Cunard Line Announces 2012 World Voyages

Cunard Line has announced details of its 2012 world voyages on the new Queen Elizabeth and legendary flagship Queen Mary 2, marking a 90-year legacy of annual circumnavigations.

On sale in New Zealand from Friday July 16, the new program features a 107-day journey around the globe on Queen Elizabeth and a 108-day voyage on Queen Mary 2, which will include the liner’s first circumnavigation of Australia.

Queen Elizabeth makes her way to New Zealand in February and will be in Auckland on February 20, Napier on February 21 and Wellington on February 22.

Between them, the two liners will visit 60 ports across 33 countries, with their voyages including a host of maiden visits such as Queen Mary 2’s first call to the spectacular sand dunes of Namibia’s Swakopmund.

Early booking savers are available on the full world voyages with fares starting from $32,369 per person twin share for Queen Elizabeth’s journey which departs Southampton on January 10, 2012.

Meanwhile, Cunard is offering a host of line voyages and sectors on both liners including:
o 67 nights sailing on Queen Elizabeth from Auckland to Southampton visiting ports in Australia, Asia, India, the Middle East and Europe, priced from $20,689 pp twin share
o 15 nights sailing on Queen Elizabeth from San Francisco to Auckland via Hawaii, Samoa and Fiji, priced from $5,419 per person twin share
o 19 nights sailing on Queen Mary 2 from Sydney to Hong Kong via Papua New Guinea, Japan and China, priced from $5689 per person twin share
o 24 nights sailing from Sydney to Singapore on Queen Elizabeth visiting Malaysia, China, Vietnam and Thailand with fares starting from $7469 per person twin share

Onboard credits of up to US$1,500 per person are also available to guests booking liner or full voyages.

Launching in October this year, Queen Elizabeth’s complete circumnavigation will see her sail from the UK to New York, Fort Lauderdale and through the Panama Canal to Costa Rica and Mexico before visiting San Francisco and sailing south to New Zealand and Australia. She then heads north to Asia and through the Suez Canal to visit the Mediterranean before returning to Southampton.

QM2 will leave Southampton for Madeira and the Canary Islands before visiting Namibia and South Africa enroute to Australia where she will complete a historic circumnavigation of the continent. After sailing north to Asia she will visit ports throughout the Middle East and Europe before returning to the UK.

For more details on the 2012 world voyages visit a licensed travel agent, call Cunard on 0800 543 431 or visit www.cunardline.com.au