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Caribbean and Central America Discovery

Spirit of Discovery departing Portsmouth

Additional cabin discounts of up to...

  • £1,000pp off Standard Cabins
  • £900pp off Superior Cabins
  • £1,800pp off Suite Cabins
  • £1,400pp off Deluxe Cabins

6th January 2025

  • A plane in a circle with a strikethrough No fly
  • A car with a tick Chauffeur service

Contrasts of the Caribbean and Central America…

Escape to the warmth of the Caribbean, cruising from one sun-soaked tropical island to the next, before contrasting the ancient Mayan ruins and dense rainforests of Central America with the skyscrapers and space-age attractions of the USA on this all-inclusive cruise to the Caribbean and Central America in 2025.

Begin with a classic transatlantic crossing pausing en route to visit Madeira. Enjoy relaxing days on board Spirit of Discovery, before exploring a string of colourful Caribbean islands, each teeming with exotic wildlife and fringed with golden beaches. From St Lucia, dominated by the iconic Les Pitons’ peaks, and colonial Bridgetown in Barbados, to laid-back Bequia and the Dutch Caribbean islands of Willemstad and Oranjestad.

Continue your voyage to Central America to visit UNESCO-listed Cartagena and Colón, near the Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal. See the rainforests and banana plantations of Puerto Limón, white-sand beaches of Honduras and archaeological treasures of Belize City. While Progreso, on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, offers a gateway to the iconic Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza.

Cruise further into the Gulf of Mexico to the Texan city of Galveston, from where you can visit the world-renowned Houston Space Station with its NASA space craft. Follow the Mississippi River for an overnight stay in New Orleans, birthplace of jazz and renowned for its Creole cuisine and French Quarter, and visit Miami, Florida, and perhaps visit the famous wildlife-rich Everglades National Park.

Spirit of Discovery will make an overnight stop at Bermuda, where UNESCO-listed St George’s became an English settlement in 1612, and call at the scenic Azores archipelago on the return journey.

Your six included panoramic excursions will be in

  • Funchal, Madeira
  • Castries, St Lucia
  • Bridgetown, Barbados
  • Willemstad, Curacao
  • New Orleans, USA
  • Ponta Delgada, Azores

BBC Studios presents

The Sky at Night with Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock DBE

Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock DBE

Maggie Aderin-Pocock Image Credit © BBC Studios/Sky At Night

A staple of British television, ‘The Sky at Night’ has brought the world of astronomy and space to our screens for over 65 years. Covering subjects such as black holes, neutron stars, satellites and space missions the show has become a cultural fixture featuring on stamps issued by the Royal Mail and even having a comet named after it. Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock DBE is a space scientist and science educator. She has presented the programme since 2013 with Chris Lintott. Maggie also undertakes ground-breaking space science research and works to inspire new generations of astronauts, scientists and engineers and is a pioneering figure in communicating science to children.

Over two appearances on board, Maggie will give you an insight into her stellar career, the world of science and space exploration, and how she takes the most complex astrophysics and makes it accessible for the non-scientist. She will also tell you about the making of ‘The Sky at Night’, its long history, and how it continues to engage the audience with astronomy and space science.

You can also join Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock DBE on Casablanca and the Canaries, departing February 13, 2025.

Millennium FX

Millennium FX Director, Kate Walshe standing next to a special effect mummy and a Cyberman mask

Kate Walshe Image Credit © BBC

Millennium FX are a multi award-winning visual effects company who have worked extensively on BBC Studios productions as well as many other TV shows, major Hollywood films, West End-theatre productions and international tours. From Doctor Who to Silent Witness, Gladiator to Saving Private Ryan, Phantom of the Opera to Stranger Things, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra to Iron Maiden, Millennium FX have made prosthetics, costumes, animatronics and props, bringing the fantastical to the stage and screen.

On board the ship, Millennium FX Director, Kate Walshe, will tell you all about the world of visual effects, and how some of the weird, wild and wonderful effects used on BBC Studios produced programmes are created. In one of her two talks, Kate will also demonstrate how to turn an ordinary man into a gruesome vampire!

Good Bad Billionaire

Good Bad Billionaire logo

Good Bad Billionaire Image Credit © BBC

From celebs and CEOs to sport stars and tech titans, find out how the world’s billionaires made their money, and then judge them. Are they good, bad, or just another billionaire?

Zing Tsjeng is co-presenter of the podcast which is available on BBC Sounds and also broadcast on BBC World Service. The show has 2.5 million listeners and is equally popular in the UK and the US.

“Zing will give you an insight into how some of the world’s richest people made their money and what they are doing with it, as well as how they research their podcast and decide who is a good or bad billionaire”.

Itinerary

What's included

  • Return UK Travel service

  • Travel insurance

  • All Inclusive

  • Gratuities

  • Porterage

  • All balcony cabins

  • Wi-Fi

  • Entertainment and Activities

  • Gym, sauna & exercise classes

  • 24-hour room service

  • Afternoon tea

  • Shuttle bus

  • Excursions

Additional cabin discounts of up to...

  • £1,000pp off Standard Cabins
  • £900pp off Superior Cabins
  • £1,800pp off Suite Cabins
  • £1,400pp off Deluxe Cabins

6th January 2025

Spirit of Discovery

Spirit of Discovery

2019

Year built

987

Guest capacity (maximum)

540

Ship crew
About the ship Deckplan explorer

Additional cabin discounts of up to...

  • £1,000pp off Standard Cabins
  • £900pp off Superior Cabins
  • £1,800pp off Suite Cabins
  • £1,400pp off Deluxe Cabins

6th January 2025