The MSC Opera will set sail for South Africa later this month.
The ship will depart Genoa, Italy on October 25 and commence its 17-night voyage to South Africa for the start of the local summer cruise season.
It will visit six ports of call including Villefranche-sur-Mer in France, Valencia in Spain, Casablanca and Agadir in Morocco, Dakar in Senegal and Walvis Bay in Namibia before docking in Cape Town on November 11.
The MSC Opera will then conduct its first local cruise, following the South African coastline for Durban with a stop en-route at Port Elizabeth.
MSC Sinfonia departs Italy on November 11, offering a 19-night southbound voyage via Marseille, Barcelona, Lisbon, Funchal, Mindelo and Walvis Bay, before arriving in Cape Town on November 30.
In addition to cruises to Mozambique and the Cape, some of the highlighted itinerary changes for the new season include a 12-night New Year cruise on board MSC Sinfonia and a series of new seven-night itineraries visiting Portuguese Island in Mozambique, the fishing village of Anakao and Fort Dauphin both in Madagascar.
