Adventure Ships cruising in the Kimberleys

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Silver Explorer will cruise the Kimberleys in 2023 and Silver Cloud in 2024 = Silversea (new).

 

Kimberley Explorer in 2023 and 2024 - Heritage Expeditions (new).

 

Le Laperouse and Le Soleal and Le Ponant sailing yacht in 2023 and 2024 - Ponant

 

True North and True North II - True North Adventure Cruises 2023 and 2024

 

Coral Expeditions - Coral Geographer,  Coral Adventurer and Coral Discoverer in 2023 and 2024 (based in Cairns).

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Do any of these cruise lines have Solo pricing?

Edited June 1, 2023 by aussielozzie18

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8 minutes ago, aussielozzie18 said:

Do any of these cruise lines have Solo pricing?

Worth asking.
coral expeditions does sometimes.  I’m cruised with them with no single supplement plus upgrade.  You can register your solo interest. 
Register with Heritage Expeditions  they have $1000 discount and upgrade at present.

These two I’ve checked recently. It helps if you are happy to book close to sailing date so register with companies which appeal to you.

[cruiser3775]

I went on the Reef Prince, an expedition catamaran that takes 36 people, and can get into places the big cruise ships cannot.  It's also good value and quite comfortable.  It did have deals for solo travellers also. https://kimberleycruisespecialists.com.au/ships/reef-prince/

The Kimberley is becoming a bit crowded by cruise ships in season now - not quite the wilderness it once was, especially around the Horizontal Falls, which have some development and many day trippers.

Edited June 1, 2023 by cruiser3775

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I went on Coral Geographer from Cairns to Darwin.  We went on daily trips in small boats on board.  Highlights for swimmers were snorkelling on two Great Barrier Reefs.  Highlights for me were visits to Lizard Island and a number of small islands.

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I know about cruising in the Kimberleys because I'm an Aussie.  There has always been cruising there but on a smaller scale.

Now I'm wondering what is available in NZ for adventure cruising, so I'm making another thread.