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Karen Halabi sails the Whitsunday islands off Australia’s eastern coastline on a cruise ship that once sailed the Mediterranean.
The MV Ammari is probably the biggest cruise ship regularly cruising the Whitsundays and Great Barrier Reef. Others, such as the much larger Royal Caribbean’s Princess of the Seas may drop in occasionally, but the MV Ammari has been running a regular weekly schedule for the last year and this cruising vessel can go places where the larger cruise ships can’t.
At 64 berths (32 cabins) and 60 metres long, The MV Ammari is the flagship of the Fantasea fleet, bringing pleasure cruising to Australia’s outer Barrier Reef islands for those who don’t want to rough it or go bare-back chartering.
This is pleasure cruising with good food, good company, lots of sunset cocktails, spa treatments and onboard entertainment thrown in for good measure.
Then there’s snorkelling trips to popular spots such as Black Island (Bali Hai) off Hayman and Blue Pearl Bay with its beach made up of bone-shaped shells on the other side of Hayman Island. kayaking and a visit to the world famous white silica sands of Whitehaven Beach.
On the first day of our three day trip, the Ammari left the sheltered waters surrounding Whitsunday, Henning, Dent, Hayman and Hook Islands, to make its way out across open waters to the Great Barrier Reef at Reefworld and Hardy’s Reef, passing hoop pine and palm-covered islands, secluded bays and idyllic beaches enroute.
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©Copyright Karen Halabi Dec 2007
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