FRED. Olsen Cruise Lines has unveiled its brand-new program of sailing for 2024/2025, with a focus on history and culture, once-in-a-lifetime experiences, and natural phenomena. Many of the specially timed sailings coincide with opportunities to follow natural bird migrations, witness meteor showers, experience one of the world’s largest carnivals, and...
FRED. Olsen Cruise Lines has unveiled its brand-new program of sailing for 2024/2025, with a focus on history and culture, once-in-a-lifetime experiences, and natural phenomena.
Many of the specially timed sailings coincide with opportunities to follow natural bird migrations, witness meteor showers, experience one of the world’s largest carnivals, and spot wild polar bears.
For the first time since 2019, the new program features an 11-night Mystery Cruise, setting sail from Southampton in Nov 2024, with guests able to follow in the footsteps of explorers, navigators, and seafarers, as they guess their next port of call.
Other highlights of Fred. Olsen’s 2024/2025 program include Balmoral’s Springtime Norwegian Fjords in Five Nights cruise, departing from Newcastle on 23 May 2024, and Borealis’ 14-night Maritime Cities & Sailing Events of the Baltic cruise, departing from Dover on 27 Jun 2024.
Head of Itinerary Planning & Destination Experience Martin Lister said this program has been particularly exciting to curate, with Fred. Olsen taking inspiration from both natural and organised events in its destinations to create imaginative and unusual itineraries.
“Some of the highlights include chances to witness the Perseid Meteor Shower in sailings to the Azores, to seek out the phenomenal Northern Lights in adventures to the Arctic or to visit the beautiful Norwegian Fjords in the spring when the waterfalls are at their strongest,” he said.
“There are many opportunities to uncover ancient history and fascinating cultures too, including in sailings to the Adriatic, Mediterranean and the Baltic regions.
“We will be making the most of the smaller size of our ships where we can too, allowing us to visit smaller ports away from the well-sailed route, and dock closer to the centre of the destinations.”
