Audley Travel expands tailor-made programme with ocean cruises

As part of plans to enhance its touring proposition, tailor-made tour operator Audley Travel has added ocean cruising to the mix, combining the best of its carefully curated programme of land-based experiences with a range of ocean cruising itineraries for future bespoke trips for UK-based clients, available to book through the trade later in the year.

Joining the existing river and expedition cruise offering, clients of Audley will now benefit from being able to curate their own ‘hybrid trip’ to maximise their travel time and destination exploration, whilst travelling in comfort, luxury and style. With carefully selected cruise operators as partners, Audley Travel’s specialists will be applying their personalised approach to itinerary planning to extend to all elements of the trip experience, from helping clients choose the right ship, stateroom or suite and onboard experiences, to expertly crafting bespoke landside activities and excursions.  

In addition to existing river and expedition cruise operators, Audley will be initially working with ocean cruise lines including Aranui, Azamara, Celebrity Cruises, Cunard, Holland America, Paul Gauguin, Ponant, Regent Seven Seas, Seabourn, Silversea Cruises and Star Clippers.

An example is Audley’s Kenya, South Africa and a Madagascar cruise itinerary (sailing with Regent Seven Seas between Cape Town and Mauritius).

Land highlights – enjoying superb wildlife viewing away from the busier areas of the Masai Mara in a private conservancy within the national reserve, taking a private guided hike up Table Mountain and spending two nights relaxing at the opulent Oberoi on the Mauritius coast. 

Cruise highlights – strolling among the striking trees on the Avenue of the Baobabs, seeing brightly coloured marine life in the waters off the Comoros Islands (renowned for their coral reefs) and travelling from Nosy Be to Nosy Komba (an island known for its species of endemic lemurs) to visit a sanctuary and swim in the lagoon.