CAPTAIN COOK CRUISES
Australia, Fiji
MURRAY PRINCESS
Passenger Capacity: 120
Built: 1986, renovated 1996
Elevator: One
Staff and Crew: Australian
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- Itinerary: There are
3,4 and 7-night cruises up the Murray River in Australia from Mannum to Morgan
and return (the world’s fifth largest river).
- Cabins: 60. Most are
outside, all are air-conditioned.
- Dining: Single seating,
with buffet breakfast and lunch and table service dinner. One night features
a barbecue and bonfire.
- Facilities and Activities:
This is a paddlewheeler. There is a paddlewheel-viewing
lounge with nightly entertainment. Two spas and saunas. The cruise highlights
nature, history, food and wine, the culture of indigenous Australians as
well as Murraylands scenery and wildlife. There is an Aussie barbecue, a
visit to a woolshed station. There is an optional post-cruise Barossa Valley
tour (free for 7-night passengers). Most passengers
are Australian.
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Recent Fares Reported to Us:
3 nights from AUD $724; 4 nights from AUD $942 per person; 7 nights AUD
$1,520 per person. Fuel surcharges of $25 per person. Add-ons in various
cities are available.
REEF ENDEAVOUR
-- FOR SALE
Passenger Capacity: 150
Built: 1995
Length: 240 ft.
Elevator: 1
Staff and Crew: 72
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REEF ESCAPE
Passenger Capacity: 120
Former Names: Dro ki Cakau
Crew: Fijian
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- Itinerary: There are
three and four-night cruises that can be combined into a seven-night cruise
of the Mamanuca and Yasawa Islands, which are part of the Fiji Archipelago.
The ship sails from Denarau Marina, Nadi
- Cabins: 60. Cabins on
the upper deck have either queen-sized bed or twin beds, three with an additional
bed. Standard staterooms on the upper and promenade decks have a double
bed or twin beds convertible to king-sized. Seven have an additional berth.
There are 12 cabins forward with upper and lower berths, of which four
are triples and two are quads. All cabins have floor-to-ceiling windows
opening onto the outside deck and private bathrooms.
- Dining: There is
a single seating dining saloon. Breakfast and lunch are buffet, with some
barbecue lunches. Dinner has assigned seating. Cuisine is international
with tastes of Fiji. A lovo feast with native hosts features tropical fruits,
suckling pig and fresh local seafood.
- Facilities and Activities:
The ship has a pool, lounge with a piano, sauna, conference room, library. There is a glass-bottom boat, snorkeling and dive boats,
and a dive master. Diving is available for holders of current
Open Water Dive Certificates with a fee per dive. There is a platform with
a lift from water level to the main deck. Laundry facilities are available.
Passengers can dive, snorkel or swim in bays and over reefs or explore
the islands and villages. There are limestone caves with a cave lagoon
on Sawa-i-lau. A local village offers a lovo feast, kava tasting, and traditional
meke entertainment. Another island village entertains with a village choir.
There is music and dancing on Captain’s Night.
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Recent Fares Reported to Us:
3 nights from FJ$1,260 per person; 4 nights from FJ$ 1,680 per person; 7
nights from FJ$ 2,199 per person; plus fuel surcharge.
For current
fares and itineraries of
these cruises, click on this
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