Hapag-Lloyd Cruises plans for 2024/2025

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises presents the new itineraries of two luxury and three expedition ships for the 2024/2025 season. They lead 116 flights to seven continents.

The three identical expedition ships Hanseatic Nature, Hanseatic Inspiration and Hanseatic Spirit offer a total of 64 voyages with a maximum of 230 guests, including the first itineraries. In the summer of 2025, for example, Hanseatic Nature will connect Canada’s Hudson Bay with Greenland for the first time. Passage through Hudson Bay and the Hudson Strait is only possible for a few weeks a year due to the state of the ice. The small and maneuverable exploration vessel uses the time period in two consecutive voyages.

At the height of the arctic season, the Hanseatic Spirit will cross the Northwest Passage from Kangerlussuaq to Seward in late summer 2025. Here there is a chance of a ship meeting in the ice, because at the same time the Hanseatic Spirit is coming towards you on the opposite route.

At the end of April 2025, Hanseatic Inspiration will set a course for rarely visited islands and atolls in the South Pacific, such as Vanuatu, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands and Palau. Famous classics, such as the Antarctic, the Chilean straits, the Great Lakes and the Amazon up to the upper reaches, are back in the program of the three modern expedition ships.

Europe and Europe 2

For the first time, Europa is traveling to Asia, Oceania and Africa in the course of a single season. sailing from Melbourne to Mauritius on a new route; In addition, the updated stage concept will continue for the 2023/24 season. Three travel packages ranging from 53 to 66 days that combine several cruises into one stage. The focus is on the regions around Australia, New Zealand and Africa with first ports in Tanzania, Kenya and the Mediterranean including the Côte d’Azur, Sicily and the Greek Islands.

Other major destinations for Europa include the ports of Yanbu and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and the small Thai island of Ko Lipe. Popular coordination flights are also part of the program again. For example, “Europa Refresh,” with an emphasis on mindfulness and holistic well-being, and the “Europa Salon” talk format is available for individual experiences and entertainment.

Europe 2 will sail on 28 new routes, Australia and New Zealand as well as the South Pacific, China and Japan will be called twice. For the first time, Europa 2 is heading to the West Coast of the USA with first ports in Portland in the US state of Oregon, Vancouver and Vancouver Island as well as Seattle. The route travels from Tokyo through Hawaii to Los Angeles: on this tour, guests cross the 180th degree of longitude and thus the date line. The trip is also one coordinated by In2Balance in which selected instructors and trainers share innovative training methods, relaxation techniques from the Far East and the latest findings on nutrition issues. (TI)