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Forward Travel
Tailor-Made Itineraries
Floating past a destination on a resort-ship isn’t our idea of a cruise. It is about drop-launching a Zodiac into glassy, iceberg-strewn waters to watch a pod of orcas surface just metres away. Forward Travel’s Expedition Cruises are designed for those who believe the ocean is a highway to the unreachable. We match you with specialised, small-capacity vessels engineered to navigate the world’s most beautiful marine frontiers. We swap passive sundeck lounging for the exhilarating crunch of pack ice under a reinforced hull, navigating remote river systems, and stepping onto shores where few humans have ever left footprints. Do you feel an endless horizon calling?
A taste of the journeys we design — each one fully customisable to your pace, group size, and travel dates.
By utilising small, highly manoeuvrable expedition vessels and catamarans, we bypass commercial ports entirely to access hidden bays, shallow river mouths, and isolated archipelagos.
Our voyages span the globe’s most extreme and captivating aquatic ecosystems. Watch glaciers calve into the freezing sea or track families of giant river otters along equatorial banks.
Don’t just look at the water. Look into it. Board rugged motorised dugout canoes, small riverboats, or heavy-duty Zodiacs for intimate night spotlighting safaris, marine mammal tracking, and quick-response beach landings.
Explore another way to experience the world we love.
Perhaps you already know what you want to see and do, perhaps you don’t. We will help you bring your social media feed to reality.
Travel alongside a team of marine biologists, naturalists, historians, and specialist guides. Whether attending an onboard briefing about polar geology or landing on an island, you are guided by experts who bring the environment to life.
Your travel consultant
David Smyth
Director, Forward Travel
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