Coral Expeditions cancels Australia sailings amid Omicron fears

10 Jan 2022by Will Payne

Coral Expeditions has cancelled 4 Australian sailings due to a "quick enhance" in Covid-19 infections.

The affected itineraries are: 

Circumnavigation of Tasmania, due to depart Hobart 1 January;

Coastal Treks of Tasmania to leave Hobart 17 January;

Outerknown Adventures on the fantastic Barrier Reef from Cairns on four and eleven January; and

throughout the good of Australia, which turned into set to go away Cairns on 20 January

the line intends to operate all other voyages as deliberate with appropriate health risk mitigation steps.

All guests and change partners impacted by means of the cancellations have reportedly been contacted by using the company and provided the choice of a a hundred% credit for a future cruise or a reimbursement to the entire cost of their fare.

the line pointed out: "The popular traits of the Omicron variant create enjoyable challenges for us and the go back and forth industry in accepted.

"Our precedence is of course to protect visitor and crew fitness and the have faith of our travel business partners."

Coral Expeditions has prolonged the accepted window for pre-cruise testing to ninety hours to support facilitate timely effects. guests with out a poor PCR check aren't allowed to board. based on the decreased incubation length of the Omicron variant and the reported pressures on GP networks, the line will additionally no longer require guests to undertake a GP screening seven to 10 days before departure.