Chris Owen Has Just Posted the Following:


Trying to find a cruise to South Africa can be a daunting task.# Travel agents often recommend, “skip the cruise idea, go on safari” as their go-to reply for inquiring cruise clients.# A best bet in the past on major cruise lines was a segment on a world cruise or a few Princess Cruises sailings that fill quickly.# Now, after a successful summer cruising season, MSC Starlight Cruises says it will boost capacity on local sailings to record levels with the introduction of its 1700-passenger MSC Opera during the 2012/13 summer season.
Identifying cruising as the fastest growing sector of the travel industry worldwide and in South Africa, Head of Marketing, Allan Foggitt, said: “The decision to send both MSC Opera and MSC Sinfonia to South Africa for the upcoming 2012/2013 season shows the level of commitment MSC Cruises has to the South African market. We will continue to invest in the destinations and the development of port infrastructure to continuously improve the product and the guests’ overall experience.”

  • MSC Opera is slated to arrive in Cape Town on#November 19 and will operate out of Durban from November 22 until early March 2013, taking over the Mozambique three- and four-night cruises from MSC Sinfonia.
  • MSC Sinfonia will arrive in Cape Town on November 28 and operate cruises to Mossel Bay, Hermanus, Walvis Bay, Luderitz and a new, 11-night roundtrip cruise to Walvis Bay and St Helena.


Flickr photo by y Dr. Warner
Related articles





Click here to view the article.