The Western Cape, South Africa’s tourism hub and home to one of its legislative capitals, Cape Town, has cemented its position as Africa’s leading cruise destination following a record-breaking 2024/25 season.
Princess Cruises has confirmed a significant itinerary revision for Crown Princess after the ship encountered severe weather off South Africa while attempting to reach Cape Town.
Africa is on the verge of a cruise tourism breakthrough, with international operators like MSC Cruises positioning the continent as a major growth frontier.
South Africa is set for a record 2025/26 cruise season, with 22 ships scheduled to make 89 calls as Cape Town cements its role as a key turnaround port for global repositioning […]
MSC Cruises has announced that MSC Opera will operate year-round in the South Caribbean beginning in winter 2026/27 through summer 2027, which suggests her upcoming 2025/26 summer cruise season in South Africa […]
MSC Cruises has launched a special promotion for the upcoming 2025/26 cruise season out of Durban, offering guests 50% off the second passenger on select sailings aboard MSC Opera.
South African travellers are no longer choosing between local and international cruises—they’re increasingly doing both, according to Antoinette Turner, General Manager at Flight Centre South Africa.
MSC Cruises has announced two additions to the upcoming 2025/26 South African cruise season out of Durban and Cape Town, with expanded itineraries and a new destination in Mayotte in the Mozambique […]
The cruise liner Queen Anne, the newest ship in the Cunard Line fleet, has called in Durban for the first time, marking her maiden call at any South African port.
MSC Cruises has confirmed MSC Opera for the upcoming 2025/26 South African cruise season, sailing roundtrip itineraries from both Durban and Cape Town between November and March.
MSC Musica’s recent 2,000 roundtrip nautical mile voyage from Durban to Marion Island almost halfway to Antarctica raised €500,000 (R9.5 million) for the nonprofit BirdLife South Africa, according to a press release.
MSC Cruises has confirmed that a passenger died aboard MSC Musica during her most recent cruise out of Durban, South Africa, to Portuguese Island, Mozambique, according to The Citizen.
Durban’s cruise sector and wider tourism industry experienced a resurgence during the 2024/25 festive season, with hotel occupancy rates between 80% and 100%, and cruise passengers numbers that exceeded last year.
South Africans are increasingly turning to cruising as a favoured holiday choice, especially families and couples, according to Sue Garrett, General Manager of Supply, Pricing, and Marketing at Flight Centre Travel Group […]
MSC Musica has arrived in Durban, signalling the start of the 2024/2025 cruise season, with her first departure of the season scheduled for Friday.
MSC Cruises newest ship MSC Euribia has docked in Durban at the new Nelson Mandela Cruise Terminal on her repositioning voyage from Europe to the Middle East, where she’ll spend the winter […]
MSC Cruises has confirmed MSC Opera will homeport in Durban and Cape Town for the 2025/26 winter cruise season in South Africa, replacing MSC Musica which has been deployed to the country […]
The S.S. Tilawa Foundation, in collaboration with Tilawa 1942, will commemorate the 1942 loss of the passenger liner in Durban for the first time on November 23rd, 2024.
MSC Cruises will enhance the embarkation experience aboard its popular ship, MSC Musica, with the introduction of the MSC Privé Lounge at Durban’s Nelson Mandela Cruise Terminal this coming cruise season.
Ross Volk, Managing Director of MSC Cruises South Africa, has called for a national indaba to address the key challenges facing South Africa’s cruise industry and unlock its full economic potential.
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