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Seabourn Unveils Expedition Itineraries for 2025-26

By Newsdesk Oct 30, 2023 11:34am

Seabourn has unveiled its 2025-26 expedition itineraries aboard Seabourn Venture and Seabourn Pursuit. The ships will offer more than 40 voyages to the Arctic, Antarctica, the Amazon, the Kimberley region in Australia, the South Pacific, the Northwest Passage and more.

The season will also include a selection of newly curated experiences, such as:

A pearl reveal in the Kimberley alongside a master pearl cultivator while overlooking Kuri Bay in Australia
Visiting the Torngat Mountains National Park in Labrador in the Canadian Arctic, an Inuit-run reserve and home to polar bears and black bears
Transiting the narrow passage of the Bellot Strait and marveling at the colorful tundra and varied wildlife in the Northwest Passage
A night safari in the Amazon to spot nocturnal predators, such as black caiman stalking their prey along the banks
Snorkeling and scuba diving the coral reefs of Fiji

Between May 2025 and March 2026, Seabourn Venture will offer 21 voyages, ranging from eight to 28 days from the Arctic to Antarctica. Beginning May 2025, Seabourn Venture will provide in-depth expedition experiences throughout Svalbard, Iceland and Greenland. Starting August 2025, the ship will set sail again for the Northwest Passage. Lastly, the ship will make the trek south to Antarctica and spend three months exploring the “Great White Continent.”

Beginning in late March 2025, Seabourn Pursuit will embark on 20 voyages, ranging from 10 to 20 days. Starting with the South Pacific, guests will experience coral reefs and diverse fish populations and will have numerous opportunities to interact with the local cultures. Afterward, the ship will head to Australia’s Kimberley region to explore its red sandstone gorges, rivers, waterfalls, wildlife, and Aboriginal life and history. Seabourn Pursuit will then make its way back across the Pacific to Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands.

Seabourn Venture will offer itineraries of eight to 26 days in length to Svalbard from mid-May to mid-June in 2025, between Reykjavik and Edinburgh or roundtrip from Edinburgh. The ship will also offer a 12-day voyage to explore Greenland from Reykjavik to Kangerlussuaq in late July 2025. Both voyages will include pre- and/or post-cruise charter hotel stays in Edinburgh or Reykjavik.

Northwest Passage and Canadian Arctic

Seabourn Venture will offer two back-to-back 23-day voyages across the Northwest Passage. Expedition experiences include an “Arctic Circle Trail Hike” in Sisimiut, Greenland; a guided tour in Pond Inlet at Nunavut, Canada, where guests may shop local handicrafts and get to know the local Inuit community; and a walk through the Sermermiut Valley to the Ilulissat Icefjord Centre in Ilulissat, Greenland. There will also be a number of Zodiac and hiking expedition experiences throughout the Northwest Passage, including Beechy Island, Cambridge Bay, Bellot Strait and more.

Seabourn Venture will depart August 6, 2025, from Reykjavik to Anchorage, Alaska, followed by a second voyage departing August 27, 2025, from Anchorage to Reykjavik. Both voyages will include pre- and post-cruise charter hotel stays in these destinations.

Seabourn_Amazon — *Kayaking excursion, Amazon River* (Seabourn)

The Amazon

Guests can take a safari-at-sea deep into the Amazon on Seabourn Venture, with roundtrip itineraries from Manaus. Guests will have the opportunity to board Zodiacs by day or night to glimpse giant Amazonian lily pads, dancing pink botos (river dolphins), night owls and hoatzin that pose for cameras amid the Varzea ecosystem created by the mighty river. Optional expedition experiences include kayaking excursions on the Amazon River.

Seabourn Venture will offer two nine-day voyages roundtrip from Manaus, departing October 12, 2025 and October 21, 2025. The ship will also sail on a 12-day voyage from Manaus to Rio de Janeiro departing October 30, 2025.

Antarctica, South Georgia and Falkland Islands

Between November 2025 through March 2026, Seabourn Venture and Seabourn Pursuit will make 16 departures of 11- and 13-day voyages to Antarctica. All voyages include a pre-cruise charter hotel stay in Buenos Aires and roundtrip charter flights to Ushuaia, from where the ship will depart.

Guests can choose from two 21-day voyages on Seabourn Pursuit departing December 16, 2025 and February 26, 2026 roundtrip from Buenos Aires or a 28-day sailing on Seabourn Venture departing November 11, 2025 from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires. Voyages include a pre-cruise charter hotel stay in Buenos Aires and roundtrip charter flights to Ushuaia, from where the ship will depart.

Australia & the Kimberley Coast

Between May and July 2025, Seabourn Pursuit will explore the region with a series of 10-day departures between Broome and Darwin, Australia.

South Pacific

Seabourn Pursuit will sail on four voyages: A pair of 20-day voyages departing March 18, 2025 from San Antonio, Chile to Papeete, Tahiti, and October 10, 2025 from Papeete to San Antonio; an 18-day voyage from Papeete to Sydney departing April 7, 2025; and a 16-day “Remote Shores of New Guinea & Indonesia” departing April 24, 2025, from Sydney to Darwin.