 2020 winter cruise itineraries will
feature more calls than ever before to Japan. The winter
programme will see both Sun Princess and Sea Princess
sail on 36 itineraries to 90 destinations across 38
countries with round-trip options from Sydney, Brisbane,
Auckland, Perth and Yokohama.
Highlights include the return of Princess Cruises’ 77-night
Circle Pacific itinerary –back by popular demand; a
106-night World Cruise that touches every continent on
the globe with the exception of Antarctica, and a variety
of destination-rich itineraries ranging from 2-35 nights.
Sun Princess’s 77-night Circle Pacific cruise now features
more calls to Japan with sailings to Osaka (for Kyoto),
Toba, Tokyo (Yokohama), and maiden calls to Hakodate
and Kushiro. The itinerary also showcases seven UNESCO
World Heritage sites including Mt Fuji, and the iconic
temples and shrines of Kyoto and Nara. Sailing round-
trip from Sydney on April 15 2020, travellers will travel
through Asia and then north to Alaska on an itinerary
featuring a range of new ports including Alotau in Papua
New Guinea, Kodiak and College Fjord in Alaska, and
Monterey, and Santa Barbara in the U.S. There is also an
additional maiden call to Prince Rupert in Canada and 11
late-night calls and overnight stays in Vancouver and
San Francisco.
Guests can also choose from two Asia voyages on board
Sun Princess between Auckland and Japan in July and
August 2020, including a 26-night Asia and Australia
voyage from Auckland to Tokyo. These cruises visit a
range of destinations across Papua New Guinea, Hong
Kong, China and Korea.

POP THE QUESTION ON FIJI’S ROMANTIC
TIVUA ISLAND
If proposing to the one you love on a tiny, remote island
surrounded by a circle of white sandy beach, in the
middle of the picturesque Mamanuca Islands in Fiji has
always been a dream, then book it!
Captain Cook Cruises Fiji has a romantic Tivua Island
Proposal Package that begins on board the magnificent
tall ship Ra Marama or the luxurious sailing catamaran
Fiji One, on a 90-minute cruise to the tranquil island
of Tivua.
On arrival, experience a traditional welcoming Kava
ceremony before being whisked away to a deserted
part of the beach. Here your loved one will discover a
“message in a bottle” lying at the water’s edge containing
a personalised proposal message, or written in shells or
flowers in the sand.
Then celebrate your engagement over a delicious tropical
buffet lunch and a bottle of sparkling wine in a private
romantic bure on the beach.
Spend the rest of the day relaxing on the island: take a
leisurely swim, feed the fish, snooze on a hammock, or go
on a guided herbal medicine nature walk. There are also
the options of snorkelling or glass-bottom boating over
the magnificent reefs and clam gardens escorted by a
marine biologist, or romantic kayak or paddle boarding
around the island. For true indulgence, enjoy a spa
treatment from Senikai Spa.
For dive-loving couples, a “first” dive as an engaged
couple with five-star PADI diving is a must. From beautiful
coral gardens to bommies (coral outcrops) to discovering
Raiyawa, a new dive wreck, Tivua has enough dive spots
to captivate beginners, reinvigorate occasional divers
and fascinate the advanced.
The Tivua Island Proposal Package concludes back in
Denarau with a coconut demonstration, basket weaving,
afternoon tea and more music and entertainment.