Extract from Cunards description.

Queen Elizabeth will spend the first four months of 2014 following the curve of the world from East to West. Setting off on Friday 10 January 2014 for an incredible circumnavigation of the globe, full circle from Southampton to Southampton which she will complete over 120 days. She will sail the traditional route through both the Panama and Suez canals.

During her exploration of the world she will be calling at more than 40 stunning destinations in 23 countries on six continents, from major cities to places you’d only ever reach by ship. Including her first ever visit to Japan with Maiden calls to Kochi, Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki, Pusan, Shanghai, Xiamen, Abu Dhabi and Aqaba (for tours to Petra) arriving back in Southampton on Friday 9th May 2014.

This world voyage incorporates 17 shorter voyages from 8 to 73 nights.

For details of individual ports of call and Excursions see Itinerary.