Thursday, January 21, 2010
WHEN the MV Reef Escape sailed on her maiden voyage in 1996, the crew and passengers did not realise how instrumental it would be in opening up Fiji to the outside world.
Cruise vessels first visited the Yasawa and Mamanuca groups in April of 1996 when Australia- based cruise vessel company Captain Cook began its three, four and seven-night cruises.
The cruise vessel also had a Northern Fiji Dateline Discovery Cruise that revealed the unique history, art and culture of the northern Fiji Islands and allowed passengers the ultimate experience of standing on the International Dateline.
The cruise was developed after months of extensive research and searching for secluded and exclusive locations. Passengers were taken beyond Yasawa to very remote and exotic tropical islands.
The Captain Cook Cruises is a family-owned company started by Captain Trevor Haworth and his wife Geraldine, who began their business at Number 6 Jetty Circular Quay, Sydney in 1970 and built the business up from a single vessel to be the most recognised Sydney Harbour cruise ship line operating today.
Captain Cook Cruises is now Sydney's premier cruise operator carrying in excess of 750,000 passengers per year on Sydney Harbour and over 20,000 per year on their Australian and Fijian destination cruises.
The fleet of small cruise ships are specially designed to bring passengers as close as possible to the more remote areas of Australia and Fiji's pristine waterways, areas where larger ships cannot go.
The cruise vessel has also carried out day trips that included the historic island of Ovalau, the Bouma Waterfall lagoon on Taveuni Island, the extinct volcanic crater, hot springs and thriving markets in Savusavu, a special children's choral church service at Waiyevo and of course the 180th Meridian the arbitrary Dateline between today and tomorrow on Taveuni Island.
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