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Detailed Ship Information: Designed and purpose built in Germany specifically for expedition travel, National Geographic Orion was created from the outset to explore the far corners of the Earth in complete self-sufficiency. Engineered for... Read More


5 Night - Wild Polynesian Escape: Tahiti to Bora Bora from Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia to Bora Bora, French Polynesia
Starting in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia With Stops in Rangiroa; Makatea; Ra'iatea / Taha'a; Bora Bora / Disembark / Papeete /home

5 Night - Wild Polynesian Escape: Tahiti to Bora Bora from Bora Bora, French Polynesia to Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Starting in Papeete / Embark With Stops in Ra'iatea / Taha'a; Makatea; Rangiroa; Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia

6 Night - Wild Polynesian Escape: Tahiti to Bora Bora Cruise from Papeete to Bora Bora
Starting in Papeete, French Polynesia/EMBARK; with stops in Rangiroa; Makatea; Raiatea/Tahaa; Bora Bora/DISEMBARK; Papeete

6 Night - Wild Polynesian Escape: Tahiti to Bora Bora Cruise from Bora Bora to Papeete
Starting in Papeete; with stops in Bora Bora/EMBARK; Raiatea/Tahaa; Makatea; Rangiroa; Papeete/DISEMBARK

9 Night - Ancient Polynesia: Tuamotu and Marquesas Islands from Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia to Hiva Oa, Marquesas, French Polynesia
Starting in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia With Stops in Rangiroa, Tuamotus; Takaroa Atoll; Exploring the Marquesas; Exploring / Hiva Oa / Disembark /papeete / Home

9 Night - Ancient Polynesia: Tuamotu and Marquesas Islands from Papeete, Hiva Oa, Marquesas, French Polynesia to Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Starting in Papeete / Hiva Oa / Embark With Stops in Exploring the Marquesas; Takaroa Atoll; Rangiroa, Tuamotus; Disembark / Papeete / Home

9 Night - Pearls of the Pacific: Exploring the Society and Tuamotu Islands Roundtrip from Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Starting in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia With Stops in Tuamotu Archipelago; Fakarava; Makatea; Taha'a / Bora Bora; Bora Bora / Ra'iatea; Mo'orea; Mo'orea / Papeete / Disembark /home

10 Night - Colors of Indonesia: Corals, Komodos, & Vibrant Cultures from Bali, Indonesia to Sorong, Indonesia
Starting in Bali With Stops in Bali / Embark National Geographic Orion; Satonda / Sumbawa, Lesser Sunda Islands; Komodo Island; Flores Island; Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Moluccas; Exploring Raja Ampat; Sorong, West Papua / Disembark/ Bali, Indonesia / Home

11 Night - Pearls of the Pacific: Exploring The Society and Tuamotu Islands Roundtrip Cruise from Papeete
Starting in Papeete, French Polynesia/EMBARK; with stops in Tuamotu Archipelago; Fakarava; Makatea; Tahaa; Bora Bora; Raiatea; Moorea; Papeete/DISEMBARK

11 Night - Kimberley Expedition: Australia's Wild Northwest from Darwin, Australia to Broome, Australia
Starting in Darwin, Northern Australia / Embark With Stops in Wyndham & Ord Rive; King George River and Falls; Vansittart Bay; Ashmore Reef Marine Park & the Kimberley Coast; Hunter River (and Optional Helicopter to Mitchell Falls); Montgomery Reef; Talbot Bay and Horizontal Waterfalls; Nares Point; Broome, Western Australia

11 Night - Kimberley Expedition: Australia's Wild Northwest from Broome, Australia to Darwin, Australia
Starting in Perth, Western Australia / Broome /embark With Stops in Nares Point; Talbot Bay / Horizontal Waterfalls; Montgomery Reef; Hunter River (and Optional Helicopter To Mitchell Falls); Vansittart Bay; King George River & Falls; Wyndham & the Ord River; the Kimberley Coast & Ashmore Reef Marine Park; Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia / Disembark / Home

11 Night - Singapore to Bali: Jungles, Atolls & Wildlife from Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia to Singapore
Starting in Denpasar, Bali / Embark With Stops in Menjangan Island / West Bali Barat National Park; Pulau Bawean; Kerimun Jawa; Semarang / Borobudur Temple; Krakatoa; Pulau Belitung; Badas Islands; Anambas Archipelago; Singapore / Home

11 Night - Singapore to Bali: Jungles, Atolls & Wildlife from Singapore, Singapore to Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
Starting in Singapore With Stops in Anambas Archipelago; Badas Islands; Pulau Belitung; Krakatoa; Semarang / Borobudur Temple; Kerimun Jawa; Pulau Bawean; Menjangan Island / West Bali Barat National Park; Denpasar, Bali / Home

12 Night - Rites and Relics: From the Solomon Islands to Fiji from Honiara, Solomon Islands to Lautoka, Fiji
Starting in Brisbane, Australia With Stops in Brisbane / Fly to Honiara, Solomon Islands / Embark; Owaraha Island; Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu; Ambrym; Lelepa, Vanuatu; Tanna; Beqa, Fiji; Taveuni; Kadavu; Lautoka, Viti Levu / Disembark /return to U.s

12 Night - Rites and Relics: From the Solomon Islands to Fiji from Lautoka, Fiji to Honiara, Solomon Islands
Starting in Nadi, Fiji / Lautoka, Viti Levu / Embark With Stops in Kadavu; Taveuni; Beqa, Fiji; Tanna; Lelepa, Vanuatu; Ambrym; Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu; Owaraha Island; Honiara / Disembark / Brisbane, Australia; Depart Brisbane / Home

13 Night - Coastal New Zealand: Auckland to Milford Sound from Auckland, New Zealand to Milford Sound, New Zealand
Starting in Auckland, New Zealand With Stops in Auckland / Embark; Bay of Islands; Great Barrier Island / Exploring Coastal Nz; Gisborne; Napier; Exploring New Zealand's South Island; Kaikoura; Dunedin; Stewart Island; Dusky Sound & Doubtful Sound; Milford Sound / Disembark /queenstown / Home

13 Night - Coastal New Zealand: Auckland to Milford Sound from Milford Sound, New Zealand to Auckland, New Zealand
Starting in Queenstown, New Zealand With Stops in Queenstown / Milford Sound / Embark; Dusky Sound & Doubtful Sound; Stewart Island; Dunedin; Kaikoura; Exploring New Zealand's South Island; Napier; Gisborne; Great Barrier Island / Exploring Coastal Nz; Bay of Islands; Auckland / Disembark / Home

14 Night - Rites and Relics: From The Solomon Islands to Fiji Cruise from Brisbane to Lautoka
Starting in Brisbane, Australia; with stops in Honiara, Solomon Islands/EMBARK; Owaraha Island; Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu; Ambrym; Lelepa, Vanuatu; Tanna; Beqa, Fiji; Taveuni; Kadavu; Lautoka, Viti Levu/DISEMBARK

14 Night - Tahiti to Fiji: Reefs, Lagoons & Volcanic Isles from Lautoka, Fiji to Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Starting in Lautoka / Embark With Stops in Exploring Fiji; Wallis and Futuna; Samoa; Cook Islands; Ra'iatea / Taha'a; Papeete/disembark/home

14 Night - Tahiti to Fiji: Reefs, Lagoons & Volcanic Isles from Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia to Lautoka, Fiji
Starting in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia With Stops in Papeete / Embark; Taha'a / Ra'iatea; Cook Islands; Samoa; Wallis and Futuna; Exploring Fiji; Lautoka / Disembark / Home

14 Night - Under the Southern Cross: New Zealand to Melanesia from Auckland, New Zealand to Honiara, Solomon Islands
Starting in Brisbane, Australia With Stops in Honiara, Solomon Islands; Owaraha Island; Utupua; Fenualoa, Solomon Islands; Lo Island, Torres Group; Espiritu Santo; Ambrym; Port Vila / Lelepa, Vanuatu; Isle of Pines, New Caledonia; Norfolk Island, Australia; Bay of Islands; Auckland, New Zealand / Disembark

15 Night - Under the Southern Cross: New Zealand to Melanesia from Auckland, New Zealand to Honiara, Solomon Islands
Starting in Auckland, New Zealand With Stops in Auckland / Embark; Bay of Islands; Norfolk Island, Australia; Isle of Pines, New Caledonia; Port Vila / Lelepa, Vanuatu; Ambrym; Espiritu Santo; Lo Island, Torres Group; Fenualoa, Solomon Islands; Utupua; Owaraha Island; Honiara / Disembark / Brisbane, Australia; Depart Brisbane

15 Night - 15 Kimberley Expedition: Northwest Australia & Indonesia from Broome, Australia to Bali, Indonesia
Starting in Perth, Western Australia / Broome / Embark With Stops in Rowley Shoals; Montgomery Reef; Hunter River or Mitchell Falls(Optional); Bigge Island; King George River and Falls; Wyndham and the Ord River; Vansittart Bay / Jar Island; Savu Sea Marine National Park, Indonesia; Larantuka; Komodo National Park; Satonda / Sumbawa; Bali

15 Night - Coastal New Zealand: Auckland to Milford Sound Cruise from Auckland to Queenstown
Starting in Auckland, New Zealand/EMBARK; with stops in Bay of Islands; Great Barrier Island/Exploring Coastal NZ; Gisborne; Napier; Exploring New Zealands South Island; Kaikoura; Dunedin; Stewart Island; Dusky Sound & Doubtful Sound; Milford Sound/DISEMBARK; Queenstown, New Zealand

15 Night - 15 Kimberley Expedition: Northwest Australia & Indonesia from Bali, Indonesia to Broome, Australia
Starting in Bali, Indonesia / Embark With Stops in Satonda / Sumbawa, Lesser Sunda Islands; Komodo; Larantuka; Sawu Island, Indonesia; Vansittart Bay / Jar Island; Wyndham & the Ord River; King George River & Falls; Bigge Island; Hunter River (and Optional Helicopter to Mitchell Falls); Montgomery Reef; Rowley Shoals; Broome, Western Australia / Disembark

17 Night - Easter Island to Tahiti: Tales of the Pacific from Santiago, Chile to Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Starting in Santiago, Chile With Stops in Easter Island / Embark; Pitcairn Islands; Mangareva; Tuamotu Archipelago; Makatea; Papeete, Tahiti / Disembark

17 Night - Kimberley Expedition: Northwest Australia & Indonesia from Broom to Bali
Starting in Broome, Western Australia/EMBARK; with stops in Rowley Shoals; Montgomery Reef; Hunter River (and optional helicopter to Mitchell Falls); Bigge Island; King George River & Falls; Wyndham & The Bungle Bungles, Australia; Vansittart Bay/Jar Island; Sawu Island, Indonesia; Larantuka; Komodo; Satonda/Sumbawa, Lesser Sunda Islands; Bali, Indonesia/DISEMBARK

17 Night - Iconic Melanesia: New Guinea, Sepik River & the Solomon Islands from Bali, Indonesia to Honiara, Solomon Islands
Starting in Bali With Stops in Bali / Sorong, West Papua / Embark; Cendrawasih Bay / Yapan Islands; Jayapura; Sepik River, Papua New Guinea; Madang; Crown Island; Garove Island (Witu Islands); Rabaul; Solomon Islands; Honiara, Solomon Islands /disembark / Brisbane, Australia; Brisbane / Home

18 Night - Easter Island to Tahiti: Tales of the Pacific From Papeete to Easter Island
Starting in Papeete, French Polynesia/EMBARK; with stops in Makatea; Tuamotu Archipelago; Mangareva; Pitcairn Islands; Easter Island,Chile/DISEMBARK; Santiago, Chile

18 Night - Easter Island to Tahiti: Tales of the Pacific from Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia to Easter Island, Chile
Starting in Papeete, French Polynesia With Stops in Papeete / Embark; Makatea; Tuamotu Archipelago; Mangareva; Pitcairn Islands; Easter Island, Chile / Disembark / Santiago; Santiago

18 Night - Exploring Indonesia: Bali, Raja Ampat & Papua New Guinea from Honiara, Solomon Islands to Bali, Indonesia
Starting in Brisbane, Australia With Stops in Brisbane / Honiara, Solomon Islands / Embark; / Samarai, Papua New Guinea; Gulf of Papua; Asmat; Maccleur Gulf / Kokas; Exploring Raja Ampat; Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Moluccas; Flores Island; Komodo Island; Satonda / Sumbawa, Lesser Sunda Islands; Bali, Indonesia / Disembark

19 Night - Iconic Melanesia: New Guinea, Sepik River & the Solomon Islands from Bali to Brisbane
Starting in Bali; with stops in Sorong, West Papua/EMBARK; Cendrawasih Bay; Yapan Islands; Jayapura; Sepik River, Papua New Guinea; Madang; Crown Island; Garove Island (Witu Islands); Rabaul; Solomon Islands; Honiara, Solomon Islands/DISEMBARK; Brisbane, Australia

19 Night - Southern Odyssey: New Zealand and the Subantarctic Islands from Auckland, New Zealand to Dunedin, New Zealand
Starting in Auckland, New Zealand With Stops in Auckland / Embark; Exploring Coastal New Zealand; Gisborne; Napier; Abel Tasman; Milford Sound & Dusky Sound; Snares Islands; Auckland Islands; Macquarie Island, Australia; Campbell Island; Stewart Island; Dunedin / Disembark / Home

19 Night - Southern Odyssey: New Zealand and the Subantarctic Islands from Dunedin, New Zealand to Auckland, New Zealand
Starting in Auckland, New Zealand With Stops in Auckland / Dunedin / Embark; Stewart Island; Campbell Island; Macquarie Island, Australia; Auckland Islands, New Zealand; Snares Islands; Dusky Sound, Milford Sound; Abel Tasman; Napier; Gisborne; Exploring Coastal New Zealand; Auckland / Disembark / Home

19 Night - Exploring Indonesia: Bali, Raja Ampat & Papua New Guinea from Bali, Indonesia to Honiara, Solomon Islands
Starting in Bali, Indonesia With Stops in Bali / Embark; Satonda/sumbawa, Lesser Sunda Islands; Komodo Island; Flores Island; Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Moluccas; Exploring Raja Ampat; Maccleur Gulf / Kokas; Asmat; Gulf of Papua; Samarai; Honiara, Solomon Islands /disembark / Brisbane, Australia


Designed and purpose built in Germany specifically for expedition travel, National Geographic Orion was created from the outset to explore the far corners of the Earth in complete self-sufficiency.

Engineered for maximum comfort and safety, Orion is equipped with the latest technology including large retractable stabilizers, sonar, radar, and an ice-strengthened hull. A shallow draft plus bow and stern thrusters provide the convenience of being able to maneuver close to shore. 14 Zodiacs ensure quick disembarkation and offer the ideal transport for up-close exploration. Best of all, Orion is equipped with a glass-bottom Zodiac that enables remarkably clear, gratifying observations of the undersea for those who prefer to stay dry.

National Geographic Orion meets strict specifications for environmental protection and the on board waste management systems meet the stringent Antarctic operational standards enabling us to travel to the most pristine environments. A host of advanced design features and technology ensures sustainable marine environmental practices.

The privilege of wildness and the luxury of comfort
National Geographic Orion accommodates 102 guests in 53 cabins, including several with balconies. She is spacious and modern, with a variety of public rooms that offer panoramic views of the passing landscape. Friendly and informal, Orion cruises foster a welcoming atmosphere where like-minded guests share in exceptional experiences and enrichment.

Her public rooms include a dramatic window-lined main lounge, as well as an observation lounge and library perched at the very top of the ship, with plentiful observation decks. The spacious lounge is the heart of our expedition community, and is suited for spirited cocktail hours, informative presentations and our nightly tradition of Recap. Both the main dining room and outside buffet easily accommodate all guests at once for open seating dining. On selected nights, weather permitting, our dining room menu is also available on the outside deck.

While Orion interiors are elegant, life aboard is always casual, with no need for formal clothing. And you'll find shipboard services like laundry, in-room cabled internet, and public-area wifi make packing and traveling more convenient.