Take the opportunity to see lions, elephants, and even penguins on one of our spectacular wildlife-watching journeys around the African coast with Crystal Cruises, created in partnership with the Africa experts at Abercrombie & Kent.
Our Featured Crystal Cruises around Africa
TEMA, GHANA to CAPE TOWN
Dec. 14 - 23, 2024 | 9 Nights
CRYSTAL SYMPHONY
Crystal Wellness Retreat Cruise
This Atlantic voyage promises to recharge and reboot weary bodies and minds. Departing Tema in Ghana, spend four days at sea concentrating on holistic wellness, with yoga, meditative spa sessions, art therapy, balanced culinary offerings, and lectures by expert guest speakers.
Highlights: Sail between Tema and Cape Town to call at Walvis Bay, at the edge of the Namib desert with its towering dunes, to see flamingo on the lagoon and kayak with seals. While Boulders Beach on the Western Cape is a rare spot for a close-up view of the endangered African penguin.
Featured optional excursion: Flamingo, Dune & Swakopmund Beer and Gin Tasting.
CAPE TOWN to MAHÉ, SEYCHELLES
Dec. 23, 2024 - Jan. 5, 2025 | 13 Nights
CRYSTAL SYMPHONY
Special Christmas & New Year Holiday Sailing
This cruise from Cape Town to the Seychelles calls at Madagascar, a hothouse of species found nowhere else in the world in the wild, such as the lemur.
This Christmas cruise around the Indian Ocean embarks in Cape Town then ventures to Mossel Bay, at the western end of South Africa's Garden Route. There will be plenty to keep you amused onboard for the following sea day, before reaching East London wildlife-rich savannas, best seen on an Abercrombie Kent safari tour. Sail to Madagascar via two sea days, disembarking in little-visited Taolagnaro, a small town on the island's southeastern tip almost entirely circled by beaches. Ring in 2025 on your way to the island of La Reunion, followed by Mauritius with its dreamy powder sands lapped by clear blue waters. Your journey ends in the Seychelles, at its largest island, Mahe.
Featured optional excursion: Visit Nahampoana Natural Reserve
MAHÉ, SEYCHELLES to CAPE TOWN
Mar. 28 - Apr. 12, 2025 | 15 Nights
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Tick off the Big Five – lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, and African buffalo – on our voyage between the Seychelles and Cape Town. Join optional thrilling game drives to private reserves to spy these magnificent creatures in their natural habitat.
Visits Africa’s beautiful east coast on this two-week cruise. From Mahe visit Kenya’s cosmopolitan capital Mombasa, continue to Zanzibar, with its spice forests, endless sands and historic Swahili trading port of Stone Town. Next, visit Mozambique, with its palm-fringed beaches and reminders of 16th-century colonial days, before you tick off four South African ports – Durban, Port Elizabeth, Mossel Bay, and Cape Town (where you’ll overnight). Here, an option to enjoy a memorable safari experience with Abercrombie Kent.
Featured optional excursion: Kariega Private Game Reserve
CAPE TOWN to TEMA, GHANA
Apr. 12 - 26, 2025 | 14 Nights
CRYSTAL SYMPHONY
Africa's cultural and natural wonders is the theme of this cruise. After an overnight in Cape Town and two sea days, your first stop is Walvis Bay in Namibia, an opportunity for a wildlife-watching extravaganza with Abercrombie Kent. Angola provides the gateway to the Namib desert and a chance to see little-visited Luanda, as well as Africa's smallest country and one of its oldest former colonial settlements, São Tomé. Your final stop in Cotonou, capital of Benin, a modern city where traditions such as animism are still part of daily life.
Featured optional excursion: Boulders Beach Penguins & Kalk Bay at Leisure.
Live your Best Life and take advantage of our Sapphire Suite Upgrade* on selected sailings and do it in style, with sumptuous accommodation and the carefree convenience of complimentary laundry.
Crystal Sapphire Suite Upgrade Offer while space lasts.
Extra value: You will pay the price of an Aquamarine Veranda Suite yet stay in a Sapphire Veranda Suite.
More space: Sapphire Veranda Suites are even more spacious than our generous Aquamarine Veranda Suites.
Complimentary laundry: You will reap the reward of complimentary laundry, one of the benefits of Sapphire Veranda Suites.
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*The Crystal Sapphire Suite Upgrade (“Offer”) is available on select voyages and valid on new bookings made between July 5, 2024, and September 30, 2024. On select voyages, guests booking an Aquamarine Ocean View Suite will be upgraded to a Sapphire Ocean View Suite, and guests booking an Aquamarine Veranda Suite will be upgraded to a Sapphire Veranda Suite, subject to availability at the time of booking. Sapphire Suites and above will receive complimentary laundry comprised of second-day dry cleaning for five pieces plus one bag of free laundry every ten (10) cruise days and free pressing (5 pcs/day). Cancel/re-books are not eligible. Offer is capacity controlled and subject to availability. Offer may not be combined with specific promotions. Offer can be withdrawn anytime. Other restrictions may apply.