The best cruises to book – plus a trip to Antarctica that you can WIN

The best cruises to book now, from a voyage around Britain with comedian Jason Manford to a tour that includes Rugby World Cup tickets (plus a dream trip to Antarctica that you can WIN)

  • The one-week Antarctica cruise, offered by Antarctica21, is worth £14,400 
  • Run 10km a day with a fitness coach on Charitable Travel’s Danube cruise 
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The stars are coming out on Imagine Cruising’s 14-night voyage around Great Britain. 

Queen of soul Beverley Knight, comedian Jason Manford and hypnotist Paul McKenna will join you aboard P&O’s Britannia on a round trip sailing from Southampton on June 9. The ship will call at Liverpool overnight, stop at Greenock to visit Glasgow and then call at Orkney and Invergordon.

At sea you can enjoy the spa, four pools, two dozen restaurants and bars and on-board entertainment. Fares start at £799pp (imaginecruising.co.uk).

And later this year you can combine the Rugby World Cup in France with a Mediterranean cruise. Infinity Sports Travel is offering two- to ten-night packages aboard Norwegian Epic.

A seven-night round-trip from Marseille on September 8 costs from £2,335pp. The price includes tickets to England vs Argentina and South Africa vs Scotland, transfers to the stadium in Marseille and rugby-themed entertainment on board (infinitysportstravel.com).

Cool prize: You could win a trip to Antarctica with adventure travel company Antarctica21

Is exploring Antarctica a dream, but you are put off by the price? You could win a trip there with adventure travel company Antarctica21.

The fly-cruise cuts out a lengthy voyage across the turbulent Drake Passage and the one-week prize for one person is worth £14,400.

On December 7 you’ll fly from Punta Arenas in Chile to King George Island in the South Shetland Islands to join an 84-passenger expedition ship sailing along the Antarctic peninsula.

Once there, you can walk with penguins and see icebergs, seals and whales.

Passengers on board Antarctica21’s Ocean Nova expedition ship. A cruise-holiday prize being offered by the tour operator is worth £14,400

The competition is free and you can enter at antarctica21.com by downloading the Antarctic Penguin Study Guide and answering three questions. Travel to Chile costs extra.

Feel like stretching your legs? Keep fit on a non-profit cruise this autumn aboard A-Rosa Donna on the Danube. 

You will run 10km a day with a fitness coach through the Vienna Woods and the city of Bratislava.

Departure is on October 25 for the six-night package, which includes pre-cruise coaching, one night in a hotel, transfers and a five-night all-inclusive cruise. From £1,099pp, your choice of charity will receive five per cent of the fee (charitable.travel/run-the-river).

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