7 March to 9 March - At sea

10 March to 12 March

South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: South Georgia

Remote and virtually uninhabited, the island of South Georgia is a beautiful and fascinating place. The landscape of jagged, snowy peaks and dramatic fjords is home to an abundance of penguins and seals, as well as ghostly abandoned whaling stations and the grave of Sir Ernest Shackleton.

13 March to 16 March - At sea

17 March

Tristan da Cunha: Gough Island

The waters around remote, weather-beaten Gough Island are rich feeding grounds for sea birds, and the island sustains large populations of Antarctic terns, brown noddies, Atlantic petrels, spectacled petrels and several different species of albatross. This is also one of the best places to see the rare northern rockhopper penguin.

18 March

Tristan da Cunha: Tristan da Cunha

There is remote, and then there is Tristan da Cunha. This little volcanic rock in the South Atlantic supports a population of less than 300 people, and is an astonishing 1,200 miles from St Helena, the nearest inhabited island. There is no airport, so arriving by ship really is the only way to get here.

19 March

Tristan da Cunha: Nightingale Island

Remote, volcanic and uninhabited by humans, Nightingale Island is part of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago. The island is known for its spectacular birdlife, home to over a million seabirds, including rockhopper penguins, Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross and the rare Nightingale bunting.

20 March to 22 March - At sea

23 March to 24 March

Saint Helena: Saint Helena

The opening of a new airport in 2016 was supposed to herald a new era of tourism for Saint Helena, but the project has now been postponed indefinitely due to unforeseen problems with planes landing in high winds. As a result, this beautiful and remote island, where Napoleon Bonaparte lived his last days in exile, remains accessible only by ship.

25 March to 26 March - At sea

27 March

Ascension Island: Ascension Island

The remote South Atlantic island of Ascension, accessible only by sea, receives just a handful of tourists each year. Points of interest include the quaint capital, Georgetown, which has a discernibly British feel, and the remarkable man-made cloud forest of Green Mountain.

28 March to 30 March - At sea

31 March

Arriving in Tema (Accra)

Ghana’s capital city Accra is located on the Atlantic Ocean, where Europeans arrived to establish a trading hub on what was known as the Gold Coast. Precious metals were soon superseded by slaves, and visitors can get a flavour of the remnants of this grim practice in the former slave prisons and museums.