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How’s this for a vacation: Regent Seven Seas Cruises has announced a six-continent, 30-country, 117-night world cruise that will visit the Great Barrier Reef; Easter Island; Petra, Jordan; and the Mediterranean, plus transit both the Panama and Suez canals on a 38,551-mile route that nearly circles the globe.
The highlights of the journey are 56 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, which is a record for Regent Seven Seas trip. Passengers will hit Jordan’s Wadi Rum Protected Area, which is known for incredible desert landscapes (and prehistoric petroglyphs); the stunning Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, a Victorian rail station from the late 19th-century; and the Old City of Acre near Jerusalem, a fortified port town with Ottoman and Medieval architecture.
There are a number of tack-on side trips available too. A port call in Salaverry, Peru gives guests the chance to scramble up to Machu Picchu for a quick look at the iconic mountaintop site. Travelers can go from their port call in Bali—itself not too shabby—to Angkor Wat for a few days and nights of temple spotting. Or you can leave the ship in Luxor, Egypt and zip over to Cairo for a day of speed sightseeing that hits the Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities.
Fares for the over-the-top trip start at $61,999—but that includes pretty much everything: Regent says 324 free shore excursions will be available in 61 ports, and world cruise passengers get free business-class air to and from the ship, plus free booze, free Wi-Fi, free laundry service, and all gratuities paid. (You also get an $800 credit to spend aboard the ship, on stuff like spa services.)
The epic trip departs from Miami on January 5, 2021, aboard the Seven Seas Mariner, a 350-suite ship that was refurbished this year. It’s got a pool, a spa, seven restaurants, and a variety of bars and lounges, plus an on-board library and other services to help fill sea days. In 2017, Regent Seven Seas took second in our Readers’ Choice Awards category “Medium Ship Line.”