Heritage Expeditions announces 2024 Kiwi Cruise Season aboard 18-guest yacht Heritage Explorer

Pioneering New Zealand-based expedition cruise company Heritage Expeditions has released their 2024 Kiwi Cruise Season announcing Fiordland summer voyages and some exciting new expeditions aboard their luxurious 18-guest expedition yacht Heritage Explorer.

Commercial Director and Expedition Leader Aaron Russ said Heritage Expeditions new 2024 season celebrates the family-owned and operated expedition cruise company’s long history of exceptional, personalised and intimate adventures exploring New Zealand’s world-class remote coastlines, sounds, fiords, islands and national parks.
“Our inspired 2024 season of Kiwi adventures sees us returning to the grand-scale majesty of Fiordland including the introduction of some sensational summer sailings and exciting new voyages, the primordial wilderness of Stewart and Ulva Islands, and the scenic playground and breathtaking beauty of Marlborough Sounds and Abel Tasman National Park.”

Heritage Expeditions 18-guest yacht Heritage Explorer provides an unparalleled platform for exploring and experiencing these iconic Kiwi destinations, said Aaron. “Purpose-built in New Zealand, Heritage Explorer combines comfort and refined surrounds with the nimble maneuverability allowing navigations of narrow waterways, fiords and island clusters off limits to larger vessels.”

Heritage Expeditions’ new 5-day voyage Undiscovered Dusky Sound starts and concludes with a thrilling scenic helicopter flight between Te Anau and Supper Cove and explores some of the most unique and wild parts of Fiordland including Acheron Passage, Breaksea and the sheltered waters, hidden coves, islands and astounding scenery of World Heritage Area Dusky Sound which is only accessible by sea.

Fiordland Explored pairs two of the most remote, hard to reach and spectacular of Fiordland’s destinations World Heritage Area Dusky Sound and New Zealand’s deepest fiord Doubtful Sound or the ‘Sound of Silence’ on an unforgettable 5-day voyage, while  9-day Southern Fiords Easter Voyage explores the untamed wilderness, unique wildlife and historic sites of Preservation and Chalky Inlets and Doubtful and Dusky Sounds over the Easter break.

Heritage Expeditions 2024 Heritage Explorer Season is now on sale.