Star Clippers Adds 40 New Ports in 2010

Star Clippers will make 40 maiden calls throughout the world on its three tall sailing ships during its 2010 season.

Repositioning Star Flyer back to the Mediterranean for the summer months and then to Costa Rica for its inaugural sailing season in the region will introduce 33 maiden calls alone. In addition to Costa Rica, Star Clippers is maintaining its core itineraries in the Caribbean, Mediterranean and the Far East, with several maiden calls.

The Star Flyer makes its way back to the Mediterranean from Tahiti with a 34-night voyage from Papeete, Tahiti, to Balboa, Panama. The ship will make maiden calls at Hiva Oa and Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands before heading east across the Pacific. The Cocos Islands, Costa Rica, and Pearl Islands, Panama, will welcome Star Clippers for the first time on the cruise.

The ship returns to the Mediterranean in May 2010 with new seven-night itineraries between Monte Carlo, Monaco, and Cannes, France, or roundtrip Monte Carlo. The cruises will call at a variety of ports throughout Italy and France, including two maiden calls: Sanary-sur-Mer, France, and Lerici, Italy. In July and August, the Star Flyer will move east, offering seven-night, roundtrip Rhodes, Greece, cruises.

The new itineraries take the ship throughout Greece and venture into Turkey’s Blue Voyage region. Most of the ports are maiden calls, including Olympus, Antalya, Kemer, Kekova, Fethiye, Gocek and Marmaris, Turkey; and in Greece the ship calls at Kastellorizon and Simi for the first time. The 14-night cruises between Monaco and Rhodes in July and August also introduce the ports of Amorgos and Elafonisos, Greece.

In October the ship repositions from the Med back across the Atlantic. The 14-night Panama Canal sailing from Barbados to Balboa includes three maiden calls: Bonaire, and Palomar and Blanquilla in Venezuela. In November 2010, the ship will sail two seven-night, roundtrip itineraries from Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica. The itineraries mark the first time Star Clippers has deployed a vessel in this region, making every stop a maiden port.

The first itinerary calls at San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua; and Santa Rosa Natural Park, Curu Nature Reserve, Samara, Puerto Carrillo and Islas Tortugas, Costa Rica. The second itinerary calls at Isla Coiba, Panama; and Golfito, Isla del Cano, Drake’s Bay, Quepos and Islas Tortugas, Costa Rica.