New itineraries deliver wealthy cultural and wild ecosystem discovery alternatives throughout West Africa, the Mediterranean and Latin America, in addition to the Arctic and Antarctic
COURTESY Swan Hellenic: 29 January 2022 – Because the creator of cultural expedition cruising, Swan Hellenic is the selection of adventurous minds throughout the generations looking for in-depth exploration of the Arctic, Antarctic and Remainder of the World – from Brazil to the Bijagós Archipelago, Norway to Canada, Argentina to South Africa, and Madagascar to Italy.
The pioneering firm’s 2025 cruises on boutique ice-class ships SH Diana and SH Vega now advance this main fame with a selection of just about 60 expertly curated itineraries worldwide.
Constructing on the Polar, West Africa and Latin America voyages trailblazed so far, the massive developments for 2025 are a rare Amazon River exploration odyssey in Brazil and two authentic new cruises of the Mediterranean, the place the Swan Hellenic cultural expedition cruise custom started.
The brand new Mediterranean cruises discover a few of the most inspiring websites of historic and medieval tradition, many with UNESCO World Heritage standing. Most of those can solely be accessed by smaller ships resembling SH Diana, which additionally brings cruise company the pleasure of mooring within the coronary heart of Venice.
The primary is the 10-night “Contrasts of Mediterranean Tradition” aboard SH Diana. Departing Palermo for Venice on 20 August 2025, its imaginative itinerary follows nearly all the size of the Sicilian, Montenegrin and Croatian coasts. Exploring Lipari, Giardini Naxos and Taormina, Gallipoli, Monopoli, Dubrovnik, Kotor, Break up, Hvar and Rovinj, company can be immersed within the landscapes, cultures and histories of the numerous peoples who’ve settled these shores over the millennia.
The drily named “Exploring South America from Barbados to Brazil” on SH Vega follows an distinctive 19-night itinerary. Crusing from Bridgetown on 12 October 2025 within the Caribbean all the best way all the way down to Salvador de Bahia, this incomparable voyage takes in lots of South America’s most well-known but additionally undiscovered and inaccessible cultural and pure wonders. From Port of Spain, Georgetown, Paramaribo, Îles du Salut, Belém, the Lençóis Maranhenses Nationwide Park, Fortaleza and Recife. Nonetheless, the spotlight of this superlative cruise lies in a tremendous four-day detour up the Amazon River to Macapa, Iquiqui and Gurupa within the coronary heart of the jungle, returning by means of the otherworldly Breves Narrows, upriver from Belém within the Thousand Islands area.
For a lot of, Swan Hellenic’s in-depth explorations of the Arctic and Antarctic will proceed to be the foremost attraction. However others can be simply as strongly drawn to its one-of-a-kind voyages in unique areas between the poles, most of which may be daisy-chained to create unforgettable personalised odysseys.
Patrizia Iantorno, Chief Industrial Officer of Swan Hellenic, says: “We’re delighted with the itineraries our specialists have curated for 2025. They not solely construct on our pioneering 2023 and 2024 cultural expedition cruises, but additionally deliver solely new alternatives for curious minds to broaden their horizons in 2025”.
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About Swan Hellenic
Swan Hellenic was relaunched in July 2020 to proudly advance the spirit of cultural expedition cruising the corporate pioneered within the Nineteen Fifties. Constructing on its British roots, the brand new firm has a distinctly cosmopolitan tradition devoted to offering company with world alternatives to see what others don’t.
Swan Hellenic’s purpose-built boutique ships function elegant Scandi-design interiors, in depth out of doors areas and devoted expedition services. SH Minerva and SH Vega, two 5-star Polar Code PC 5 expedition cruise ships with ice-strengthened hulls, launched in December 2021 and July 2022. Each accommodate 152 company in 76 spacious suites and staterooms, the bulk with giant balconies. A barely bigger PC 6 ice-class vessel, SH Diana, accommodating 192 company in the identical distinctive consolation and elegance in 96 staterooms and suites, was launched in April 2023.
Whereas sharing the distinctive design options of her sister ships, SH Diana additionally introduces sure key enhancements, together with a devoted presentation and lecture theatre overlooking the lounge, and on-board Tender boats to take company ashore along with and in better consolation than the customary expedition Zodiacs. Like her siblings, SH Diana incorporates a state-of-the-art fitness center, spa, panoramic sauna, membership room and swimming pool with poolside grill.
All three ships function three eating venues – the Swan Restaurant, Membership Lounge and Pool Bar & Grill – and are inbuilt full compliance with SOLAS Secure Return to Port necessities. Devoted to company with a ardour for journey and cultural exploration, the corporate’s meticulously deliberate itineraries discover the wild landscapes, wildlife, peoples and cultures of the world’s much less travelled and most historic areas.
The crews every embody a group of 12 seasoned expedition guides, knowledgeable audio system and lecturers, for a complete complement of 120 and 140 individuals respectively, providing excellent staff-to-guest ratios to ship the best requirements of attentive private service.
Swan Hellenic’s cultural expedition cruises have at all times been distinguished by the corporate, steering and knowledgeable lectures of well-known explorers, seasoned expedition guides and main authorities of their fields. Now, lots of the cruises are additionally enriched by partnerships with distinctive organisations to deliver very totally different specialists on board in the identical approach, together with JRE-Jeunes Restaurateurs, Chopra and the SETI Institute.
Maris Culinary Discovery at Sea brings a distinct JRE gourmand chef aboard every in a sequence of unique cruises which take company on a parallel voyage of gastronomic discovery. Chopra Discover & Restore well-being voyages pair inward journeys with outward exploration, leading to a deeply enriching, therapeutic expertise with impacts that final lengthy after the voyage has concluded. Whereas the SETI Discover Area at Sea Sequence brings a distinct world-renowned scientist from the SETI Institute aboard every cruise to supply company with knowledgeable insights into the historical past and newest discoveries in astronomy, astrophysics, astrobiology and planetary science, in addition to the search to seek out different types of life inside and past our photo voltaic system.
On many cruises, company may also take part in Swan Hellenic’s Citizen Science partnerships, contributing precious knowledge obtained throughout their expeditions and on board, reporting cloud knowledge with NASA, recording whale sightings with Happywhale, monitoring phytoplankton with the Secchi Disk Examine, and Antarctic seabird numbers with Stony Brook College.
Headquartered in Cyprus with places of work in London, Dusseldorf, Monaco, Fort Lauderdale (serving the North American market), Hong Kong (serving Higher China, India and South-East Asia), Sydney (serving Australia-New Zealand) and Copenhagen (serving Scandinavia and Iceland), along with a partnership serving Japan, Swan Hellenic helps the journey commerce with native specialist companions to supply clients with knowledgeable private service worldwide.
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