Azamara Is Sending a Ship to One of the World’s Most Remote Islands

Azamara, the small-ship cruise line known for long port stays, has released 85 new sailings across its four ships for the period from October 29, 2028, to May 19, 2029. The program covers 81 countries and 210 ports, with 94 overnight stays and more than 200 late-night departures. The standout is a call at Jamestown on Saint Helena on December 12, 2028 — a South Atlantic island so isolated that for most of its history it could only be reached by sea.

That stop belongs to Azamara Onward, which returns to Africa and the Indian Ocean after a multi-year absence. Its itineraries take in South, East and West Africa across 27 countries, plus the so-called Vanilla Islands of the Seychelles, Mauritius, Réunion and Madagascar. Azamara Pursuit, meanwhile, heads to Australia, New Zealand and Japan, including a voyage along Western Australia’s Kimberley Coast with an overnight in Broome and a Sydney-to-Singapore sailing that calls at Great Barrier Reef gateway ports.

From late March to May 2029, Pursuit runs five consecutive Japan-focused sailings timed for cherry blossom season, which tends to sell out early across every cruise line. Azamara Journey spends the season in the Mediterranean, Iberia and the Canary Islands, visiting 16 countries and 65 ports, with some itineraries spending three consecutive days in Alexandria, Egypt, an overnight in Marseille on Christmas Eve and another in Çanakkale, Türkiye, near the ruins of Troy and the Gallipoli battlefields.

Azamara Quest covers the Mediterranean, a transatlantic crossing and the Caribbean through January 1, 2029, finishing with a Panama Canal holiday and New Year’s sailing before setting off on the line’s 2029 World Cruise. To drive early bookings, Azamara is offering a 30 per cent Early Booking Bonus across all stateroom categories, though it does not apply to Grand Voyages that link several itineraries together. With departures almost two years out, the main advantage of booking now is cabin choice on the most limited sailings.

Sources: Travel Monitor