We adore expedition cruise ships. In December we sail from Auckland to Norfolk Island, Isle of Pines, Vanuatu, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, West Papua, Banda Islands to Bali. Then a week in Langkawi.
This trip is followed by another expedition cruise, starting in Easter Island and going to Fiji via Pitcairn Islands, Tuamotus, Marquesas, Tahiti, Bora Bora, Cook Islands, Niue and Tonga.
We can't get enough of the South Pacific though we hope to grab a couple of short trips to Rome and Cape Town.