Azamara Onward — 51-Night Africa Cruise from Cape Town

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51-Night Africa Cruise from Cape Town

51 nights · Africa · 36 ports of call

51-night Africa cruise aboard Azamara Onward, departing Cape Town and calling at Lüderitz, Walvis Bay, Saint-Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador, Praia, Santiago Island, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Arrecife, Lanzarote and 29 more.

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Ship: Azamara Onward
Cruise line: Azamara
Duration: 51 nights
Region: Africa
Departs: Cape Town
Returns: Piraeus

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Where this voyage takes you

Voyage route — calls shown in order; map is schematic.

Day-by-day itinerary

Day
1
- Cape Town
  Depart 20:00
  South Africa's coastal city beneath the flat summit of Table Mountain, where the Atlantic meets the approaches to the Cape of Good Hope. The harbourfront, Robben Island and the Cape winelands lie within easy reach of the cruise terminal.
  - Table Mountain
  - Robben Island
  - Cape winelands
Day
2
At sea
Day
3
- Lüderitz
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 16:00
Day
4
- Walvis Bay
  Arrive 11:00 · Depart 20:00
  A deep-water port on Namibia's Atlantic coast, set between the dunes of the Namib Desert and a lagoon rich in flamingos and pelicans. A former German colonial town, it is the gateway to Sandwich Harbour and the towering dunes around Swakopmund.
  - lagoon flamingos
  - Dune 7
  - Sandwich Harbour
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5
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7
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8
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9
- Saint-Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
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10
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11
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12
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13
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15
- Praia, Santiago Island
  Arrive 09:00 · Depart 17:00
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16
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Day
18
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  Arrive 06:00 · Depart 06:00
  The largest city of the Canary Islands, on Gran Canaria off the African coast. A long city beach curves beside the port, and the historic Vegueta quarter holds the cathedral and the house where Columbus is said to have stayed.
  - Las Canteras Beach
  - Vegueta quarter
  - Columbus House
Day
19
- Arrecife, Lanzarote
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
  The port and capital of Lanzarote in Spain's Canary Islands, a low-rise town of white houses on a volcanic Atlantic island. Inland lie the lava fields of Timanfaya National Park and the cave and cactus works of the artist César Manrique.
  - Timanfaya National Park
  - Jameos del Agua
  - Charco de San Ginés
Day
20
- Agadir
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 14:00
  A modern resort city on Morocco's Atlantic coast, rebuilt after a 1960 earthquake around a long crescent of beach. The hillside kasbah ruins overlook the bay, and the port is a base for trips to the Souss valley's argan groves and the foothills of the Anti-Atlas.
  - Agadir Beach
  - Kasbah ruins
  - argan groves
Day
21
- Casablanca
  Arrive 09:00 · Depart 22:00
  Morocco's largest city and main port on the Atlantic coast, a mix of art-deco boulevards and Moorish design. The vast Hassan II Mosque rises beside the ocean, and the imperial city of Marrakech lies inland by road or rail.
  - Hassan II Mosque
  - Old Medina
  - Gateway to Marrakech
Day
22
- Gibraltar
  Arrive 13:00 · Depart 22:00
  A British territory at the southern tip of Spain, dominated by its towering limestone Rock. Cable cars climb to the summit, home to Europe's only wild monkeys, with sweeping views across the strait toward the coast of Africa.
  - The Rock
  - Barbary macaques
  - St. Michael's Cave
Day
23
- Málaga
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 22:00
  A port city on Spain's Costa del Sol and the birthplace of Picasso. Cruise ships berth near the centre, where a hilltop Moorish fortress, the cathedral and the Picasso Museum sit close to broad city beaches and fried-fish chiringuitos.
  - Alcazaba fortress
  - Picasso Museum
  - Costa del Sol beaches
Day
24
At sea
Day
25
- Barcelona
  Arrive 06:00 · Depart 06:00
  Catalonia's seafront capital and one of the Mediterranean's busiest cruise homeports. Gaudí's Sagrada Família and Park Güell crown the city, while the tree-lined Ramblas and the Gothic Quarter's medieval lanes lie a short ride from the terminal.
  - Sagrada Família
  - La Rambla
  - Gothic Quarter
Day
26
- Marseille
  Arrive 09:30 · Depart 20:00
  France's oldest city and biggest Mediterranean port, set around the old harbour of the Vieux-Port. The hilltop basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde watches over the bay, with the Calanques inlets and bouillabaisse stalls a short way off.
  - Vieux-Port
  - Notre-Dame de la Garde
  - Calanques
Day
27
- Villefranche-sur-Mer
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 22:00
  A deep-water bay on the French Riviera between Nice and Monaco, framed by steep pastel hillsides. The sheltered harbour is a classic tender anchorage, with a baroque old town behind the waterfront and easy connections along the coast to Nice and Monte Carlo.
  - Old town
  - Riviera coast
  - Nice & Monaco access
Day
28
- La Spezia
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 20:00
  A port at the head of a gulf on Italy's Ligurian coast, the gateway to the Cinque Terre and Tuscany. La Spezia is known for its naval harbour and waterfront gardens, with the five cliffside fishing villages and the marble city of Carrara nearby.
  - Cinque Terre
  - Portovenere
  - Carrara marble
Day
29
- Livorno
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 22:00
  A Tuscan port on the Ligurian Sea and the gateway to Florence and Pisa. Ships dock here for excursions to Renaissance galleries and the Leaning Tower, while Livorno itself is known for its canal district and a seafood stew called cacciucco.
  - Gateway to Florence
  - Pisa excursions
  - Venezia Nuova canals
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30
At sea
Day
31
- Porto Santo Stefano
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  A fishing town and harbour on Tuscany's Monte Argentario promontory, looking across to the island of Giglio. Seafood restaurants line the waterfront, and the sandbars of the Orbetello lagoon and Maremma coast lie close by.
  - Argentario coast
  - Giglio ferry
  - Orbetello lagoon
Day
32
- Civitavecchia
  Arrive 06:00 · Depart 06:00
  The deep-water port serving Rome, roughly 80 kilometres up the coast. Ships dock here for shore excursions to the Colosseum, the Vatican and the Roman Forum, while the town itself keeps a working harbour and a Michelangelo-designed fortress.
  - Gateway to Rome
  - Fort Michelangelo
  - Vatican excursions
Day
33
- Sorrento
  Arrive 09:00 · Depart 22:00
  A clifftop town on Italy's Bay of Naples, perched above the sea facing Vesuvius. Sorrento is known for its lemon groves and limoncello, a tangle of narrow shopping lanes, and its role as a base for Capri, Pompeii, and the Amalfi Coast.
  - Marina Grande
  - Lemon groves
  - Piazza Tasso
Day
34
- Amalfi
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 20:00
  A cliff-clinging town on Italy's Amalfi Coast, once a powerful maritime republic. Its tiered houses rise from a small harbour to the striped facade of the Cathedral of St. Andrew, with lemon terraces and the scenic coast road threading along the shore.
  - Amalfi Cathedral
  - Lemon terraces
  - Coast road drive
Day
35
- Siracusa, Sicily
  Arrive 13:00 · Depart 22:00
Day
36
- Valletta
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 22:00
  Malta's fortified harbour capital, built by the Knights of St. John on a peninsula between two deep ports. Honey-coloured limestone defines St. John's Co-Cathedral, the Grand Master's Palace and the bastions overlooking the Grand Harbour.
  - Grand Harbour
  - St. John's Co-Cathedral
  - Upper Barrakka Gardens
Day
37
At sea
Day
38
- Kotor
  Arrive 09:30 · Depart 20:00
  A walled medieval town at the head of the Bay of Kotor, a fjord-like inlet of the Adriatic ringed by steep mountains. Ships anchor below the old town, whose stone lanes and ramparts climb toward the fortress of San Giovanni.
  - Bay of Kotor
  - Old town walls
  - San Giovanni fortress
Day
39
- Split
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 18:00
  A Croatian port on the Dalmatian coast, built quite literally inside the walls of a Roman emperor's retirement palace. Diocletian's Palace still forms the living old town, its cellars and courtyards woven through with cafes, shops and the cathedral.
  - Diocletian's Palace
  - Riva promenade
  - Marjan Hill
Day
40
- Koper
  Arrive 09:00 · Depart 22:00
  Slovenia's main port, a compact medieval town on the Adriatic with strong Venetian roots. Its Tito Square and bell tower recall centuries under Venice, and it sits within easy reach of Ljubljana, the Postojna caves and the Istrian coast.
  - Tito Square
  - Venetian old town
  - Postojna Cave
Day
41
- Venice
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 08:00
  A city built across more than a hundred islands in a lagoon on the Adriatic, threaded by canals instead of streets. Venice is known for St. Mark's Basilica and its piazza, the Grand Canal and Rialto Bridge, and the glass workshops of Murano nearby.
  - St. Mark's Square
  - Grand Canal
  - Rialto Bridge
Day
42
At sea
Day
43
- Rovinj
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 14:00
  A fishing town on the western coast of Croatia's Istrian peninsula, its old quarter set on a former island in the Adriatic. Pastel houses rise to the hilltop bell tower of St. Euphemia's church, while cobbled lanes and a cluster of nearby islets give it an Italianate air.
  - St. Euphemia's church
  - old town lanes
  - Istrian coast
Day
44
- Dubrovnik
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 21:00
  A walled city on Croatia's Dalmatian coast, its limestone old town wrapped in sea-facing ramparts above the Adriatic. Ships call here for the marble main street of Stradun, the circuit of the city walls and the cable car to Mount Srđ.
  - City walls
  - Stradun
  - Mount Srđ cable car
Day
45
- Corfu
  Arrive 13:00 · Depart 22:00
  An Ionian island off Greece's northwest coast, greener and more Venetian-feeling than the Aegean isles. Ships call at its old town, a UNESCO-listed warren of Italianate streets between two hilltop fortresses, with pebbly coves around the shore.
  - Old Fortress
  - Liston arcade
  - Ionian coves
Day
46
- Kefalonia (Argostoli), Greece
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 16:00
Day
47
- Monemvasía
  Arrive 09:30 · Depart 20:00
  A fortified medieval town clinging to a tied island off the southeastern Peloponnese in Greece. A causeway links it to a lower town of Byzantine churches and stone lanes, with a ruined upper citadel crowning the rock above the Aegean.
  - Lower town
  - Byzantine churches
  - Upper fortress
Day
48
- Santorini
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 20:00
  The crescent rim of a flooded volcanic caldera in the Greek Cyclades, its whitewashed villages strung along cliffs high above the sea. Fira and Oia draw crowds for sunset views, while the caldera's dark beaches and the ancient site of Akrotiri lie below.
  - Oia sunset
  - Fira town
  - Caldera cliffs
Day
49
- Rhodes
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 22:00
  The largest of Greece's Dodecanese islands, off the Turkish coast, with one of Europe's best-preserved medieval walled towns. The Old Town keeps the cobbled Street of the Knights and the Palace of the Grand Master, while Lindos and its acropolis lie down the coast.
  - Medieval Old Town
  - Palace of the Grand Master
  - Lindos Acropolis
Day
50
- Bodrum
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 20:00
  A resort town on Turkey's southwest Aegean coast, set on a twin bay beneath the Castle of St. Peter, built by the Knights of St. John. The site of the ancient Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, it is now known for its marina, whitewashed lanes, and nightlife.
  - Bodrum Castle
  - Mausoleum ruins
  - Marina waterfront
Day
51
- Syros
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
Day
52
- Piraeus
  Arrive 05:00
  The ancient harbour of Athens and Greece's principal cruise port. Ferries fan out to the Aegean islands from its quays, while the Acropolis, the Plaka district and the National Archaeological Museum sit a short metro ride inland.
  - Gateway to Athens
  - Acropolis
  - Aegean ferries

Upcoming departures

9 May 2028

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51-Night Africa Cruise from Cape Town FAQ

Which ports does this cruise visit?

This 51-night Africa cruise calls at Cape Town, Lüderitz, Walvis Bay, Saint-Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador, Praia, Santiago Island, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arrecife, Lanzarote, Agadir, Casablanca, Gibraltar, Málaga, Barcelona, Marseille, Villefranche-sur-Mer, La Spezia, Livorno, Porto Santo Stefano, Civitavecchia, Sorrento, Amalfi, Siracusa, Sicily, Valletta, Kotor, Split, Koper, Venice, Rovinj, Dubrovnik, Corfu, Kefalonia (Argostoli), Greece, Monemvasía, Santorini, Rhodes, Bodrum, Syros and Piraeus.

How many days are spent at sea?

16 days are spent at sea; the rest are in port.

Where does this cruise depart from?

It departs from Cape Town and ends in Piraeus.

How long is this cruise?

51 nights aboard Azamara Onward.

When does this itinerary sail?

Upcoming departures include 9 May 2028. A NestCruise advisor can confirm current availability.

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