French Polynesian cargo cruise line Aranui Cruises has released its 2024 programme, including a return to Bora Bora.
The 2024 programme features 23 scheduled cruises around the South
Pacific on Aranui 5, a 125-metre mixed freight and passenger vessel
which offers one of the few remaining cargo-cruise experiences in the
world.
In line with Aranui’s freight operations, most of the cruises are
12-day roundtrip itineraries from Papeete to the six inhabited Marquesas
Islands – Nuku Hiva, Ua Pou, Ua Huka, Tahuata, Fatu Hiva and Hiva Oa –
where Aranui 5 delivers cargo while guests disembark and explore the
remote ports on a range of included excursions.
Bora Bora is back on the itinerary in 2024, and Aranui 5 will also
alternate between Tuamotu atolls, Fakarava and Kauehi, on the journey
north to the Marquesas, and Rangiroa and Makatea on the return leg.
Aranui is also offering two more dedicated cruises to the southern archipelago in 2024.
The 11-day roundtrip itineraries from Papeete will depart 30 March
and 2 November 2024, and feature visits to all five Austral islands
including overnight visits to Rapa, the little sister of Easter Island,
and Raivavae – known as the Bora Bora of the south – as well as Tubuai,
Rurutu and Rimatara.