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Orion Expedition

NEW Australian cruise line Orion Expedition Cruises has issued its first schedule, covering the period April to December 2005. The initial program centres on Australias Top End. The liner Orion will leave Sydney early April and undertake some 30 cruises of 7 to 11 nights ex Brisbane, Cairns and Darwin, visiting the Barrier Reef, islands of the Torres Strait and the Kimberley coastline. The ship will return to Sydney in December next year in readiness for a southern program taking in southeast Australia, NZ and the Antarctic.

The Orion Experience

For the Top End and Kimberley regions the experiences offer wild, rugged coastlines with incredible waterfalls, fishing, wildlife, aboriginal art in the wild, and the world's most successful pearling industry. Given the huge 10 metre tides, it also has one of the most challenging operating environments.

These are some of the most pristine and sensitive wilderness areas on our planet with little to no infrastructure to support visits by hundreds of people at one time. Understanding this, Orion Expedition Cruises has a social responsibility to develop marine tourism product that is sustainable, that is at the forefront of eco-sensitivity and the benchmark for internationally recognised and sound environmental operating practices. These guiding principles necessitated finding a purpose-built environmentally appropriate vessel that also offered an internationally accepted standard of luxury accommodation and guest facilities……. ORION.

Passenger Profile

Catering for only 106 passengers, the Orion is the perfect choice if you prefer a more intimate cruise holiday.

Orion Expedition Cruiseships

Orion Expedition Cruises

  • MAWSON'S ANTARCTICA

    18 night cruise onboard Orion departs Bluff 27 Dec 09. Visiting Bluff, Snares Island, Auckland Islands, Macquarie Island, Commonwealth Bay Region and Hobart from $18715pp

  • NORFOLK & MELANESIAN ISLANDS

    19 night cruise onboard Orion departing Auckland 29 Feb 09. Visiting Te Rawhiti Inlet, Norfolk Island, Isle of Pines, Anatom, Tanna, Port Vila, Manakula, Vanuatu, Florida islands, Solomons and PNG from $13435pp

  • ORION CRUISES - ANTARCTICA AND ROSS SEA

    21 night fly, cruise & stay departs Invercargill 12 Jan 09. Visiting Enderby Island, Macquarie Island, Cape Adare and Campbell Island from $23905pp including FREE RETURN FLIGHTS to NZ and pre-cruise accommodation!

  • PAPUA NEW GUINEA HIGHLAND CULTURES

    11 night cruise onboard Orion departs Rabaul 18 mar 09. Visiting Sepick River, Madang, Tami Islands, Tufi, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Samarai & Kwato Islands, Milne Bay and Cairns from $8600pp

  • NEW GUINEA ISLAND ADVENTURE

    11 night cruise departs Cairns 29 Mar 09 onboard Orion. Visiting Milne Bay, Deboyne Lagoon, Kitava the Trobriands, Pomio, Lambom, Lamassa Island, Duke of York Islands and Rabaul from $8600pp

  • PAPUA NEW GUINEA HIGHLAND CULTURES

    11 night cruise departs Rabaul 09 Apr 09 onboard Orion Visiting Sepick River, Madang, Tami Islands, Tufi, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Samarai & Kwato Islands,Milne Bay and Cairns from $8600pp

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