STORIED ISLES OF THE PACIFIC

Day 1-2: Santiago de Chili Private transfer to your hotel for a 1 night stay. After a good night’s sleep you will leave for the port of Valparaiso where you will board the Crystal Symphony. Departure 18:00 hours.

Day 3-6: Cruise days at sea. You have all the time to relax and enjoy the many facilities on board of the Crystal Symphony.

Day 7: Easter Island, 08:00-19:00 hours. It lies more than 2000 kilometres from the inhabited world, making it one of the most isolated places on earth. This remote island is an archaeological treasure, which to this day confuses both scientists and historians.

Day 8-9: Cruise days at sea.

Day 10: Cruising Pitcairn Island 10:00-16:00 hours. The ship will be in Bounty Bay and the locals will come to you with their carvings, fabrics and other local handcrafts. There are no organized excursions scheduled on Pitcairn Island, as you cannot land at this destination.

Day 11-12: Cruising the North Paci c Ocean

Day 13: Fakarava, Frans Polynesia; 08:00-16:00 hrs The second largest atoll of the Tuamotu atolls. The most important village is Rotoava. The rst European who arrived at the Fakarava atoll was the Russian explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen in 1820. He originally called this atoll ‘Wittgenstein’.

Day 14: Moorea, Society Islands; 09:00-18:00 hours. Moorea is just 11 miles from Tahiti with its spectacular bays. The volcanic peaks, re ected in the waters of Cook’s Bay and Opunohu Bay rises up from the island like a shark beak. Seeing sharks at almost every dive makes these islands a popular diving destination. Sometimes a tuna passes by or dolphins are heard clapping just out of sight.

Day 15: Raiatea, French Polynesia; 08:00-18:00 hrs Raiatea and Taha’a are two separate islands on the same lagoon, located between Huahine and Bora Bora. Raiatea is the second largest island of French Polynesia after Tahiti. The island reveals lush green valleys, numerous waterfalls and pineapple and vanilla plantations. Also discover the fascinating underwater landscape in the deep lagoon of Raiatea, rich in sh and surrounded by mountains.

Day 16: Bora Bora, Society Islands, French Polynesia, 08:00-18:00 hours. Bora Bora is located 240 km northwest of Tahiti on the Society Islands. The main island is surrounded by a multi-coloured lagoon, surrounded by ‘motu’ islands within a protective coral chain. The lagoon is world famous for its beauty. A partially paved road around the island passes colourful villages, archaeological sites and old army bunkers and cannons that were left behind after American GI’s made a ‘friendly invasion’ after WW II.

Day 17-18: Papeete, Tahiti; arrival 07:00 hours. The islands of Polynesia are a beautiful collection of volcanic islands and atolls idyllically scattered over the Paci c Ocean. Tahiti is the largest of the 118 islands and atolls that include French Polynesia. Last night on board. Disembarkation on day 19.