Three cruises for adventurous travellers

Cruise holidays don't have to be about gentle relaxation

Scenic Eclipse

Expedition cruises are booming thanks to a “voracious appetite for active, experiential travel to far-flung parts”, says Kate Simon in National Geographic Traveller. From the “chiaroscuro world of snow and raging volcanic rock” off the Norwegian island of Senja to the rare sight of white spirit bears fishing salmon out of rivers in British Columbia, these places contain whole worlds that are usually hidden from view.

“There are no hotels in these regions, of course, so boat access is really your only option,” says James Henderson in the Financial Times How To Spend It magazine. But fear not. New luxury Arctic and Antarctic expeditions are springing up all the time so those wishing to explore the polar ice-caps can do so without abandoning creature comforts.

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