Cruising Articles

Whether you have an interest in Small Ship, Adventure and Expedition or River cruising, we have an extensive array of articles to inspire your future discoveries and adventures to the world’s most intriguing and wondourous destinations. You can browse through our current articles below which cover everything from an island hopping cruise in the Azores to a gentle meander along Europe’s watery highways to what to pack for your Arctic adventure. If you are new to cruising and Noble Caledonia then perhaps take a look at our forums section where past and future travellers discuss past adventures and inspiration for future voyages.
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Laura & Simon
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Debbie Marshall from Silver Travel Advisor talks to Laura Cochrane, Head of Marketing for Noble Caledonia, about the history of the company, its latest addition to the fleet, and her personal favourites. Debbie Marshall: Noble...read more
Belogradchik Rocks as photographed by Luca
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Travel away from the main tourist path and you will find lots of natural and man-made wonders in north-west Bulgaria Surrounded by five neighbouring countries and shrouded in mystery Bulgaria is still considered an unusual...read more
Lake Marian in Fjordland National Park in New Zealand
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Norway is home to most of the world’s longest and most spectacular fjords – the word comes from the Norse meaning “water body” – but there are fjords in, for example, New Zealand, Greenland, Alaska...read more
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We just couldn’t keep it quiet any longer. We are delighted to share some pictures of our new ship, the MS Caledonian Sky here on Travel Post. The vessel is currently in Sweden where she...read more
Zodiac exploring in the Channel Islands
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The Island Sky navigating smoothly into harbour is not, it is fair to say, a toweringly majestic sight. The cruise vessel, which takes a maximum of just 114 passengers, certainly looks spick and span, but...read more
Ephesus, Turkey
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Three-thirty on a blistering hot Friday afternoon and a swarthy man with thick, rippled hair has just boarded the Island Sky cruise ship and is making demands of our captain. He’s not a pirate, rather...read more
Saint Petersburg summer palace
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What’s in a name? St Petersburg has certainly had many different names – ones which reflect the enormous changes Russia has been through over the last two centuries. It was Tsar Peter the Great who...read more
Flamingos at Walvis Bay, Namibia
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Tinged with an ethereal pink light at sunrise, buzzing with cicadas at sunset and dripping with a wet heat that slaps you like a hot shower curtain, the air in West Africa is alive with...read more
South Georgia the place where explorer Ernest Shackleton died.
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When the Discovery ship set sail from Cardiff in August 1901 it had on board two men who would come to define the heroic age of Antarctic exploration for British Historians. The lives of Ernest...read more
Lauca National Park, Chile
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Chile, 2,690 miles long but never more than 120 wide, has fabulous attractions for the intrepid traveller, not least the bleakly beautiful Atacama, the world’s driest desert, and the spectacular Andes. Nothing is very far...read more
MS Island Sky
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The shortest distance between two points, they say, is a straight line. Ask a sailor and you will get a different answer. Wind, current and tide have always determined a ship’s course. Similarly, distance travelled...read more
Edinburgh settlement & 1961 volcanic cone, Tristan da Cunha
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Perched on an active volcano, about 1,750 miles from South Africa, Tristan da Cunha is one of the world’s most remote communities. The volcano’s barren peak, 6,760ft above sea level, overlooks a heart-shaped crater lake....read more
Moais on Easter island
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Easter Island knows a thing or two about perfect timing, writes Ian Belcher. As its huge canopy of sky explodes into purple and crimson above four enigmatic statues, a local strums his guitar and, right...read more
Volcano Osorno and Lago Llanquihue in Chile
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The blunt nose of the Zodiac inflatable nudges its way to shore through a sea of tiny icebergs, toothpaste blue and chubby as baby elephants, which roll theatrically as we pass. The passengers climb out,...read more
MS Island Sky
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More social event than cruise, the MS Island Sky embodies the spirit of Noble Caledonia. Here, the UK’s most seasoned cruise critic Sue Bryant reports from the deck where you can read about the ship’s...read more
Black Sea, Crimea
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The first cruise ship came early to the Black Sea, manned by Jason and his Argonauts, who made the difficult passage through the Bosphorus with the oar power of a Bronze Age galley — top...read more
Skara Brae.
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Stepping ashore at Tresco on a sunny late May afternoon, you might be forgiven for thinking you have just arrived at an unusually sleepy Mediterranean isle. The tall palm fronds that brush the sky in...read more
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Sue Bryant tells Cruise International Magazine why MS Island Sky is an ideal vessel for those looking for a Country House Cruising experience. Next year promises to be quite a year for Noble Caledonia. To...read more
Sacsayhuaman ruins, Cusco, Peru
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One voyage from desert to rainforest is a revelation of the earth’s richness and diversity. In February, the MS Island Sky embarks on a voyage from central Peru to Costa Rica, from bone-dry desert landscapes...read more
Rocky Mountain the Falkland Islands
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There’s something terribly British about our ever increasing interest in the Falkland Islands. It’s not just that this faraway archipelago, perched 350 miles off the east coast of South America, shares our sovereign. Nor is...read more
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