16/11/2017
MEDIA RELEASE
Make the most of the Easter long weekend with a special three-night Murray Princess Easter cruise getaway. Enjoy some Easter festivities while relaxing and discovering the real history of the outback. The three-night cruise departs Friday 30 March 2018.
The Easter Cruise features the popular three-night itinerary combined with some Easter fun including an Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday and some Easter entertainment.
Onshore activities include a visit to historic Murray Bridge, on a guided tour of the town’s landmarks and local attractions. Wildlife lovers can opt to spend the morning visiting the unique Monarto Zoo on a private Monarto Zoo Wildlife Tour where they will see Giraffes, Elands, Zebras, White Rhinoceros, Cheetahs, Lions, Hyenas and Wild Dogs. The tour is an additional $60 per person.
Enjoy a guided nature walk at Salt Bush Flat and learn about the thriving ecology of the river. At River View Lodge get up close to the river, its 20-million-year-old cliffs and amazing birdlife including darters, herons and egrets on the ‘Dragon-Fly’ Flat Bottomed Boat.
Onboard the PS Murray Princess learn more about the Murray and Riverland regions and sample some of the local produce and wines with a structured tasting event held in the Sturt Dining Room.
Join the Captain for a general inspection of the wheelhouse, participate in a lively quiz, play some bocce on the riverbank or relax with some fishing off the side of the ship.
Relax on the open top deck or sit back in one of two air-conditioned paddlewheel lounges displaying views of the working paddle wheel and enjoy the everchanging scenery as the Murray Princess cruises past towering limestone cliffs, holiday homes, houseboats and riverbanks lined with mallee scrub, willows and red gum forests.
Food onboard the Murray Princess is a highlight of the cruise. Guests will enjoy a hearty hot buffet breakfast each morning, a two-course or buffet lunch each day and a three-course or buffet dinner each evening.
The three-night Easter Cruise departs Mannum on Friday 30 March 2018 and early booking saver fares start from $851 per person, twin share.
Fares include accommodation, all meals, guided nature walks, eco-excursions, onboard presentations, onboard Wi-Fi, New Year's Eve dinner, festivities and dancing, live entertainment, sun deck, bar, two lounges, restaurant and mini gymnasium and complimentary scenic coach transfers from and to Adelaide or secure car parking in Mannum and post cruise coach transfer to Adelaide airport if required.
Private car transfers for up to four people are also available from and to Adelaide CBD to Mannum and return to Adelaide Airport for $143 per person each way, based on two people travelling.
For Further information and bookings please contact:
T: 1300 729 938 from within Australia or +61 9 8202 8697 from Overseas
Email: [email protected]
For media enquiries contact:
Brooke Tolar Captain
Cook Cruises M: 0411 553 246,
Email: [email protected]
