Regent plans another epic, around-the-world cruise

Luxury line Regent Seven Seas has announced plans for another epic, around-the-world cruise.

The 137-night voyage on the recently revamped Seven Seas Navigator will kick off Jan. 8, 2018 in Los Angeles and include stops in more than 60 ports across five continents.

Navigator will follow a westerly route around the globe that starts with a trip across the Pacific with stops in the Hawaiian Islands, French Polynesia, American Samoa and Fiji. From there, the 490-passenger ship will sail to New Zealand and Australia before heading northward to Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia.

Navigator then will cross the Bay of Bengal to South Africa with stops in Richards Bay, Durban, East London and Cape Town. Continuing westward across the Atlantic, the vessel will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil in South American before moving northward to several Caribbean islands. A trip through the Panama Canal will bring Navigator back to the Pacific for stops in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala. The voyage ends where it began, in Los Angeles, on May 25, 2018.

Regent is returning to around-the-world cruising after a six-year hiatus.The 2018 voyage is one of two global circumnavigations the line now has on its schedule. As previously announced, Regent also will offer an around-the-world cruise in 2017.

The new globe-circling voyages come as Regent is in the midst of an expansion. The line is adding a fourth vessel, the 750-passenger Seven Seas Explorer, in July.

Fares for the world cruise start at $59,999 per person. The price includes first class airfare to and from Los Angeles, exclusive shore-side events and several other perks.

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