Ally

The Pacific Ocean is vast and home to Hawaii and the South Sea Islands - a Polynesian welcome, great beaches, reefs and waving palm trees. Below the equator, the South Sea Islands stretch from Papua New Guinea to New Zealand to include the Solomon Islands, French Polynesia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, Cook Islands, New Caledonia and Tonga.

South Sea Islands

Cruises are mainly in two formats - 7 night cruises around the volcanic islands and coral atolls of Fiji or Tahiti or world/trans Pacific voyages. World cruises may start or finish in Sydney or Auckland and call in on some of the Island Groups on their way to Los Angeles or the Panama Canal, taking 2 to 3 weeks. In addition there are adventure cruises that explore the remoter islands of Polynesia and Micronesia.

Eastern Pacific

There are cruises that cross the Southern Pacific from Chile to Tahiti or Australasia. Leaving Santiago they will call at Robinson Crusoe Island, Easter Island and Pitcairn with several days at sea in between. Voyages may take 20 days or more.

When to go...

The Pacific is a year round destination. In the South Pacific the weather can be very hot and humid.

__________________
Ally - CruisingTalk Administrator

1965 - Cunard Queen Mary
1967 - Cunard Queen Elizabeth
1970 - Cunard Queen Elizabeth 2
1971 - P&O Oriana
1972 - SS France
1975 - SS Leopard
1977 - P&O Canberra
2005 - NCL Norwegian Jewel - Shakedown Cruise - Jersey
2005/6 - NCL Norwegian Crown - Chile, Cape Horn, Falkland Islands, Uruguay & Argentina - Christmas/New Year cruise
2006 - Fred Olsen Braemar Mini Cruise - Amsterdam & Zeebrugge
2007 - Fred Olsen Braemar Transatlantic - Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, Bermuda & Azores
2007 - Fred Olsen Braemar Mini Cruise - Guernsey & Amsterdam
2007 - NCL Norwegian Gem - Shakedown Cruise - Amsterdam
2008 - Costa Allegra - Hong Kong, Philippines, Borneo, Brunei, Singapore, Saigon, Da-Nang & Sanya

Coming up next.....

10/10/2009 - Costa Classica - Grand Oriental Cruise - Shanghai, Nagasaki, Tokyo, Kobe, Naha, Keelung and Hong Kong - 16 Nights Cruising in: 272 day(s), 12 hour(s), 35 minute(s)