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All on board… for the summer cruise season By Stef Terblanche 76 |ISSUE 16|www.mzanzitravel.co.za | MZANZITRAVEL
Sea Travel It’s summer, which means it’s cruise season along South Africa’s 2,800km-long coastline and onwards to Namibia, Mozambique and the Indian Ocean islands beyond. So, for the ultimate getaway this summer, get on board any one of a number of fabulous cruise ships for an unforgettable experience. If you have never before experienced the let-your-hair-down, nonstop-fun-in-the-sun treat of a cruise on board a giant floating 5-star hotel, this summer may be the time to do so. A number of cruise ship companies each year send a number of their ships this way for the South African summer cruise season. This season they will offer dozens of different cruise packages providing thousands of tourists with the opportunity to enjoy a holiday option that has become one of the most popular in the world. The South African cruise ship season runs from November until April. As part of the local tourism sector, the demand for cruise ship holidays has grown in leaps and bounds, in line with the cruise sector’s phenomenal growth worldwide. So popular has this become with South Africans that the brand-new Durban Cruise Port Terminal costing more than R200-million is currently being built. It is scheduled to open in 2021. The Port of Cape Town already upgraded its passenger ship terminal in 2017, with most ships now docking at this terminal in the world-famous V&A Waterfront section. Floating hotels These giant multi-storied floating hotels with their multiple decks, swimming pools, restaurants, nightclubs, bars, deck games, theatres, boutiques, non-stop entertainment and staff that cater for your every whim, are criss-crossing the oceans with stops at the most exotic locations. And that will be their mission in local waters too this summer. During the local season the ports of Cape Town and Durban serve as home ports for a number of cruise ships that offer cruise packages ranging from three to fourteen nights. These can take you anywhere from going on a trip to nowhere (out to the middle of the ocean and back), or just up the coast to the next port of call. Alternatively you can travel all along the South African coast to the Namibian ports of Luderitz and Walvis Bay, or up along the Mozambican coast visiting various little islands, or across to the islands of Madagascar, Reunion, Seychelles or Mauritius. There are also much longer cruises that go, for instance, all the way to Croatia. To give you an idea of its popularity, the Port of Cape Town was host to 22 passenger liners this past season, while Durban and Port Elizabeth both welcomed 15, Richards Bay and East London had seven each, and Mossel Bay had four visiting cruise ships. For this 2019/2020 season, some 30 vessels are expected to make 49 stops in Cape Town, with even more ships scheduled for the following season. Gone are the early days of cruise ship tours in South African waters when the ships were generally old and tatty, and sometimes not so safe, as the sinking of the Greek-owned Oceanos in 1991 and the Itialian-owned Achille Lauro in 1994 attested. Being 39 and 48 years SCAN & SHARE ONLINE MZANZITRAVEL| www.mzanzitravel.co.za|ISSUE 16 | 77
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