Richards Bay South Africa
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Azamara Club Cruises (11 Cruises)
Azamara Onward
11 Cruises
Seabourn Cruise Line (14 Cruises)
Seabourn Quest
14 Cruises
| 5 February | 53 days | One-way from Valparaiso-Santiago to Cape Town |
| 5 February | 53 days | One-way from Valparaiso-Santiago to Cape Town |
Viking Ocean Cruises (4 Cruises)
Frequently Asked Questions
In a vast industrial complex on the Indian Ocean, one of the continent's major coal terminals. The cranes and stockpiles promise nothing scenic, but excursions leave directly from the quay.
For the hinterland, not the town. Richards Bay opens the door to some of the finest game reserves in southern Africa: the rhinos are an hour and a half away by road.
South Africa's oldest game reserve, spread over hills of savanna and acacia woodland. This is where the white rhino was saved from extinction in the 1950s and 1960s, and it remains one of the best places on the continent to see one.
Yes, at Hluhluwe-iMfolozi: lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino, met around the valleys alongside zebra, giraffe, warthog and antelope. As always, nothing is guaranteed; a full-day excursion allows several hours of game driving.
South Africa's first UNESCO World Heritage site, about an hour's drive north: a vast network of lakes, dunes and wetlands visited by more than 500 bird species.
Hippos by the dozen, nostrils and ears breaking the brown water, and Nile crocodiles basking on the banks. It is the classic outing of the call, from the deck of a flat-bottomed boat.
Yes. KwaZulu-Natal is the heart of the Zulu nation and several excursions combine a safari with a cultural village: dancing, beadwork and accounts of the 19th-century wars against the British Empire.
Not much, and it is better to know it: a developed waterfront around the marina, air-conditioned shopping centres, a few patrolled dune-backed beaches and harbour restaurants serving grilled fish and Mozambican prawns. The substance of the call lies inland.
Yes, without hesitation. Places sell out and the distances rule out improvising on the day. Respect the return time strictly as well: the ship will not wait.
A hat, binoculars and neutral-toned clothing. Mornings can be cool in the southern winter, June to August, so an extra layer is never wasted.
