IFR 710
Northern Europe – Australia
Route
Hamburg – Antwerp – Le Havre – Fos sur Mer / France – La Spezia – Genoa – Gioia Tauro / all Italy – Damietta / Egypt – Suez Canal – Port Louis / Mauritius – Pointe des Galets / La Réunion – Sydney – Melbourne – Adelaide – Fremantle / all Australia – Singapore – Colombo / Sri Lanka – Suez Canal – Port Said / Egypt – Gioia Tauro – Valencia / Spain – London Gateway – Rotterdam – Hamburg or similar
Duration
About 97 days round-trip
About 43 days to Sydney
About 46 days to Melbourne
About 30 days Genoa – Sydney
About 42 days Fremantle – Hamburg
More partial trips on request
Departures
About monthly
About the vessel
Container vessels, built 2013-2015, international ship command, 96,000-110,000 tons dead-weight, length 300-328 m, breadth 48-52 m, speed 24 kn, container capacity 9,300-9,400 TEU, elevator, fitness room, salon, small library, steward, TV/DVD
Cabins
2-4 double-cabins, about 12 sqm, shower/WC, bed 200 x 140 cm, seating area, desk, fridge, cabins are mostly located on F-deck
Comments
Finally a complete Australia trip again.
Due to the strong demand we recommend an early booking.
For long-term only round trips or the routes Europe – Australia / Australia – Europe are offered.
Shorter routes can be booked at the earliest 3 weeks before the desired departure, subject to availability.
Shore leave
Berthing times approx. 12-48 hours
Documents
Passport
Visa
ETA for Australia (type 651), on return trip or round-trip ETA for Sri Lanka
Vaccinations
Yellow fever
Passage prices
Starting at € 12,610.00 round-trip
Starting at € 5,590.00 to Sydney
Starting at € 5,980.00 to Melbourne
Starting at € 3,900.00 Genoa – Sydney
Starting at € 5,460.00 Fremantle – Hamburg
More partial trips on request
The shipping company charges a management fee of € 57.00 per person. (The management fee includes overseas health insurance during the voyage.)
Embarkation / Disembarkation fees
On embarkation or disembarkation in Singapore local authorities charge a fee of $ 50.00 USD, in Australia $ 60.00 USD. These and possible additional port fees will have to be paid on the spot and in cash.
Travel insurance
Travel health and liability insurance
Medical certificate
Travel reports by customers
Asia
- Hello Birgit!
Just to let you know I had an amazing experience – absolutely loved the whole experience.?? 5 countries visited, each offering diverse adventures plus the star of the show travelling on the freighter. So many photos and memories to sift and sort through but here’s 3 photos that I hope will give an essence of my trip!
CMA CGM Hydra was my home for 12 days!?? Cabin was huge – 3 portholes so plenty of light.?? 24 crew members and me!?? Captain P. and the...
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Australia
- Hi Susanne.
My husband and I really enjoyed our voyage on the Wiking which is a very nice ship and still feels very new. The Captain and crew were most welcoming and made our voyage very enjoyable. As the ship is so new it occurred to us that you may not have any pictures of the accommodation so I have enclosed some pictures of the owners cabin, officers lounge and the officers dining room in case you may want to use them. I will send them in two emails as the photos take up some...
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