Aurora Expeditions is reporting a successful inaugural small ship season, with all five Mediterranean voyages selling out well ahead of departure.

Aurora Expeditions has released its Wave Season offers on adventures in Antarctica and the Arctic. From now until 31 March 2025, travellers will receive savings of up to US$6,500 per person*, making it the ideal time to book an extraordinary journey to some of the most remote corners of the world in 2025 and 2026. Aurora Expeditions’ small-ship experiences aboard its three purpose-built ships Greg Mortimer, Sylvia Earle and its newest ship, Douglas Mawson, which is arriving in December 2025.

Aurora Expeditions has this week unveiled its new Antarctica 2025/26 season, featuring 32 voyages across three purpose-built small ships – Greg Mortimer, Sylvia Earle and the yet-to-launch new Douglas Mawson

Following the success of its inaugural Antarctica Expedition in March, Majestic Whale Encounters has confirmed the return of its limited-edition tour in 2025.

Aurora Expeditions achieved a new milestone in its sustainability journey, earning its stripes as a Certified B Corporation™.

Aurora Expeditions is encouraging travellers to go wild with their bucket lists in 2024, releasing its Best Small-Ship Experiences bucket list and e-book.

Aurora Expeditions has unveiled its new season for Arctic & Beyond 2025 voyages, including four new expeditions and seven Ultimate Adventure voyages that explore further and longer on the company purpose-built small expedition ships, Greg Mortimer and Sylvia Earle.

In the lead up to its Antarctica 2023/24 season this month, Aurora Expeditions has unveiled new developments to the dining options aboard its vessels in line with the operator’s Sustainability in Action Program.

Aurora Expeditions is making “strong inroads” in the US expedition cruise market as part of the Australian-owned and operated adventure company’s business globalisation, says Michael Heath, CEO.

The parent company of Aurora Expeditions, Pacific Travel Partners Inc, has put its money where its mouth is in an effort to acquire Vantage Travel Services, bidding US$1.5 million for the business and handing over a 10% cheque as a counteroffer to the bid made by United Travel.

Aurora Expeditions has an Antarctic cruise perfect for Australian time poor travellers. The cruise operator’s shortest voyage, the Antarctic Explorer Express, is a 9-day journey departing Ushuaia on 10 February 2024, aboard the purpose-built, small ship, Sylvia Earle.

Condé Nast Traveller has named its ‘Hot List’ of the cruise world for 2023, a selection of what the publisher calls “a curated collection of the world’s best new cruises”.