Cruise ship docks in Georgetown
Stabroek News
April 29, 2003
The MS Explorer, considered the world’s first `expedition’ cruise ship, yesterday made its second trip to Port Georgetown with a group of 106 adventure tourists.
The passengers, mainly older Americans, then visited the Kaieteur Falls, the Timberhead Resort and the Amerindian community of Santa/Aratak mission on the Kamuni Creek, Demerara River before they returned to the ship which docked at the GNSC wharf on Lombard Street.
The all-inclusive 50-cabin vessel which set sail from Balboa in Panama made stops in Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao and Trinidad and Tobago, en route to Guyana. From here the cruise ship will continue to Suriname, French Guiana then on to Brazil. The local tour was organised by tour operator, Wilderness Explorers, and attracted tourists in the 65 to 67 age bracket, second in command of the vessel Nicolay Tiliyuk told reporters during a tour of the vessel.
He noted that while English was the official language of the ship, the crew was an international one which included, Ukranians, Phillipinos, Haitians and Austrians among others.
Following their return, the visitors were given the opportunity to shop for craft items and beverages compliments of Banks DIH and Demerara Distillers Limited. The MS Explorer specialises in travel through the Antarctica for much of the year, followed by cruises through the Caribbean Basin and the Amazon River. The 73-year-old MS Explorer’s first trip to Guyana was made on August 21, 1997.
