der110 Posted June 10, 2022 #1 Share Posted June 10, 2022 We had a safari we had planned get cancelled due to illness. We are looking for a cruise from Capetown, preferably to Europe, that would include on opportunity for a safari before the cruise. We found some on Oceania and Cunard (the latter did not seem to have land excursions of this type). Any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlmm Posted June 11, 2022 #2 Share Posted June 11, 2022 MSC offers a cruise on the MSC Sinfonia from Cape Town to Venice in 2023. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Mcobean Posted June 12, 2022 #3 Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) On 6/10/2022 at 7:17 PM, der110 said: We had a safari we had planned get cancelled due to illness. We are looking for a cruise from Capetown, preferably to Europe, that would include on opportunity for a safari before the cruise. We found some on Oceania and Cunard (the latter did not seem to have land excursions of this type). Any other suggestions? Azamara has a Cape Town to Lisbon, 3 back to back’s actually. My DW and are booked in February 2024. cheers, daryl Edited June 12, 2022 by Mcobean Update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bull Posted June 12, 2022 #4 Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) Altho there are more-local options, the best safari territory by far is to the eastern end of South Africa, far from Capetown. So consider booking a safari separately from the cruise-line's options. If your pocket and time will stand it, choose a private reserve in Greater Kruger, or self-drive in Kruger National Park itself. Fly to Johannesburg (about an hour from Capetown, frequent flights), then a little local airplane to somewhere like Hoedspruit, where a local safari lodge will collect you,. Orr rent a car from Jo'burg or Huedspruit and book self-drive in Kruger National Park. We've done both, self-driving in the Nat. Park is by far the cheaper option, including staying in little self-catering rondevals in park rest-camps. Cruises which sail up the eastern side of Africa have far more interesting itineraries than up the Atlantic side - places like Madagascar, Zanzibar, Safaga (for Luxor), Aqaba (for Petra & Wadi Run), Port Sokhna or Alexandria (for Cairo) and the Suez Canal. And on that eastern itinerary, South African ports-of-call at Port Elizabeth (under an hour from Addo Elephant Park which despite the name it has a wide selection of game) and at Richard's Bay, just over an hour from the southern entrance to iSimangaliso wetland park at St Lucia. You can easily fit either Park into a decently-long port-of-call day, by self-drive or car plus driver/guide. You won't get the full experience in a day, but they're very good tasters. https://www.sanparks.org/ Our last safari was in the Serengeti, Tanzania. Waaaaay better than South Africa, and better value. Private safari jeep and driver from Arusha (Lion King) for 7 days, choice of levels of accommodation (we spread our choices from a tented camp in the middle of nowhere to a luxury lodge on the rim of the Ngorongoro crater). https://www.lionkingadventures.com/ That of course is a fairly long flight from Capetown. JB 🙂 Edited June 12, 2022 by John Bull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamietravelstheworld Posted June 13, 2022 #5 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Azamara. I'm doing b2b, Cape Town to Cape Town, and Cape Town to Lisbon, in late February and March 2023. You can do a safari to Kruger and elsewhere before either of the Cape Towns embarkations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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