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South Africa by Sea
Destination:
Africa & Middle East
Countries:
South Africa
Travel Style:
Small Ship Ocean & Adventure Cruises
Departure Dates:
3/20/2009
South Africa is as wild, diverse and dramatic as one can imagine. It is old: 117,000 years ago, Homo sapiens walked through its lagoons; its striated mountain plateaus and elephant populations retain the memories of millennia. And it is young: 15 years after the fall of apartheid, barely a decade into its new multicultural constitution, it is experiencing an amazing Renaissance. Its wines rival those of California and Australia; soon, it will host the World Cup. Aboard Corinthian II, this voyage to South Africa’s stunning, multi-faceted coastal regions begins with the Stellenbosch wine country and the bold Cape Peninsula mountains. We then cruise east, taking in Port Elizabeth’s Victorian architecture, Addo Elephant National Park (its herd numbering over 300) and the expansive acacia woodland of Hluhluwe-Umfolozi National Park, home to rare black rhinos. Humpback whales might be sighted off the bow as we forge through Richards Bay into colorful, cosmopolitan, polyglot Durban.With the dramatic, endlessly changing South African coast before us, Corinthian II provides the ideal means for exploring a nation of such remarkable variety.
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8795.00
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The Route to Distant Islands: The Falklands, South Georgia and Tristan da Cunha on a Voyage from Patagonia to Cape Town
Destination:
Africa & Middle East, Central/South America
Countries:
South Africa, Argentina
Travel Style:
Small Ship Ocean & Adventure Cruises
Departure Dates:
2/28/2009
In 2009, during the southern hemisphere's late summer months, Corinthian II will ply a route utterly unknown to cruise ships of our era: from Cape to Cape, continent to continent, the most southerly point in South America to the most southerly point in Africa.
Occasionally, racing yachts try elements of this course, which was partially explored by James Cook in the 1770s. This voyage encompasses the sub-Antarctic islands of the Falklands, South Georgia and the most remote inhabited island on Earth, the fishing settlement of Tristan da Cunha. A night in Buenos Aires will be travelers’ last experience of the urban world for 20 days, until disembarkation in Cape Town. Rugged, rocky, windswept islands, crowned by tussock grasses and ice-capped peaks, are the congregation points for thousands of penguins, albatross, shearwaters and prions, making them a bird-watcher’s paradise, while whales surface from the deep all along our route.
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Rates from:
9995.00
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From the Cape of Good Hope to Gibraltar: A Grand Voyage Exploring Africas Natural and Cultural Treasures
Destination:
Africa & Middle East
Countries:
South Africa, Senegal, Morocco
Travel Style:
Small Ship Ocean & Adventure Cruises
Departure Dates:
3/31/2009
Following in the wake of the early explorers and along the route of prosperous merchant ships of the 18th and 19th centuries, Corinthian II will ply a remarkable course that encompasses the grand scope of Africa, as we traverse the length of its Atlantic coast. It is an astonishingly rare itinerary, calling at ports and exploring destinations largely unknown to travelers.
Embarking in Cape Town, the bustling port city that was founded near the landmark Cape of Good Hope, we will explore practically every country along Africa’s west coast: South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe, Cameroon, Benin, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Mauritania, and Morocco, before the ship arrives at the Rock of Gibraltar, another of the world’s great sea landmarks, ending the voyage in historic Seville. It is an unprecedented opportunity to observe the differences in ancient cultures and tribal customs, landscape, and animal life, from the towering dunes of Namibia, to the remarkable wildlife of Gabon’s rain forests; from the markets of Ghana and Senegal, to the medinas of Morocco. Our voyage presents a richly kaleidoscopic, lushly complex experience of a continent that defies description. Join us for a once-in-a-lifetime travel experience.
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Rates from:
23995.00
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