The northbound voyage will include, depending on cargo requirements, a stop at Vigo, Spain. Once a year the vessel also visits the isolated island of Tristan da Cunha. The 345 RMS St. Helena sails under the British Flag, with British and St. Helenian officers and crew, carrying 1,500 tons of cargo and 128 passengers. All two-berth cabins have a window and private bathroom. One way voyages last between three and four weeks.
Singles pay a surcharge of approx.
There is no age limit. Neither visas nor inoculations are required. The Aranui , with the joie de vivre only the French can offer, has a style that is very, very informal. The ship s owner, Le Compagnie Polynesienne de Transport Maritime, takes great pride in the fact that its vessel is definitely a passenger-friendly cargo ship. The Aranui services the lush jagged volcanic South Sea remote islands of the Marquesas, French Polynesia s most spectacular island chain, located between Tahiti and Hawaii, approximately 2,000 miles southeast of Honolulu.