Explora Journeys has announced the new travel program for the 2024-2025 fall-winter season of EXPLORA I.
The itineraries include 23 voyages and 2 grand cruises taking place between September 2024 and April 2025, encompassing 73 exclusive destinations in 24 countries. Eight of these destinations will be new to the Explora Journeys catalog, including Macapá, Alter-do-Chaõ, and Manaus in the Amazon, as well as Devil's Island in French Guiana.
Cruises depart from the northernmost point of the east coast of the United States, then sail to the Caribbean and South America, before crossing the Atlantic to Europe.
Explora Journeys emphasizes a slower pace of travel, flexible arrival and departure times, and the opportunity to spend more time in each destination, including overnight stays. At the same time, the highest standards of sustainability and responsibility are rigorously applied to ensure minimal impact on the environment and local communities.
As a major new feature at Explora Journeys, EXPLORA I will offer for the first time two different seven-night trips along the Amazon River and through the Brazilian rainforest.
Unique proposals for unforgettable trips
The first highlighted itinerary is the eight-night cruise Journey to Trailing Whales and Falling Leaves, which will depart from New York on October 8, 2024, bound for Boston, Portland and Halifax, the famous whale corridors of the North Atlantic and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, before ending in Quebec City.
A Journey into Wild and Wonderful Amazonia will set sail from Bridgetown (Barbados) on November 22, 2024 and sail to Devil's Island in French Guiana, before heading to Macapá, Alter-do-Chaõ and Manaus (Brazil).
Meeting Waters on the Almighty Amazon, meanwhile, will depart on November 29, 2024 to travel up the Amazon to the Brazilian municipality of Macapá and then stop at Bequia Island in the Grenadines, before returning to Bridgetown (Barbados).
A Journey of Tantalising Transatlantic Adventures is another itinerary that will also depart from Bridgetown on April 3, 2025 for a 14-night transatlantic crossing.
Finally, the grand voyages of EXPLORA I, A Grand Journey to Amazonia & Tropical Isles (28 nights) and A Grand Transatlantic Odyssey in the Atlantic (32 nights), will offer cruisers the opportunity to get to know in depth the unforgettable destinations planned along both itineraries, which will travel through the Caribbean, the Amazon and the vastness of the ocean.
Sacha Rougier, Head of Itinerary Planning and Destination Experiences at Explora Journeys, said: "Travelers will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in an exhilarating celebration of diversity: from private visits to New York's MoMA to exciting boat expeditions on the Amazon."
