Ocean Village Launches New Sailings from Montego Bay

Casual cruise company Ocean Village is launching two brand-new, seven-night Caribbean, Mexican and Latin American options for its winter season.

The original Ocean Village ship will offer two seven-night itineraries –“Reggae and Rainforests” and “Toucans and Tequila”- this winter, giving passengers the chance to roam among Mayan pyramid temples on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, explore the rainforests of Central America, catch the rhythm of South America and soak up the sun on dream Caribbean beaches.

Ocean Village’s new seven-night holidays start from just £799 per person, with flights to Montego Bay included, and departures from 27 November 2007 to 18 March 2008.

The “Reggae and Rainforests” itinerary heads south, taking in Cartagena in Colombia –known as the “Emerald City” for its gemstones, the watery wonders of the Panama Canal, Costa Rica’s celebrated cloud forests and the beaches of Ocho Rios, before returning to Montego Bay.

The “Toucans and Tequila” itinerary meanwhile goes west to Progreso and Cozumel on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula –as famous for their Mayan temples as their unspoiled beaches, the former British colony of Belize, the ‘Robinson Crusoe’ island of Roatan off Honduras and the sting-ray paradise of Grand Cayman, returning to Montego Bay.

Ocean Village Two, the new addition to the fleet, meanwhile embarks on its debut Caribbean season in November 2007. Based at Barbados, Ocean Village Two will visit Isla Margarita off Venezuela, Grenada, St. Lucia, Martinique and St. Vincent, where the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film was shot, on the “Sugar and Spice” itinerary.

The “Coral and Calypso” itinerary sets sail from Barbados and visits Tortola, St. Maarten, St. Kitts, Antigua and Dominica. Prices currently start from £769 per person for a seven-night sailing.