Cape Town to Africa Norwegian Cruise Reviews

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Out of 20 cruises this was by far the worst

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Warden236
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Booked through Iglu cruises who were good 3 days in Cape Town far outwayed our expectations- fantastic stay ….Then we got on the ship . Should have stayed in Cape Town. Boat is shabby . We had a restricted view cabin on deck 8 . When I say restricted- couldn’t see anything but life boat . Layout of cabin awful . You couldn’t get to one side of bed which had its head below windows . Very ...
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Sail Date: March 2024


Enjoyable cruise despite too many itinerary changes & less time in ports!

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Rishigudka
10+ Cruises • Age 40s

We booked this 12 day cruise to South Africa & Namibia when we found out our Israel/Egypt cruise with Celebrity wouldn't be going ahead due to the political situation there. When we booked we were going to spend only 3 days at sea with long port days in most of the ports of call including 2 full days in Namibia. Due to several itinerary changes including the last change being only a week ...
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Sail Date: March 2024

Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Balcony


Organised chaos

Review for a Africa Cruise on Norwegian Dawn

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6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

Chose this cruise because of the itinerary ie. South Africa and Namibia. From day 1 the writing was on the wall. I will start with the good points and there aren’t many. Food-In general this was very good. Good quality and good selection. Food in Aqua and the Venetian was as good if not better than we have had on other cruises. Staff-In line with all other cruise lines stewards, waiters, bar ...
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Sail Date: February 2024


NCL let us down in Africa and Madagascar

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RogersCruising
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

We've used Norwegian for all our cruises and after this one we hit the Platinum level Latitudes. We've experienced some amazing things cruising with NCL, but this cruise has been awful. Only two redeeming things we've had in 12 days. The first was a dinner at their new Mexican restaurant Los Lobos Cantina. The food was excellent, the service was exceptional. We also always book the Mandara Spa ...
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Sail Date: February 2024

Traveled with disabled person


Most disapointing cruise ever

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Tommy.mo
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

We booked the cruise 9 month in advace with great ports in mosambik and madagaskar. A few month later mosambik was canceld and the intresting ports in madagaskar where changed into boring ports. Then where a big pricedrop. Norwegian ignored our complaints. Altough the where about 50 cabins empty, no possibility to get an upgrade. The water and coffee on board tasted terrible and although ...
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Sail Date: February 2024


An absolute mess.

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Mogcruiser
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Most cruisers will have heard of the old French nautical Term "Force Majeure" used by Global shipping company's and insrurance institutions across the World, This description in most cases used to declare "an act of God" or "Inevitable accident" at sea. NCL have taken this title to a next level encompassing anything that goes wrong on board their vessels or extremley bad management or both. I am ...
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Sail Date: February 2024


Worst cruise ever

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Tpastuch
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We chose this cruise for it’s itinerary, even though Mozambique was removed late last year, and an interesting Madagascar port was replaced by two stops in the north of the island which at best could be described as terrible! The South Africa stops were great, Nosy Be and Antsinerara below average due to the Shore Excursion team not explaining the shocking travel arrangements on both, we did not ...
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Sail Date: February 2024


Worst ever cruise - NCL turned our dream vacation into a nightmare!

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Tamoo
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

I had always wanted to return to South Africa since living there as a child. For our retirement we planned a dream vacation that began in Cape Town, picked up the NCL Dawn for a 12 night cruise and should have culminated in a 4 day stay in Mauritius, but as a result of the authorities suspecting a cholera outbreak on board we missed out on our Mauritius stay. I have cruised for over 40 years ...
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Sail Date: February 2024

Cabin Type: Oceanview Picture Window


Dream Cruise Turns to Nightmare

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janetatchley
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

Myself & 12 other female friends booked this cruise a year in advance because of the amazing destination. First disappointment the Mozembique port got cancelled months prior to the cruise sailing. But this happens on cruises & it was still a good itinerary. Departure time arrived with much anticipation on our part. After unbelievably long flights (which we were aware of) just not ...
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Sail Date: February 2024

Cabin Type: Garden Villa


South-Africa with the NCL Dawn, good but with sloppiness

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ciffie0409
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

This was the second time on the Norwegian Dawn. First time was not a long time ago, in July 2023, cruise to the UK/Ireland and Scotland. The worst cruise ever! But as we were so dissatisfied of this cruise, we received money back and a voucher of 25% for next cruise. As this cruise to SouthAfrica is very expensive, it was a great moment to use the money and voucher. And fortunately, the flights ...
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Sail Date: February 2024

Cabin Type: Family Suite


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