

And here’s the thing, the passenger return rate is a phenomenal 75%, a number that other companies only dream about. Today, Bare Necessities operates three or four nude cruise charters annually taking naturists all over the world from unique sailing experiences around the Mediterranean to small cruise ships exploring Tahiti and the South Pacific to 3,000-people mega liners cruising around the Caribbean. The first cruise of 300 like-minded naturists unlocked a travel niche that has grown ever since. She was chartered by Bare Necessities – a US-based nude travel company that pioneered nude cruising almost 30 years ago. We joined 218 fellow passengers aboard the Royal Clipper – a 440-foot schooner which, with five masts and 42 sails, is indeed a regal sight.

This was the most perfect, natural way to start the day and we would experience the same sensation each day for the next 12 days as we sailed on the world’s largest square rigger around the Mediterranean – in the nude.

Aside from a little nudity, little separates a naturist cruise from any other type of cruise © Chris Moore / Lonely Planet
