Inside the £240,000 ultra-luxe cruise package that will take guests from Tokyo to Dubrovnik in 2025

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It’s a vacation lasting 105 days, an ocean odyssey spanning 60 locations over three continents (and 11 nations), crusing on seven ships – and it’s been billed as “the ultimate luxury cruise” by the journey company behind the package.

The mammoth itinerary from Mundy Cruising, specialists in ocean-going holidays, comes in at a hefty £239,999.

For that fare, passengers are promised the peak of nautical luxurious on a few of the most interesting cruise ship cabins on the market, exceptional lodge rooms whereas staying on land, journeys alongside magnificent railways and business-class tickets when flying.

Ports of name will permit travellers to expertise the hustle and bustle of New York City, sit again on a romantic prepare journey aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, take in the solar whereas circling Adriatic islands and take in the views as the Rocky Mountaineer chugs by the US.

Speaking about why the itinerary was created, Edwina Lonsdale, managing director of Mundy Cruising, stated: “Why not, we thought, create a cruise which allows people to visit some on the best places on the planet, on some of the very best ships, and in the absolutely very best suites available on those ships?”

Alex Loizou,director of gross sales, advertising and operations, says that Mundy created the cruise “as an example of the many bespoke travel experiences we take pleasure in curating”.

So simply how bold is Mundy’s venture, and what will holidaymakers discover on the voyage?

Spring in Japan earlier than a journey to Alaska

The journey begins in April subsequent 12 months with first-class flights to Tokyo and ends with on 26 July 2025 with a flight from Dubrovnik to London.

Before boarding the ship, travellers will arrive in Japan’s capital in time to take pleasure in the spring cherry blossoms earlier than setting of on the first leg of the journey, a 12-day journey round Japan on Regent’s Seven Seas Explorer, with stops in each Kyoto and Nagasaki. Passengers will keep in a Regent Suite, a 3,000-square-foot area that has an in-house spa, uncommon artworks and even a Steinway piano.

On 27 April, guests will board Seabourn Quest, making their house in a Grand Wintergarden Suite, to end exploring Japan with the sizzling springs of Hakodate, earlier than crusing onward to the US state of Alaska. Wildlife recognizing and outside adventures may be loved on Glacier Bay earlier than this leg finishes on Canada’s western coast, in the metropolis of Vancouver.

North America and a ‘journey home’

After two nights in Vancouver, passengers will set off on a Rocky Mountaineer rail route, traversing western Canada and ending up in the stunning Banff National Park. They’ll profit from “GoldLeaf” service on the prepare, together with three-course meals (paired with wine) and an outside viewing platform.

The subsequent leg of the journey is a flight to New York City, the place they’ll board Silversea’s Silver Dawn for a transatlantic journey again to the UK, by way of Boston, components of the Canadian coast, Guernsey and St Malo, France. Accommodation on Silver Dawn is in a sublime Owner’s Suite, which incorporates virtually 1,400 sq. ft of dwelling area and your personal butler.

A quick keep in the UK ends with guests boarding Seabourn Sojourn in Dover. The ship is destined for Norway, the place the fjords of the Arctic Circle, the peaks of the Lofoten Islands and the pleasant cityscape of Tromso await.

Business-class flights will then ferry passengers to Paris for 2 days spent exploring the City of Light, earlier than they board the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express. The grand suites on the prepare are an Art Deco reminder of instances passed by, with guests ready to take pleasure in personal in-cabin eating and 24-hour butler service.

The Mediterranean and Adriatic island-hopping

Silversea Silver Spirit will set off south from Venice to the coastal metropolis of Ravenna earlier than carrying on to Croatian cities like Zadar and Rovinj, taking in all the canals, pink roofs and crystalline waters of the northern Adriatic whereas staying in one other Owner’s Suite, a spacious apartment-on-the-seas that options a big veranda and a day champagne and canapé service. You’ll then return to Venice for 3 nights.

The subsequent a part of the journey cruises the size of the Adriatic Sea to the Peloponnese, by way of the enchanting metropolis of Dubrovnik and considered one of the cradles of western civilisation in the Greek capital, Athens. This journey takes place on Explora Journeys’ new Explora I, in an Owner’s Residence, a cabin that spans the whole width of the ship – and comprises a non-public terrace and infinity whirlpool.

The closing leg of the worldwide cruise takes place on the Le Ponant, the place guests will keep in a smaller Owner’s Suite (that contains free spa remedies) as they’re guided to Greek islands, comparable to Pylos and Spetses, and Montenegro, with stops in Kotor and Tivat.

The annoucement of this cruise package comes virtually a 12 months after a three-year cruise was introduced, priced at slightly below $30,000 and visiting 135 nations – although it was subsequently cancelled in November 2023 by the operator, Life at Sea, simply two weeks earlier than setting sail.