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African Safari Club offers four- to 18-night cruises on the Indian Ocean. Ports of call include the Seychelles, the Mascarene Island of Mauritius, La Reunion, Madagascar, the Cormoros and Zanzibar.

Ships:
Explorer II* 352p Bahamas Registry

M/S Royal Star 200 p Bahamas Registry

Address:
Imperial House
Bromley, Kent
BR1 1SD United Kingdom
Tel – 084-5345 0014
Fax – 020- 8466 0020

Aida Cruises is owned by Seetours, a subsidiary of P&O Princess Cruises, which, in turn is owned by Carnival & Plc. The cruises are geared for the German-speaking trade.

Ships:
AIDAcara 1,186 p UK

Aida Blu 1,596p UK

AIDAvita 1,582p UK

AIDAura 1,582p UK

Address:
Am Seehafen 1
Siemenstrasse 90
63203 New Isenberg
Germany

A’Rosa Cruises is part of Seetours, which, in turn is owned by POPrincess Cruises, now part of Carnival Corporation & Plc. The cruises are aimed at the German-speaking trade.

Ship: A’ROSA Blu 1,596 UK

Address:
Am Seehafen 1
Siementrasse 90
63203 New Isenberg
Germany
Tel: 018039-27672

Off - the -beaten - track cruises by a company offering year-round voyages from the northern waters of Labrador and Newfoundland, to the Great Lakes, to the southerly tropics of the Caribbean and Central America. The ships are uniquely designed to cruise waterways that bigger ships can't.

Ships:
Grande Caribe 100 p US Registry

Grande Mariner 100 p US Registry

Niagara Prince 84 p US Registry

Address:
461 Water Street
Warren, Rhode Island 02885
PO Box 368
Tel: 1-800-556-7450
Tel: 1-401-247-0955
Fax: 1401-247-2350

American Cruise Lines’ small ships explore the waterways of the Eastern US.

Ships:
American Eagle 49 p US Registry

American Glory 49 p US Registry

American Spirit* 100 p US Registry

*Debuts in 2005.

Address:
American Cruise Lines, Inc.
741 Boston Post Road, Suite 200
Guilford, CT 06437
Tel: 800-814-6880 / 203-453-6800
Fax: 203-453-0417

Started 25 years ago, Blackbeard Cruises operates three Coast Guard sailboats that can be chartered for diving excursions in the outer isleands of the Bahamas. The Cat Ppalu's is a schooner-rigged catamaran that can be chartered for pleasure/research cruises to the northern Exhumas in the Bahamas. The Aqua Cat is a 102-foot catamaran that is set up for individuals or group charters. Blackbeard's Charters does all the bookings for the vessels.

Ships:
Pirate's Lady 24 p

Morning Star 24 p

Sea Explorer 24 p

Cat Pplau 16 p

Aqua Cat 22 p

Address:
PO Box 66-1091
Miami, FL 33266
Lautoka, Fiji Islands

Blue Lagoon’s small vessels cruise around the Fiji islands.

Ships:
MV Mystique Princess 72 p Fiji Registry

MV Nanuya Princess 52 p Fiji Registry

MV Yasawa Princess 66 p Fiji Registry

MV Lycianda 44 p Fiji Registry

Address:
Post Office Box 130
183 Vitogo Parade,
Lautoka, Fiji Islands
Fax: 1-630-954-3324
Tel: 679 666-1622
Fax 679 666-4098

Bora Bora Cruises operates trips in French Polynesia.

Ships:
Tu Moana 37 p Tahiti Registry

Ti Moana 37 p Tahiti Registry

Address:
PO Box 40186
Fare Tony-Vaiete
98713 Papeete, Tahiti
French Polynesia
Tel +689 544 505
689-54-45-17 (N/SAmerica)
Fax +689 451 065

Canadian Sailing Expeditions provides premier coastal cruising adventures to extraordinary destinations.

Ship:
Caledonia 80p - Canada Registry

Address:
PO Box 2613
Halifax NS B3J 3N5
Phone: 902 429 1474
Toll Free: 877 429 WIND

Captain Cook Cruises specializes in small-ship destination cruises in Australia and the Pacific. An Australian family owned and operated company for 35 years Captain Cook Cruises now offer passengers a wide variety of scheduled cruises on Australia's three major waterways—Sydney Harbour, the Murray River, the Great Barrier Reef— and also in the Fiji Islands.

Ships:
MV Reef Endeavour 168 p
Reef Escape/Dro Ki Cakau. 120 p
Spirit of the Pacific (topsail schooner)
PS Murray Princess (paddlewheeler) 120 p
Nine Sydney Harbour cruise vessels

Address:
No.6 Jetty, Circular Quay
Sydney NSW 2000 (Australia)
Phone: + 61 2 9206 1122
Fax: +61 2 9251 4725