Posts Tagged ‘tobago cays’

Georgie’s Pre-Season

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

With my new chapter about to begin with Zenith, I thought I should give you a little low down of what I’ve been up to in the build up to the 2013 season aboard Meercat…

This summer I have spent most of my time in the sunshine in Egypt preparing myself for life in the Caribbean. My days mainly consisted of kitesurfing, windsurfing, backflipping, meeting new people, making bracelets and generally having lots of fun!!….Gotta get in the right head space so I am doing my bit ;-)

I also set myself the challenge of trying to cook as much as I could whilst I was out there to practice my finest recipes. I was however presented with a few challenges… Things such as no equipment to cook with, no ingredients to buy, no scales and an oven with only two settings. However this didn’t stop me and I did manage to master banana bread as well as a few other signature dishes. It has all good practice for when my search begins out in our Caribbean locations to ensure I have all the local delicacies and finest fresh ingredients onboard.


I personally am a big fan of using as much fresh, local produce in my cooking as possible. I have done a lot of traveling myself and have been lucky enough to sample many worldwide cuisines. I like to explore and experiment and try as many different things as possible. I really enjoy spices and vibrant flavours in my food and love making a good curry. This accompanied with homemade flat bread goes beautifully.
I pride myself in big, juicy salads mixed up with as much as I can get my hands on. You would be surprised how filling and delicious one of my specially prepared salads can be… light and fresh…tends to help with the back flips!!

Being aware that there are many people with special dietary requirements, including wheat and gluten intolerances, I have been doing my research into how I can ensure that no one misses out on a delicious feast. So if you do fall under this category then never fear, your hostess has it all under control. I have been reading up and educating myself on all the necessary information.


Its not long now until I will be out in St.Lucia getting myself to grips with life onboard Meercat…. And yes I am VERY excited and can’t wait to get stuck in.

The 2012 schedule is here! Here’s the short version…

Saturday, July 16th, 2011

Our program for the December 2011 – July 2012 season is now ready!

Here are the links to the all-new Destinations and Rates and Dates pages.

We’re still working on the Booking Enquiries page… if you’d like to book, please click here! We’d recommend booking early to get the most choice. Also, if you book before 1 October 2011, you’ll get a discount of USD 150 per person.

Looking forward to riding with you onboard Meercat!

Ged & Susy and the Zenith Ocean Voyages crew

WHAT’S NEW FOR SEASON 2 AT ZENITH OCEAN VOYAGES – Dec 2011 – July 2012

For our second season here at Zenith Ocean Voyages, we’ve decided to do things a little bit differently as far as our scheduling is concerned. Here are the highlights, in a nutshell:

Our calendar

  • In short, it’s all about flexibility and custom trips.
  • Depending on the time of year, we’ll be in one of four different cruising grounds. Some of these represent the best of what we experienced in 2011, some are brand-new adventurous explorations.
  • Within each cruising ground, YOU CHOOSE YOUR DATES.
  • Within each cruising ground, you can choose your itinerary – although we will advise you on how to make the most of your trip based on the intended length, your starting and ending point, etc.
  • YOU CHOOSE THE LENGTH OF YOUR TRIP. In principle, for a minimum of 7 days (guess what though… we are flexible).
  • We are still working on our new booking enquiry page. While we finalise it, all links to that page have been temporarily redirected to our Contact page.
  • First come first serve – the earlier you book, the more choices you will have. Once a trip is booked by at least 1 person, we will publish the dates so that others can join and we will indicate it’s no longer available once all cabins are filled.
  • The Special End-of-Year trip is somewhat different. YOU CHOOSE not only the dates and the length, but the cruising ground as well! The only limitations are December 20, 2011 as the earliest possible starting date and January 2, 2012 as the latest possible end date.

 

 Our rates

  • … are still all inclusive – just get yourself to the boat and we’ll take care of the rest!
  • The package comes with our unique our much-praised personal kitefilm of your trip. To take a look at the videos from Season 1, check out http://vimeo.com/channels/191285
  • If you’re traveling on your own, or if you’d like a cabin all to yourself, please contact us to find out about our special single-occupancy offers.
  • Bookings made before 1 October 2011 will receive a discount of USD 150 per person.
  • If you would like a custom trip that’s not quite 7 days or 10 days long, no worries. You will be charged on a pro-rata basis up to the 11th day. From then onwards, the daily price drops to USD 300 pp/day.

Trips in Summer 2011

We are currently in the ABCs. If you’d like to come onboard, please contact us, indicating your preferred dates. We are flexible and our 2011 rates will apply.

From a guest’s perspective…

Monday, June 6th, 2011

A recent guest of ours, Chris, wrote a very rich and detailed review of his experience onboard Meercat on the Zenith Ocean Voyages T11 trip in the Grenadines.

The review is published on the German forum at www.oase.com and has lots of pictures too. If you can read German, or if you don’t and just want to look at the nice pics, click here. For an English translation (done by Susy as faithfully as she could…), click here.

Thanks Chris, much appreciated :-)

Grenadines trips – fly to Grenada!

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

The Grenadines are a wonderful place to kite (there’s waves, flat water and nobody there!) – partly because they are pretty remote. A lot of people have asked us about flight schedules and it can get somewhat complicated. To make things easier for you guys, we’ve now added the option of flying into Grenada and we pick you up and drop you off there. We have to get organized to do this, so the earlier you book, the more flexible we can be.

With this option, you get a multi-island, multi-country trip!

This is in addition to our “regular” pick-up points, which are Union Island and Canouan Island in the Grenadines (reachable from Barbados), or the island of Carriacou, which is part of Grenada (reachable by ferry or plane from Grenada).

Zenith Ocean Voyages in the Kiteboarder magazine

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

So here’s the link to the December issue of the Kiteboarder. There’s an article about us – a Backwoods feature about the Tobago Cays – which you can also read in the Media section of the website. The issue also features a lovely news item about us as well as a crazy-lookin’ full page ad… check it out!

http://www.thekiteboarder.com/2010/11/december-2010/