G Adventures has extended the itinerary for its 2014 voyage up the coast of West Africa on its expedition vessel, MS Expedition. Passengers will now journey to 16 ports in 14 countries, including the new ports of Dakhla in Western Sahara, Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands and Agadir in Morocco.
The West African itinerary operated for the first time in April this year and its popularity has led to G Adventures extending the trip and selling it as a single-adventure cruising itinerary, whereas previously it had been broken in two sectors.
The MS Expedition West Africa Cruise is now a 32-day trip from Cape Town to Marrakech and is priced from $16 999 (R167 593) per person, departing April 6, 2014. It includes 29 nights aboard the MS Expedition, all meals on-board ship, two hotel nights with breakfast (Cape Town and Marrakech), airport transfers, shore excursions and sightseeing per the itinerary, lectures and wine tastings, and zodiac excursions with G Adventures’ expedition team.
The 2014 West Africa Cruise visits South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Congo, Sao Tome & Principe, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Senegal, Western Sahara, the Canary Islands and Morocco.
Rich Heller, marine product manager, G Adventures, says the trip is rich in local cultural experiences and on-board activities that link back to the destinations visited.
“We spend our days visiting local communities, villages and markets, engaging with locals and children as they go about their day-to-days life. Then back on the ship we have historians, a wine sommelier, natural history experts and painters so the learning experience continues at sea,” he says.
