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Block off six months on your calendar for a round-the-world trip aboard Oceania Cruises' luxurious line, whose staterooms are furnished with gleaming teak and neoclassical design.

As you sail from Miami, you'll make landfall on five continents before you arrive back in Miami. That's everywhere but Europe and Antarctica, touching down for a series of extraordinary shore excursions.

Head to shore in Namibia for an off-road safari across the otherworldly Namib Desert, then paddle an out-rigger canoe along the lush, tropical coast of Bora Bora. Your home for half the year is the ship Insignia, which accommodates up to 684 passengers and comes equipped with a ship's library, a well-stocked wine cellar, a putting green and an artists' studio.

The Insignia departs on one circumnavigation each year, with fares for the round-the-world adventure from $35,000 per person (double occupancy).