Hanseatic Spirit Cruise Ship, 16 March 2024

Last weekend on Saturday 16 March the cruise ship Hanseatic Spirit arrived on Norfolk Island. The Hanseatic Spirt anchored at Cascade Bay and the decision was announced that it was safe for the passengers to disembark on the cruise ships zodiacs, for a day exploring our beautiful Norfolk Island.

During the past week there has been strong South Easterlies windy days and the ocean had been whipped up with white caps and swells last week. Saturday morning there were passing showers and light drizzle as I drove to Cascade Pier to photograph the Hapag Lloyd Cruise ship. Later in the morning the sunshine returned, and the weather improved for the travelers as they explored Norfolk Island.

There approximately 180 people on-board the Exploration Cruise, and I am unsure of the number of passengers who disembarked and came ashore. Local Norfolk Island tour operators, Pinetree Tours, had their tour buses ready to pick up the passengers as they came ashore, and tour company staff drove the visitors around many tourist attractions, exploring our beautiful Norfolk Island sharing the amazing history and stunning views around our remote island. Pinetree Tours have posted some lovely photographs on Facebook.

www.Facebook.com/pinetreetoursnorfolkisland

A big good morning to Hapag-Lloyd Cruises Hanseatic Spirit! Welcome to Norfolk Island! We hope you have a wonderful day visiting our beautiful home.

A great day touring our island with Hapag-Lloyd Cruises! Thank you so much for visiting.

This is the fourth cruise ship to visit Norfolk Island this year, the last was MS Europa (2) on 13 February 2024 and the next due is the P&O Pacific Encounter due on 16 July 2024. This large cruise ship is a regular visitor to Norfolk Island. I was expecting another cruise ship named Amera on Friday 15 March 2024, but this vessel which was sailing around the world must of changed the shipping itinerary schedule as it is now sailing the coast of South America in Uruguay area.

Hanseatic Spirit

Hanseatic Spirit sails under the flag of Malta. The vessel is operated by Hapag Lloyd Cruises. The Hanseatic Spirit ship was built in 2021, this cruise ship is 3 years old. This vessel is 138 metres in length and 22 metre width, with 9 decks and 7 decks have 120 cabins for the 199 -230 passengers, and 170 crew.

Hanseatic Spirit current cruise is 16 days, one-way from Noumea to Papeete, themed as "Easter". Prices start from USD 14217 (double occupancy rates). The itinerary starts on 18 Mar, 2024 and ends on 03 Apr, 2024.

The last voyage for this Hanseatic Spirit was an Antarctica Expedition, the ship sailed on 28 January 2024 from Ushuaia, Argentina South America to New Zealand. This was a 33-day voyage sailing the Southern Oceans, including Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Macquarie Islands, Campbell Islands, Auckland New Zealand, Snares Islands and ending at Lyttelton Christchurch New Zealand on 1 March 2024. The next Antarctica Expeditions are next summer. Check out the link below for more information.

As the Hanseatic Spirit cruise ship depart our friendly shores the cruise continues their journey as they travelled to Noumea New Caledonia where the next voyage was due to commence on 18 March 2024 travelling the South Pacific from New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Ovalau Island, Fiji, Iles Wallis Futuna, Samoa, Cook Islands, French Polynesia and finishing in Tahiti on 3 April 2024

If you would like to check for details or follow the Hanseatic Spirit cruise ship on the voyages, check out this internet link below.

Hanseatic Spirit Itinerary, Current Position, Ship Review | CruiseMapper

Here are a few of the photos I took of the lovely cruise ship Hanseatic Spirit as the ship anchored in the morning at Cascade Bay and the passengers came ashore at Cascade Pier, Norfolk Island on Saturday morning on their South Pacific Cruise. The passengers and ship had departed when I visited Cascade in the afternoon around 3.30pm. We wish them all safe travels as they continue on their cruise adventure and hope they all enjoyed your day visiting our friendly shores

Betty Matthews

22 March 2024