New Fathom Itineraries Include Both Cuba & Dominican Republic

Fathom Cruises, the Carnival subsidiary focusing on small-ship social impact cruises to Cuba and the Dominican Republic, has made some changes to their cruise itineraries.

Fathom previously offered itineraries to either the Dominican Republic or Cuba, but now these two destinations have been combined for some cruises.

Seven-day “Caribbean Cruises” cruises will stop in Santiago de Cuba before continuing to Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. The cruises include a full day in Cuba, where passengers will have an opportunity to interact with locals in people-to-people activities arranged by the cruise line (a requirement for American travel to Cuba). Time in the Dominican Republic includes cultural immersion activities and an opportunity to help with “impact” activities such as planting trees.  Continue reading

Fathom Adds More Dates for Cruises From Miami to Cuba

cuba300Fathom has added two additional dates to their Cuba cruise schedule. October 9th and November 6th cruises originally scheduled to sail to the Dominican Republic will now travel to Cuba instead. Passengers who were already booked for the Dominican Republic cruises can either stay booked on the cruise and make the trip to Cuba, reschedule for a different date to the Dominican Republic, or request a refund.

Fathom is Carnival Corporation’s “social impact travel” cruise line which offers cruises to Cuba and the Dominican Republic. As of now the Adonia is the only ship sailing under the Fathom name. Continue reading

Adonia Arrives in Cuba

The Adonia, the moderately-sized cruise ship that currently makes up the whole of Carnival’s new Fathom cruise line, arrived in Cuba Monday, May 2nd.

It’s been a long time – almost 40 years, since U.S. ships have traveled to Cuba. The Cuban government’s decision to drop a restriction which prohibited Cuban-born people from traveling to Cuba by boat made the event even more special for Cuban-born Americans who were able to make the trip. There had been some controversy around the limitation on travel by Cuban-born citizens, but the issue was resolved with the lifting of the restriction. Continue reading