For luxury and a glamorous ambiance, Crystal Cruises offers a selection of destinations, on-board entertainment, gourmet dining and spa facilities. Trips available for 2010 into 2011 include a Kangaroos and Kiwis voyage to Australia and New Zealand; a Miami to San Diego Panama Canal trip, with stops in Jamaica, Columbia and Mexico; and Safaris and Saris, from Cape Town to Mumbai. The company also offers several choices for cruising Alaska and visiting the Mediterranean. Depending on your destination, choice of shipboard accommodations and length of trip, voyages range from as low as $3,850 to over $50,000.
Crystal Cruises
2049 Century Park E.
Suite 1400
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(888) 722-0021
crystalcruises.com
CruiseCritic.com calls Celebrity Cruises one of the best values in this type of travel. The company emphasizes its commitment to making the cruise experience available to all, offering accessible staterooms and social areas designed to be available to those with mobility issues, as well as ASL and braille communications, oxygen and dialysis machines. Transatlantic cruises as well as trips to Bermuda and the Caribbean number among Celebrity's offerings, with prices ranging from below $700 to just under $4,000.
Celebrity Cruises
Corporate Guest Relations
1050 Caribbean Way
Miami, Fl 33132
(800) 647-2251
celebritycruises.com
If continuing to learn and grow as you age is important to you, look into Exploritas vacations. This non-profit company, formerly known as Elderhostel, bills itself as offering "Adventures in Lifelong Learning." Their cruise offerings for 2010 include a trip to Hawaii with visits to Volcanoes National Park, the USS Arizona Memorial, an historic sugar plantation and the gardens of Na 'Aina Kai. You will learn about the history of Pacific discovery, indigenous flora and fauna, and the geological evolution of the islands. Elderhostel also offers a Fitness Afloat Hawaiian cruise. If you would rather go further afield, take advantage of th the company's Voyage of Discovery to Kenya and Egypt. Travelers on this voyage will have the opportunity to meet a Masai elder, to snorkel with turtles in the Seychelles, encounter free-ranging elephants and visit the Great Sphinx of Giza. Most Exploritas cruises cost between $2,000 and $4,000.
Exploritas
11 Avenue de Lafayette
Boston MA 02111
(800) 454-5768
exploritas.org
