Africa Senior Cruises Reviews

Horror Cruise! Norwengian is no longer Norwengian! Since COVID, NCL cruises have deteriorated in an inexplicable way. We are on board the Dawn crossing from Africa to Europe. An outbreak of gastroenteritis on board. Hundreds with diarrhea, including crew. The same ship, on the last cruise before this one, had already been quarantined on the Mauritius Coast with cholera suspected. It seems they ...

Having sailed with a number of different cruise lines sailing with NCL was our worst experience by far. Itinerary: Between booking (March 2023) and sailing: the itinerary promised by NCL when booking last year looked so promising but the numerous changes before the sail date included severely reduced times at ports of call and a completely cancelled port. On querying this prior to ...

Ship old , worn out , rust , curtains with holes , stained carpets and doors ,windows seals broken and obscured , in balcony cabins , public areas . Constantly blocked public toilets , too few staff who were obnoxious , obstructive , worn out , especially in the upper outside bar . Long waits , breakfast in the cafeteria on Sunday , ran out of coffee , milk ,butter , marmalade .Manager ...

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 ...

Our Island Princess Cruise was scheduled with an itinerary from Dubai to the Red Sea / Suez Canal to the Greek Islands to Italy. Due to world events, Princess deleted the itinerary and substituted a new segment from Cape Town to Rome through the eastern Mediterranean. This was our 45th wedding anniversary trip and we had targeted the Greek Isles as a bucket list item to check-off. Princess ...

I have just read the last review relating to the same cruise and I couldn't agree more. We understand that the ship has been in operation for 20 years but there were several occasions as though this was the first time that it had been in service. Disconnection of internal staff communication, poor management of embarkation/immigration procedure, apparent disinterest of some of the senior staff, ...

Never again!-Well this cruise was sold to us on the basis of visiting some exotic and fairly off the beaten track unusual places -we paid for a 12 day cruise with stops in Madagascar and Mozambique.In the end NCL provided a 10 day trip which didn’t stop in either of the two countries above and involved 4 days floating slowly across the Indian Ocean at a speed designed to save them fuel and ...

We chose this cruise because of the interesting itinerary from Mauritius, via Réunion, Madagascar, Mozambique , down the east coast of Africa to Cape Town. Even before we sailed, Mozambique was cut. We were involved in the cholera debacle, being due to board on the 25th Feb, but holed up in Mauritius until the 27th. These things happen, we all know that, but the way NCL handled it was appalling. ...

Our group of 7 family and friends were excited to begin the NCL cruise embarking in Mauritius that we had all been planning months. When we arrived in Mauritius, We received a letter via email saying that the cruise was unable to dock due to health concerns by the port. We were instructed to report at our pre-arranged boarding time to the port. at which time we would receive accommodation until ...

This was our 25th cruise and first on one NCL, chosen only because of the unique itinerary sailing to Madagascar, Mozambique, Reunion, and South Africa from Mauritius. Long story short, our sailing was delayed by 2 days and both Madagascar ports were cut, along with both Mozambique ports months earlier (the day after final payment!). We were promised a prorated refund for the 2 missed days of the ...