Africa

An African voyage is synonymous with the extraordinarily diverse wildlife native to this unique continent. A cruise to South Africa or Walvis Bay in Namibia may offer you the opportunity to go on Safari to see the Big Five African game; lions, leopards, rhinoceros, elephants and Cape buffalo - but there is such variety of animals to see here, it is a nature-lovers delight

Cruises to Africa cannot avoid the weight of history, stretching back to the start of recorded history and of human civilisation itself. Egypt is the most prominent, with the tombs of the Pharaohs, pyramids and monuments to dynasties which ruled over 3,000 years before the birth of Christ. In South Africa, more recent history makes itself felt where you can visit Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned; in other parts of Africa visitors can see everlasting remnants of the evils of the slave trade.

On the east coast where the waters of the Indian Ocean are warmer, there are some out and return cruises from ports like Mombasa and Cape Town visiting the islands of the Indian Ocean. Madagascar offers wonderful wildlife while islands like Mauritius and French Reunion provide beautiful beaches, mountainous scenery and great snorkelling.