R201 Aurora Cruise Itinerary: Southampton – Madeira – St Lucia – Curacao – Panama Canal (cruising) – Acapulco – San Francisco – San Francisco – Hilo, Hawaii – Honolulu, Oahu – Apia – Pago Pago – Port Denarau – Auckland – Bay Of Islands – Sydney – Brisbane – Cairns – Darwin – Bali – Nah-Trang – Phu My – Sihanoukville – Bangkok – Ko Samui – Singapore – Kuala Lumpur – Penang – Colombo – Cochin – Mumbai – Abu Dhabi, Dubai – Dubai – Dubai – Sharm El Sheikh – Port Said (Cairo) – Limassol – Haifa – Izmir – Istanbul – Istanbul – Athens (Piraeus) – Lisbon – Southampton

The R201 Aurora 2012 World Cruise is one of 3 world cruises being organised by P&O Cruises; all starting in January 2012. This cruise operates in the reverse direction to that of Arcadia’s J201 World Cruise and visits different ports of call on the way.

After visiting a few Caribbean Islands, Aurora cruises through the Panama Canal before reaching Acapulco in Mexico and San Francisco. The journey continues onto Hawaii before arriving in Australasia where highlights include Auckland & Sydney.

The return section of the R201 Aurora 2012 World Cruise takes in places in the Far East including Bali, Singapore and Mumbai. After this comes the Emirates and Egypt before the final leg of visits to Mediterranean ports and disembarkation in Southampton. In all, the R201 Aurora 2012 World Cruise visits 41 ports in 28 countries.

R201 Aurora 2012 World Cruise January 2012 P&O Cruises

J201 Cruise Itinerary: Southampton – Barcelona – Piraeus – Cairo/Giza – Transit Suez Canal – Suez – Aqaba – Safaga (for Luxor & Valley of the Kings) – Dubai – Mumbai – Cochin – Colombo – Phuket – Singapore – Sihanoukville – Bangkok – Phu My – Halong Bay – Hong Kong – Shanghai – Xingang – Nagasaki – Osaka – Rabaul – Cairns – Brisbane – Sydney – Melbourne – Adelaide – Fremantle – Singapore – Kuala Lumpur – Langawi – Port Victoria – Mauritius – Reunion – Port Elizabeth – Cape Town – Walvis Bay – St Helena – Tenerife – Madeira – Vigo – Southampton.

The J201 Arcadia Grand Odyssey World Cruise starting in January 2012 with P&O Cruises takes in 42 ports of call in 24 countries as it cruises four of the worlds continents.

After visiting Spain and Greece, Arcadia stops off in Cairo giving plenty of time to see the Pyramids before cutting through the Suez canal on its way firstly to Dubai, then India before visiting many other Asian ports.

The J201 Arcadia Grand Odyssey World Cruise then heads south to Australasia before rounding South Africa for the homeward bound cruise back to Southampton via the Canary Islands and Madeira.

J201 Arcadia Grand Odyssey World Cruise January 2012 P&O Cruises