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Golf & The Caribbean by Mega-Yacht, January 2015

St Croix, Nevis, St. Kitts, Anguilla, St Barts & Virgin Gorda on board the luxury yacht SeaDream II

Now that you've survived the winter of 2014 (with your favorite fairways under snow banks), plan now to escape next year on an all-inclusive Perry Golf voyage aboard the glamorous yacht, the SeaDream II, which will sail to the French West Indies and the US and British Virgin Islands, including 24 hours in Gustavia on St Barts, considered the most chic destination in the entire Caribbean.

3 Rounds of golf - 7 Nights - 24-31 January 2015

Golf is on the itinerary on three of the area’s finest courses:

• Four Seasons Nevis
• Royal St. Kitts
• Greg Norman-designed Cuisinart Golf Club on Anguilla
• Outings are managed to perfection by Perry Golf, including greens and cart fees, tee times, golf equipment handling and ground transportation.

Carrying just over 100 guests and crew of 95, the yachts of SeaDream are among the most luxurious in the small ship category; all-inclusive, with fine dining, boutique wines, open bar and gratuities. 

A highlight of SeaDream is the spa, fully accredited by the Thai Spa Association.

Watch the SeaDream Yacht Club video.

Founder/editor of BestGolfResortsofTheWorld.com, Karen Misuraca is a travel and golf writer from the California Wine Country. She blogs golf travel and writes about Deep Culture Travel. Check out Karen's newly updated iPhone app, California Coast North.

Book by Sept 15 for Perry Golf Barge Cruise in England, $400pp Discount

Perry Golf's 2014 Golf Cruise portfolio features sail and motor yachts and chartered hotel barges that meander along the inland waterways of England, Scotland and France, with each itinerary including lots of golf.

The vessels:

• Le Ponant is a tall-masted sailing yacht for 64 guests. In January, she will cruise through the French West Indies from Martinique to St. Bart’s for 7 nights and 4 rounds of golf. In June, the gorgeous yacht Mediterranean cruises from Nice to Valetta by way of Italy, Sardinia, Corsica and Sicily, with golf on the agenda.
• Freedom is a classic and fully-restored Mathis-Trumpy wooden yacht that sails between Charleston and Savannah with as many as 10 guests.
• Among Perry Golf's 7 hotel barges is the 8-guest Scottish Highlander, which sails Scotland’s Great Glen en route to the Highlands by way of Loch Ness. Golf-oriented itineraries are also available in Burgundy and Provence, England and Scotland.

Among the highlights of the golf cruises are sightseeing, wine tours, abbeys, castles and gardens, personal chefs and outstanding wine cellars.

Made famous by Downtown Abbey, Highclere Castle is a stop on the Magna Carta barge's England’s Royal River Thames cruise next summer.

For reservations received by September 15, 2013 prices are being held for 2014 travel; also, Magna Carta golfers will receive a $400 booking credit.

Founder/editor of BestGolfResortsofTheWorld.com, Karen Misuraca is a travel and golf writer from the California Wine Country. She blogs golf travel and writes about Deep Culture Travel. Check out Karen's newly updated iPhone app, California Coast North.

Cruising to the Course

Golfers dream of playing Tom Doak's legendary Cape Kidnappers in New Zealand, Sandy Lane on Barbados, Casa de Campo's Teeth of the Dog, and Puerto Vallarta's El Tigre. In 2009, golfers can sail aboard Silversea's Silver Shadow and Silver Whisper, and play golf on top notch courses at nearly every port, in 30 countries and island destinations in the South Pacific, Mediterranean, Caribbean and Mexico, as part of the 2009 Silver Links program.

For example, the Silver Shadow will depart iln December on a 9-day Caribbean voyage from Fort Lauderdale to Barbados calling at Grand Turk, Samana, La Romana, St. Lucia and Grenada, with golf excursions to Casa de Campo, St. Lucia Golf and Country Club and Sandy Lane Country Club.

Getting ready for their rounds, passengers can work with an onboard, certified PGA professional, who offers private and group instruction, demonstrations, and high-tech swing analysis.

Among other accolades, Silversea has been awarded "World's Best" for several years, by both Condé Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure.

Golf Cruises

The long-established tour company, PerryGolf will set up a golf cruise for you on a private yacht, a river barge or a luxury cruise ship, in the Great Lakes and Canadian Maritime regions, and in Europe. The 2008-2009 schedule includes golf/sightseeing tours on the 18-passenger Le Phénicien on the Rhône River and the Rhône-Sete canal between Avignon and Aigues-Mortes in France, and the 20-passenger Le Libellule on the River Saone through the Burgundy wine region between Lyon and Dijon. Voyages to Turkey, the Greek Islands, Spain and Morocco are scheduled on the luxurious 34-passenger Callisto. The elegant Corinthian II, an all-suite yacht accommodating 114 passengers, sails South Africa's Indian Ocean on a 13-night, 7-round tour in 2009. The all-suite, 100-passenger Clelia II sails on a 7-night golf cruise on the Great Lakes. And, PerryGOlf also offers the "British Open by Sea" cruise with an 8-night voyage around Scotland with 5 rounds of links golf at Kingsbarns, Royal Aberdeen, Royal Dornoch, Machrihanish and David McLay Kidd's new design, Machrihanish Dunes, preceding the final round of the 138th British Open at Turnberry's Ailsa Course.800-344-5257. Check it out at: www.perrygolf.com.