Luxury line plans epic, $55,000 cruise around Pacific

Looking for an upscale way to explore the Pacific Rim? Luxury line Seabourn has announced plans for an epic (and epically pricey) voyage across the region in 2017 that will include more than three dozen stops from Thailand to Alaska.

Kicking off in Singapore on March 4, 2017, the 89-night sailing on the 450-passenger Seabourn Sojourn will include visits to Sihanoukville, Cambodia; Laem Chabang and Ko Kood, Thailand; Da Nang, Halong Bay and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Coron, Boracay, Manila and Hundred Islands, Philippines; Incheon and Busan, South Korea; and Kaohsiung, Keelung and Hualien, Taiwan.

The trip also includes more than half a dozen calls in China including Xiamen, Hong Kong, Zhujiajian, Shanghai, Qingdao and Xinggang. Even more calls are planned in Japan, with Naha, Kagoshima, Nagasaki, Kochi, Kobe, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Miyako, Kushiro, Aomori, Hakodate and Shimizu on the schedule.

Following a northern route across the Pacific, the Sojourn also will stop in Kodiak, Skagway and Juneau, Alaska as well as Victoria, British Columbia. The voyage ends May 31, 2017 in Seattle.

The sailing starts at $54,999 per person for the smallest ocean view cabins. Top suites for the sailing will cost more than $100,000 per person. The fares are based on double occupancy and don't include taxes, fees and port expenses of $2,215.43.

Smaller segments of the trip also are available for booking.

The unusual itinerary is one of 28 the line just announced for the fall of 2016 and winter of 2017. The trips include stops at 38 ports that are either maiden calls for Seabourn or places it hasn't visited for years.

The new itinerary comes as Seabourn gears up for the arrival of a new, bigger ship in late 2016, the Seabourn Encore. For a sneak peek at what the line is planning for the vessel, click through the carousel below.