This 26 night cruise started in Cape Town and was to end in Dubai. Sadly Corona Virus decided to intervene which resulted in the cruise missing many ports of call and a premature ending in Muscat which was not a ...

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Sail Date February 2020

Canadian World Travellers

1 Review Written

5 Helpful Votes

Azamara Quest vs Oceania R-Class Review - Sophisticated Cruiser over 50+ cruise

Azamara Quest

Africa

I just want to make a couple of points in comparison of these two lines as many on board have sailed on both lines. As a matter of fact just over one month prior I did a 31 day "Around Australia Circumnavigation ...

Sail Date February 2020

uktraveller

1 Review Written

3 Helpful Votes

South Africa intensive Feb 2020

Azamara Quest

Africa

Overall a very enjoyable cruise. What we like about Azamara ....the friendly crew/ officers, the small ship atmosphere, the food, the Living Room and The Den with good live music....it was all there on this South ...

Sail Date February 2020

Aluckyitalian

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Great Trip, South Africa Intensive 2/10-2/20

Azamara Quest

Africa

Overall, we experienced a very good cruise, and would definitely sail with Azamara again. This was our first voyage with Azamara, and we have previously sailed with Windstar, as well as Carnival, and NCL (never will ...

Sail Date February 2020

kimmk

5 Reviews Written

23 Helpful Votes

Relaxing but sedate

Queen Elizabeth

Australia & New Zealand

We chose this cruise as a relaxing way to get home from South Africa. The ship gave a grand impression with wood paneling a feature. It appeared well maintained. For those who get sea sick, there was quite a ...

Sail Date November 2019

LittleRedJohn

11 Reviews Written

68 Helpful Votes

Good, but could have been better.

Silver Cloud Expedition

Africa

The Silversea expedition ship Silver Cloud may be old, but it’s totally modern, attractive and comfortable. My wife and I had a wonderful 34-day cruise in spring 2019 from Capetown to Lisbon, stopping at 17 ...

Sail Date March 2019

Spudsmack

9 Reviews Written

27 Helpful Votes

When Do We Get to the Next Port?

Nautica

Africa

Third time on Oceania, first time on the R-Class Nautica. Had a great time on this 30-day cruise up the east coast of Africa and then Asia seeing some out of the way places but meeting some great people onboard. ...

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Sail Date January 2019

2greynomads

3 Reviews Written

15 Helpful Votes

Oceania - Listen to your guests

Nautica

Africa

Itinerary was our priority and I fully understand missing Mombasa but from then on it went downhill. Due to currents etc.???, we battled to make ports on time, resulting in less and less time in port. There was ...

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Sail Date January 2019

leaj

3 Reviews Written

6 Helpful Votes

South African Splendor

Nautica

Africa

My husband & I chose this trip so he could take some CE and do a safari!. We booked the pre-cruise safari at Lion Sands River Lodge. While Oceania did not really do a good job with communicating our hotel info or ...

Sail Date January 2019

SandiT

3 Reviews Written

13 Helpful Votes

Wonderful African Cruise!

Nautica

Africa

We had a balcony suite, 6017, on the starboard side, which we enjoyed. Overall, it was an excellent cruise experience, with an enjoyable itinerary. There were some bumpy seas on the coast of South Africa on the ...

Sail Date January 2019

katz

2 Reviews Written

11 Helpful Votes

Cape Town to Singapore, with pre-cruise and one land tour.

Insignia

Africa

The cruise was our longest, so far. Forty days total. We wondered if it might be too long on a small ship. When we booked, we were offered a "free" three-day pre-cruise. We enjoyed our tours of Cape Town and ...

Sail Date February 2018

LittleRedJohn

11 Reviews Written

68 Helpful Votes

Pleasant, Enlightening, Some Problems

Silver Spirit

Africa

We had a pleasant and enlightening cruise on the Spirit from Cape Town to the Seychelles, with stops in southern and east Africa. We did experience some oddities and annoyances, most of them preventable by ...

Sail Date January 2018

amc aaa

2 Reviews Written

4 Helpful Votes

Itinerary was great???

Nautica

Africa

We chose this cruise for the chance to see some animals and to see South Africa. Chance is the operative word here. Before we even got on the ship we were handed a letter saying we would miss our first port, Mossel ...

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Sail Date December 2017

patzimbo

3 Reviews Written

27 Helpful Votes

Nautica - 30 day Cruise from Cape Town to Singapore

Nautica

Trans-Ocean

We chose this cruise as we have already sailed on the Oceania line (Riviera). An added bonus was the fact that the departure port was in our home city of Cape Town. We also wanted a longer cruise and 30 days was ...

2 photos

Sail Date December 2017

PGurun

1 Review Written

6 Helpful Votes

East Africa Oceania Cruise

Nautica

Africa

We are destination driven cruisers and were excited to see this itinerary offered by Oceania. Overall our experience aboard the Nautica was very good. We did need a cabin change, and luckily one was available in ...

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Sail Date December 2017

zak477

27 Reviews Written

179 Helpful Votes

Outstanding Itinerary

Nautica

Africa

1. We sailed on Oceania Insignia last January, Miami to Cape Town. We did this because of the itinerary. While onboard we found this 2017 cruise and bought for the same reason. We will probably not sail with ...

Sail Date January 2017

cv8007

1 Review Written

African Sojourn

Nautica

Africa

This was a destination specific cruise. Lecturer Mike Boll was fabulous giving histories of the countries visited. All nationalities were onboard which was a great mix. Entertainment was average & the so ...

Sail Date January 2017

Daw6id

10 Reviews Written

27 Helpful Votes

Cape Town to Singapore 2016

Insignia

Africa

Review of cruise Cape Town to Singapore - Insignia Feb 9, 2016 Three years ago we were on an Oceania cruise from Istanbul to Cape Town. That was, by far, the longest cruise we'd taken, thirty days. I worried at ...

Sail Date February 2016

bigred70

2 Reviews Written

14 Helpful Votes

Very Good Cruise

Insignia

Africa

It is almost as if we were in a different universe than the "Not what I paid for" cruiser. We are frequent Oceania cruisers and found the food and the service on Insignia very good. Yes, we were unhappy about the ...

Sail Date December 2015

GX pilot

3 Reviews Written

17 Helpful Votes

Great food; let down by poor Destination Services.

Nautica

Trans-Ocean

This was our third cruise with Oceania and having experienced Riviera we were a little concerned at how we would enjoy such a long cruise on a small ship. Overall we had a great time, with the food outstanding as ...

Sail Date December 2015

newlondon

4 Reviews Written

10 Helpful Votes

Wonderful Cruise, with Some Problems

Nautica

Africa

My wife and I are seasoned cruisers, always at a "luxury level" ie. Regent or Silversea. Due to unexpected health issues we had to change a spring Regent Cruise to the fall. This itinerary stood out but Mariner did ...

Sail Date November 2015

patti7441

2 Reviews Written

1 Helpful Vote

Interesting Experience

Queen Mary 2 (QM2)

Canary Islands

This was our first time on Cunard. We embarked the QM2 in Cape Town which was shambles due to large number os people embarking and a colour blind co-ordinator. We were offered tea, coffee & biscuits but some lunch ...

Sail Date April 2015

GrannyDee

1 Review Written

Wonderful first voyage

Queen Mary 2 (QM2)

Africa

This I think was our one and only voyage so we were lucky it was on QM2 from Cape Town to Southampton. It was fifteen days of luxury. Our cabin 12006 was super, very comfortable and conveniently situated. We could ...

Sail Date April 2015

Timbuktu123

5 Reviews Written

4 Helpful Votes

Cape Town - Hong Kong

Seven Seas Voyager

Africa

What sold us on this cruise: The two features that sold us on this cruise was the itinerary and the all visas would be included. Getting visas to some of the more exotic places is a real challenge, so having that ...

Sail Date December 2014

jamaker

1 Review Written

Indian Ocean Cruise

Nautica

Africa

I just returned from a 30 day cruise from Cape Town to Singapore. I liked the itinerary, but I don't know how they decided what to included and what to skip. I was sorry they skipped Mauritius and the Comoros, I ...

Sail Date January 2014