Blue Lagoon Cruises has created what is being described as a world first tourism opportunity for visitors to Fiji in the process becoming the first cruise operator to offer itineraries to the area known as “The Exploring Isles”, the rarely visited Lau group.
The Expedition Cruising website said effective 16 May 2011, the boutique cruise specialists 35 berth MV Mystique Princess will set sail on its inaugural voyage to the Lau Islands as part of a seven day itinerary.
Blue Lagoon Cruises CEO Tim Stonhill told Fijivillage that tourists will for the first time get to visit Vanuabalavu with the theme History and Culture.
Stonhill said they have found interest from around the world from people wanting to visit the Exploring Isles.
The highlights of the Lau visit, first seen by Captain James Cook in 1774, include Qilaqila Island, the jewel in the crown of the Lau group’s “Bay of Islands”.
This is where passengers will in effect be among the first ever humans, certainly the first non Fijians, to have swum in these crystal clear waters where visibility extends beyond 80 feet.
The cruise concludes with a visit to the island of Ovalau and the World Heritage listed Levuka.
Story by: Roneel Lal
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Blue Lagoon offers a first for tourism experience
