AmaWaterways Launches Africa River Cruise-Safari Program
AmaWaterways is launching a new Africa river cruise and land program with seventeen departures in 2014. Three packages include four-night Chobe River cruises on the 28-passenger Zambezi Queen, which begin in Kasane, Botswana. Guests explore Chobe National Park on drives in the morning and from the river in traditional dugout canoes. Wildlife includes lions, hippos, giraffes and elephants.
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The Zambezi Queen has 14 balcony staterooms and suites measuring from 215 to 300 square feet. The boat has a dining room, lounge, pool and reading room. The top deck is air conditioned, but accommodations have large fans. Wine and beer is included with lunch and dinner.
The cruise includes a visit to a Kasenu village for interaction with the local community, a traditional Boma dinner and an African barbeque on an island in Namibia.
The 16-day “Stars of Africa” package includes three nights in Cape Town, South Africa; three nights in Kruger National Park; one night in Johannesburg; the four-night cruise; and two nights at Victoria Falls. The Cape Town stay includes a full-day wine tasting tour, the Taal Monument and Huguenot Museum, full-day tour to Cape of Good Hope, and a funicular to Table Mountain. The package is priced from $8,995 per person, double, not including international air. Sample air fare from New York is $1,250 for economy; inter-Africa air is available from $1,175. Transfers are included with purchase of international and inter-Africa air.
The 16-day “African Sunsets” package includes three nights in Cape Town, two nights in the Okavango Delta, two nights in the Savute safari area, the river cruise, and two nights at Victoria Falls. Fares start at $10,995 per person, double.
The 19-day “Golden Trails of Africa” package includes one night in Nairobi, two nights in the Amboseli National Park, one night at Lake Manyara National Park, two nights at Ngorongoro National Park, three nights in the Serengeti National Park, the river cruise, and two nights at Victoria Falls. Fares start at $11,995.
There are 17 departures in 2014.
