Peace Boat's 78th Global Voyage will depart from Yokohama on 14 December 2012, and return to Japan on 25 March, 2013. This will be the first southern hemisphere route in several voyages, with highlights including visits to Mauritius, South Africa, Namibia, Brazil, Argentina and Chile.

To learn more about our Global Voyages for Peace and how to participate click here.
***For volunteer opportunities onboard click here.

• Mar 13, 2013 - Their life is their message - Four Latin American activists share their experiences and turn the boat upside down
  
  
• Jan 14, 2013 - The African Youth Ensemble - The wings of music: an orchestra spreads hope in the South African township of Soweto
  
  
• Dec 21, 2012 - The invisible threat – Voices from Japan two years after the nuclear catastrophe of Fukushima
  
  
• Dec 16, 2012 - Remembering how big the world is - Peace Boat departs on its 78th Global Voyage
  
  
• Dec 10, 2012 - 78th Voyage Web Reporter Profile – Christina Felschen
  
  
• Dec 9, 2012 - Guest Educators - 78th Voyage
  
  

• Feb 21, 2013 - Valparaiso, Chile - Viviana's silence – In Chile, the Pinochet dictatorship has traumatized a whole generation
  
  
• Feb 2, 2013 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - "The dictatorship has frightened us for generations" – the Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo are looking for their stolen grandchildren
  
  
• Jan 31, 2013 - Montevideo, Uruguay - Where our food comes from - How to manage an organic farm in a soy bean country
  
  
• Jan 17, 2013 - Walvis Bay, Namibia - "Let's get to know each other" - Multiculturalism in a Namibian township
  
  
• Jan 14, 2013 - Cape Town, South Africa - The city's largest township the legacy of apartheid prevails
  
  
• Jan 11, 2013 - Durban, South Africa - Riots in Gandhi's neighbourhood - How a South African township is overcoming its trauma
  
  
• Jan 5, 2013 - Port Louis, Mauritius - Strength in Diversity - towards sustainable tourism on the island
  
  
• Dec 20, 2012 - Keelung, Taiwan - With the support of a sea goddess - A Taiwanese village is fighting against a nuclear power plant
  
  

• Feb 16, 2013 - How to be a hummingbird - Binka Le Breton researches and restores the Atlantic Rainforest
  
  
• Jan 30, 2013 - Sailing through Africa
  
  
• Jan 26, 2013 - What bees and bugs can teach us - Francis Silva brought the rhythm of Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean
  
  
• Jan 22, 2013 - Rice Farming on the Atlantic - Peace Boat participants celebrate the Japanese Summer Festival
  
  
• Jan 16, 2013 - From Asia to Africa- Japanese artists and activists Hayakawa Chiaki and Masaya Onishi share their work on the African Continent
  
  
• Jan 5, 2013 - Let's not repeat the history of the Dodo - Raj Chintaram lobbies for sustainable development in Mauritius
  
  
• Dec 30, 2012 - Diplomacy, the art of balance – Rafendi Djamin fights for human rights in Indonesia and the ASEAN
  
  
• Dec 19, 2012 - Can the Sunny Bear tame the Asian Dragon? - Wang Shun-Wei and the anti-nuclear movement in Taiwan