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Hiking - New excursions with AIDA Cruises

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With the new AIDACruises hiking tours, cruise passengers who enjoy hiking can explore the mostbeautiful places in the world and a whole new way to sightsee at selectedports. These adventurous excursions can be booked by advanced hikers as analternative to classic shore trips in regions with fascinating landscapes, suchas Norway or the Canary Islands.

With a bus or directlyat the ship passengers start their trip from sea level to the hike trailheadswhere a guide leads them up to often breathtaking heights. The experiencedguides safely take guests along remote mountain trails with stops at variousstations and share information on geology, flora, and fauna. Along the way,guests can enjoy the stunning views and rest up for the next part of theirhiking tour. Physical fitness, hiking shoes, and weatherproof clothing arerequired. AIDA provides telescopic trekking poles, backpacks, water bottleswith isotonic beverages, and energy bars.

Amazing natural wonders up north await thosehungry for adventure in the 2015 summer season, for example at theGeirangerfjord. Guests can explore the land of the trolls in Åndalsnes andmarvel at a spectacular landscape with majestic glaciers and powerfulwaterfalls in Eidfjord. The hiking program will be offered on AIDAluna andAIDAsol this summer.

In the 2015/2016winter season, hiking will be offered on the Canary Island cruises with AIDAbluand AIDAsol, for example in Tenerife, La Palma, and Madeira. On the island offlowers in the Atlantic, cruise passengers leave the lookout point Eira doSerrado to hike along the highest mountains on the island. The hike then leadsdown to the Valley of the Nuns and, after a rest in the rustic Curral dasFreiras, along a ridgeway up to Boca dos Namorados at an altitude of around1,000 meters. Back on board, guests can relieve their sore muscles withrejuvenating body and beauty treatments in the Wellness Oasis, the sauna area,or in a yoga course.

Many Hiking tours can be booked prior to thevoyage at www.aida.de/myaida. The toursare limited to a maximum of 15 guests and are offered at selected ports.Minimum age is 16.

A 7-day Canary Island cruise from/to GranCanaria between August 2015 and April 2016 can be booked starting from 499 eurosper person at the AIDA VARIO rate (limited availability) at travel agencies, atwww.aida.de, or by calling 0381/202 707 07.

Rostock, June 26, 2015

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