| Heritage NZ season

HERITAGE Expeditions has announced its New Zealand season for next year, with a new voyage.

The 2023 program will see intimate explorations of New Zealand’s coastlines and islands, including the Bay of Islands, Marlborough Sounds, Fiordland, and Stewart Island, aboard its luxurious, 18-guest expedition yacht Heritage Explorer.

The five-10 day voyages of discovery explore the farthest reaches of New Zealand’s remote bays, coves and island sanctuaries, where native wildlife flourishes, and guests can enjoy some of the country’s greatest coastal scenery.

Cruisers have the opportunity to hike, swim, fish, kayak, and join Zodiac excursions, while enjoying outstanding cuisine.

There will also be a new seven-day voyage, ‘Islands of the Hauraki Gulf & The Coromandel’.

The seven-day, Auckland return cruise travels from 21-27 Jan 2023 from NZD$5,275 per person, to the famed islands and coastlines of the Hauraki Gulf, including Great Barrier Island; and the pristine beauty, gold sand beaches, and misty rainforests of New Zealand’s subtropical playground Coromandel.

Commercial Director and Expedition Leader Aaron Russ said with New Zealand about to open up to the world again, small ship expedition cruising was the perfect way to experience the many largely unexplored parts of NZ.

“Our immersive wilderness expeditions are created to share parts of New Zealand (which) many visitors, and New Zealanders alike, rarely get the chance to experience,” he said.