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Blue Lagoon Cruises
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Line: Blue Lagoon Cruises
Vessels: MV Mystique Princess, MV Fiji Princess
Star Rating: 4 star
Tonnage: MV Mystique Princess: 1,533 tons; MV Fiji Princess: 1,228 tons
Max Passenger Capacity: MV Mystique Princess: 72; MV Fiji Princess: 70
Total Crew: 26
Entered Service: MV Mystique Princess: 1996, MV Fiji Princess: 2004
Months of operation: Year round
Other facilities: Pool, laundry, spa, bars
Suitable for: Adventure, history and culture cruising Regions operate in: Fiji - Yasawa and northern Fijian islands
Discover a little more culture and history in Fiji with Blue Lagoon Cruises. Historical and cultural dateline cruises are a fascinating way to experience the diversity of the Pacific.
Departing the Fijian cruise company's home port of Lautoka on May 18, August 17 and November 9, the cruises offer a unique opportunity to see the largely uncharted and seldom-visited reaches comprising Fiji's remote north-eastern tip.
Blue Lagoon Cruises' 60-metre flagship MV Fiji Princess is in fact one of the very few commercial vessels to have visited the region in recent years.
The seven-day itinerary includes Kioa Island, home to some 300 Polynesian Elice Islanders who migrated into the region in the 1940s.
The cruise will also visit the 4,000 Micronesian Banabans who have inhabited Rabi Island since 1946. A highlight of the cruise is a greeting by Kioa islanders, resplendent in traditional war dress, paddling out to MV Fiji Princess in outrigger canoes to ferry passengers ashore for a traditional welcome.
The cruise also includes a walking tour of Levuka and a guided tour of Taveuni, including the Bouma Eco Park and waterfall. Blue Lagoon Cruises will again offer 'early bird' rates on the three remaining Historical & Cultural Dateline Cruises it has scheduled for 2009.
Prices for the cruises start from AUD3089 per person twin share.However, all bookings for any of the three departures received prior to May 17, 2009 will qualify for the 30 per cent discount - a saving of $927 per person.
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Blue Lagoon
Fiji's boutique-style Blue Lagoon Cruises has the perfect solution for travellers looking to broaden their horizons with a visit to somewhere uniquely different - the far-flung Yasawa Islands.
Blue Lagoon Cruises has been plying the northern fringe of the Fijian archipelago - home to remote villages, deserted islands and an ancient culture dating back to when the first Melanesians set foot in the South Pacific in 500BC - for more than 58 years.
Three of the cruise specialist's fleet of four luxury vessels operate three-, four- and seven-day Club and Gold Club cruises that have equal appeal to independent travellers, honeymooners or groups of friends and family.
Passengers choose from three- and four-day informal Club cruises on board the elegant timber 49-metre MV Nanuya Princess or luxury four- and seven-day Gold Club itineraries on the 56-metre MV Mystique Princess or flagship, the 60-metre catamaran, MV Fiji Princess.
Two Blue Lagoon Cruises' special-interest programs also operate each year. A seven-day historical and cultural dateline tour visits Fiji's remote north-eastern tip and a 'Cruise in Luxury - Dive in Paradise' scuba itinerary offers a rare chance to dive the Yasawa Islands' world-class dive locations.