Luxury Regent Seven Seas Cruising from Hong Kong to Cape Town

For some of us, the practicality of a rivers cruise is enough, using the ship mainly as a convenient floating hotel in order to visit the historic attractions and cities along the banks of the Rhine or the Danube for example. For others, the term cruise is synonymous with the Caribbean, where the ship is the main attraction together with the lure of sun and sand across tropical islands.Today, there are cruise options available that combine the attraction of a magnificent vessel with a truly stunning itinerary.None come much better that the Regent Seven Seas cruise from Hong Kong to Cape Town.

Regent Seven Seas Cruises are definitely for those who like the amenities and variety of public spaces that a larger cruise ship can provide, but still want the all-inclusive luxury and exemplary service you get on a 6-star vessel.The 50,000-tonne Seven Seas Voyager plies the South China Sea and Indian Ocean. It’s an all-suite, all-balcony, ship capable of accommodating 700 guests and gives a whole new dimension to the term luxury cruises with ocean-view suites and the first Le Cordon Bleu restaurant at sea.

It’s not simply the opulent luxury and excellent service on board this vessel that appeals.The itinerary is truly amazing, taking in some the best sights of the orient and Southern Africa.Starting off in Hong Kong, perhaps the best place to shop in the world, the ship sails on to Hong Gai, gateway to Halong Bay.The “Bay of the Descending Dragon,” is dotted with more than 3,000 mountainous islands, each with its own unique landscape and is one of the most stunningly and eerily beautiful sights in south East Asia.

The vessel cruises down the coast to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), before striking out for Kwala Lumpur.You can spend the day discovering this truly cosmopolitan city before heading off across the Indian Ocean for Praslin and la Digue in the Seychelles, home to the unique coco de Mer and vanilla orchids.This amazing cruise is rounded off by visits to Mombasa and Zanzibar (often also known as the Spice Islands) before reaching Cape Town, one of the world’s most beautiful cities with breathtaking geography.

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Splendour on the Seven Seas

Cruising is the preferred holiday option for those who enjoy luxury, relaxation and the variety of the seven seas.Incidentally, around the time of the tales of Sinbad and the Arabian Nights the “Seven Seas” would have been the Persian Gulf, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Red Sea (including the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea), the Mediterranean Sea, the Adriatic sea and the Arabian Sea.In fact, there are over 100 bodies of water called seas of one sort of another, but after the Europeans discovered America , the phrase “Seven Seas” largely referred to The Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Arctic Oceans, the Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.

It’s the expanses of Ocean in the modern definition that Regent Seven Seas Cruises plies.The fleet of vessels operated by this company are definitely for those who like the amenities and variety of public spaces that a larger ship provides, but also want the luxury and exemplary service you get on a 6-star vessel.  The 50,000-tonne Seven Seas Mariner for example certainly provides that.  The world’s first all-suite, all-balcony ship capable of accommodating 700 guests, it boasts ocean-view suites with private balconies and the first Le Cordon Bleu restaurant at sea.  Her sister ship, the Seven Seas Voyager,  is equally well appointed as is the 490 guest Seven Seas Navigator.

For luxury cruises in the South Pacific, The Paul Gauguin (smallest ship in the Regent fleet carrying just 320 guests and a crew of 215) sails the waters of French Polynesia. As befits the area the ship cruises, she is a warm and friendly vessel with an intimate ambiance and without the breadth of facilities found on other Regent cruise ships.  Even so, the Paul Gauguin is one of the best ships to ply the waters of the South Pacific with guests enjoying a casual dress code appropriate to the Polynesian destinations, food inspired by a two-star Michelin French chef and plenty of water sports opportunities even when at anchor with  her own retractable marina.

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