Aboard Seabourn Pursuit with Seabourn
Cruise Overview
Darwin is Australia's most colorful, and exotic, capital city.
Surrounded on three sides by the turquoise waters of the Timor Sea, the streets are lined with tropical flowers and trees.
Warm and dry in winter, hot and steamy in summer, it's a relaxed and casual place, as well as a beguiling blend of tropical frontier outpost and Outback hardiness.
Thanks to its close proximity to Southeast Asia and its multicultural population it also seems more like Asia than the rest of Australia.
Darwin is a city that has always had to fight for its survival.
The seductiveness of contemporary Darwin lifestyles belies a history of failed attempts that date from 1824 when Europeans attempted to establish an enclave in this harsh, unyielding climate.
The original 1869 settlement, called Palmerston, was built on a parcel of mangrove wetlands and scrub forest that had changed little in 15 million years.
It was not until 1911, after it had already weathered the disastrous cyclones of 1878, 1882, and 1897, that the town was named after the scientist who had visited Australia's shores aboard the Beagle in 1839.
During World War II it was bombed more than 60 times, as the harbor full of warships was a prime target for the Japanese war planes.
Then, on the night of Christmas Eve 1974, the city was almost completely destroyed by Cyclone Tracy, Australia’s greatest natural disaster.
It's a tribute to those who stayed and to those who have come to live here after Tracy that the rebuilt city now thrives as an administrative and commercial center for northern Australia.
Old Darwin has been replaced by something of an edifice complex—such buildings as Parliament House and the Supreme Court all seem very grand for such a small city, especially one that prides itself on its casual, outdoor-centric lifestyle.
Today Darwin is the best place from which to explore Australia's Top End, with its wonders of Kakadu and the Kimberley region.
Wyndham is a small settlement with the spirit of a Kimberley outback township.
It was established in 1886 with the Halls Creek gold rush and sits on the Cambridge Gulf where several rivers converge.
Today Wyndham has a population of roughly 900 people and operates largely as a port exporting cattle, servicing the mining industry and hosting a few small ships.
For these vessels Wyndham is a gateway to the breathtaking Bungle Bungle mountain range and the nearby Ord River.
The Bungle Bungle Mountains in Purnululu National Park are now a World Heritage Site.
In excess of 350 million years have shaped geological formations of giant orange and black striped domes rising out of the ground into a landscape unlike any other.
Known to the local Aboriginal people for thousands of years, the Bungles were only discovered by the outside world in the mid-1980s.
Conversely, cruising the peaceful and tree-lined Ord River is a chance to look for freshwater crocodiles, fruit bats, short-eared rock wallabies and a variety of birds, including Mangrove Herons and Mangrove Gerygones.Please note: All destinations on voyages in the Kimberley region, and the order in which they are visited, are subject to tidal variations and weather conditions.
Other destinations may be visited in lieu of the stop described above.
Vansittart Bay is a beautifully protected large bay with several islands and coves.
Jar Island contains ancient rock art galleries depicting the Gwion Gwion style unique to the Kimberley region.
Mainly neglected by, or unknown to, the early European researchers of Aboriginal culture in the Kimberley in favour of the dominant & more dramatic Wandjina art, Gwion Gwion art has in recent years gained world prominence.
Join your Expedition Team ashore for a short walk, past some fascinating rock formations, to the site of the Gwion Gwion art galleries.
Surrounded on three sides by the turquoise waters of the Timor Sea, the streets are lined with tropical flowers and trees.
Warm and dry in winter, hot and steamy in summer, it's a relaxed and casual place, as well as a beguiling blend of tropical frontier outpost and Outback hardiness.
Thanks to its close proximity to Southeast Asia and its multicultural population it also seems more like Asia than the rest of Australia.
Darwin is a city that has always had to fight for its survival.
The seductiveness of contemporary Darwin lifestyles belies a history of failed attempts that date from 1824 when Europeans attempted to establish an enclave in this harsh, unyielding climate.
The original 1869 settlement, called Palmerston, was built on a parcel of mangrove wetlands and scrub forest that had changed little in 15 million years.
It was not until 1911, after it had already weathered the disastrous cyclones of 1878, 1882, and 1897, that the town was named after the scientist who had visited Australia's shores aboard the Beagle in 1839.
During World War II it was bombed more than 60 times, as the harbor full of warships was a prime target for the Japanese war planes.
Then, on the night of Christmas Eve 1974, the city was almost completely destroyed by Cyclone Tracy, Australia’s greatest natural disaster.
It's a tribute to those who stayed and to those who have come to live here after Tracy that the rebuilt city now thrives as an administrative and commercial center for northern Australia.
Old Darwin has been replaced by something of an edifice complex—such buildings as Parliament House and the Supreme Court all seem very grand for such a small city, especially one that prides itself on its casual, outdoor-centric lifestyle.
Today Darwin is the best place from which to explore Australia's Top End, with its wonders of Kakadu and the Kimberley region.
Wyndham is a small settlement with the spirit of a Kimberley outback township.
It was established in 1886 with the Halls Creek gold rush and sits on the Cambridge Gulf where several rivers converge.
Today Wyndham has a population of roughly 900 people and operates largely as a port exporting cattle, servicing the mining industry and hosting a few small ships.
For these vessels Wyndham is a gateway to the breathtaking Bungle Bungle mountain range and the nearby Ord River.
The Bungle Bungle Mountains in Purnululu National Park are now a World Heritage Site.
In excess of 350 million years have shaped geological formations of giant orange and black striped domes rising out of the ground into a landscape unlike any other.
Known to the local Aboriginal people for thousands of years, the Bungles were only discovered by the outside world in the mid-1980s.
Conversely, cruising the peaceful and tree-lined Ord River is a chance to look for freshwater crocodiles, fruit bats, short-eared rock wallabies and a variety of birds, including Mangrove Herons and Mangrove Gerygones.Please note: All destinations on voyages in the Kimberley region, and the order in which they are visited, are subject to tidal variations and weather conditions.
Other destinations may be visited in lieu of the stop described above.
Vansittart Bay is a beautifully protected large bay with several islands and coves.
Jar Island contains ancient rock art galleries depicting the Gwion Gwion style unique to the Kimberley region.
Mainly neglected by, or unknown to, the early European researchers of Aboriginal culture in the Kimberley in favour of the dominant & more dramatic Wandjina art, Gwion Gwion art has in recent years gained world prominence.
Join your Expedition Team ashore for a short walk, past some fascinating rock formations, to the site of the Gwion Gwion art galleries.
Cruise Itinerary
Aboard Seabourn Pursuit
Launch Year: 2023 Length: 170 Width: 26 Currency: Capacity: 264 Crew Count: 120 Deck Count: 8 Cabin Count: 132
Construction for Seabourn Pursuit began in fall 2020 during a ceremony in San Giorgo di Nogare, Italy, and the build process is well underway. The ship is scheduled for delivery in 2023, with its sister ship, Seabourn Venture, slated for delivery in 2022.
Seabourn Pursuit is the second Seabourn expedition ship slated to launch in 2023. Both Seabourn Pursuit and sister ship Seabourn Venture are designed and built for diverse environments to PC6 Polar Class standards and include modern hardware and technology that will extend the ships’ global deployment and capabilities. Each will carry two custom-built submarines, 24 Zodiacs, kayaks, and a 26-person expert expedition team whose role is to engage guests throughout each voyage.
The ship then continues onward by exploring the waters and landscapes of Greenland, Iceland and Norway throughout the spring and early summer, in some instances retracing the path of the Vikings to the frontier town of Tromsø while carving its way through the inside passage of the Norwegian fjords along the way. A sure highlight for August 2023 is the ship’s Northwest Passage journey through some of the most remote areas in the Northern Hemisphere from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland to Nome, Alaska.
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