SOUTH & EAST AFRICA CRUISE/LAND TOUR (26 Days)!

September 22nd, to October 17th, 2002, 18 days on the “MS Prinsendam”*

Sunday, September 22nd :                 Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA  (11:15pm)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Monday, September 23rd: Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA (Touring Day)

Tuesday, September 24th:                Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA (Touring Day)

Wednesday, September 25th: Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA (2pm Embark)

Thursday, September 26th: Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA  (Touring Day)

Friday, September 27th: Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA  (1pm Sailing)

Saturday, September 28th: At Sea (South Atlantic Ocean)

Sunday, September 29th: Durban, SOUTH AFRICA

Monday, September 30th: Richards Bay (Zululand), SOUTH AFRICA

Tuesday, October 1st: At Sea (Indian Ocean)

Wednesday, October 2nd: At Sea (Indian Ocean)

Thursday, October 3rd: At Sea (Indian Ocean)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Friday, October 4th: La Possession, REUNION (French)

Saturday, October 5th: Port Louis, REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS

Sunday, October 6th: At Sea (Indian Ocean) – Isle de Tromelin

Monday, October 7th: At Sea (Indian Ocean)

Tuesday, October 8th: Nosy-Be, REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR

Wednesday, October 9th: Moroni, REPUBLIC OF COMOROS

Thursday, October 10th: At Sea (Indian Ocean

Friday, October 11th: Zanzibar, TANZANIA

Saturday, October 12th: Mombassa, KENYA

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Sunday, October 13th: Mombassa - Masai Mara (Safari), KENYA 

Monday, October 14th: Masai Mara (Safari), KENYA

Tuesday, October 15th: Masai Mara (Safari), KENYA

Wednesday, October 16th: Masai Mara  - Nairobi, KENYA

Thursday, October 17th: Nairobi, KENYA (Flight Newark via Zurich)

On Saturday, September 21st, we took a Continental flight from Newark at 5:55pm, arriving in Zurich at 7:45am, Sunday, the 22nd.  At 9:50am, we flew from Zurich to Johannesburg on Swiss Air, arriving at 8:00pm.  At 9:05pm, we flew from Johannesburg to Cape Town on South African Airways, arriving on Sunday evening, the 22nd.   We were in Cape Town for six days, three nights at the luxury Radisson Hotel Waterfront Hotel at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront (Granger Bay) and two nights aboard ship, before the ship sailed on September 27th.    Note: Had to clear customs with our baggage in Johannesburg and check-in for our flight to Cape Town.

  Before our return trip, we were in Kenya for six days, one night aboard ship in Mombassa, three nights in the Masai Mara at the Intrepids Safari Camp, and one night in the Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi. **Twin-engine Flight from Mombassa to Intrepids Safari Camp in the Mara (2-hour flight), and a 45-minute single engine flight from Masai Mara to Nairobi (Wilson Airport).   We flew back from Nairobi to the United States on Thursday, October 17th at 11:15am on Swiss Air to Zurich (overnight hotel in Zurich-Sheraton Arabella Atlantis), and finally on the 18th, an 11:15 AM flight on Continental arriving in Newark on Friday, October 18th, at 2:00pm.

! Not counting travel days

*Formerly the Seabourn Sun, originally the Royal Viking Sun (38,000 tons, 794 passengers), built in 1988, and refurbished in 1994, and again in the spring of 2002.  Holland America Line’s maiden voyage for their new and intimate upscale ship is June, 2002.  One continent, six countries, and the island of Reunion, a French dependency.  Booked on March 4, 2002, in Cabin 30, (Verandah deck with Private Verandah-432 Sq Ft), Mid-ship forward and Port side.  Through Cathy Lowe of Golden Age Travel in San Francisco.  Upgrade given two weeks prior.