Interesting Speakers and Land Adventures

Here's the line-up of guest lecturers and speakers for the World Cruise 2015.

Click here for the profiles and tour segments > Twelve Renown Guest Speakers on your cruise.

While you're in the Area, you may as well choose one of these 17 short land trips:

Click here for the descriptions > Land adventures along the way These are 1-5 night land-stay trips. You'll rejoin the ship at the next destination. Prices are to be sent to me for our review.  These adventures require a minimum number of participates to operate.  Once made, reservations are non-refundable if cancelled within 90 days of the voyage.

* Reservations begin 7 October for the Over Water stay in French Polynesia.

* There are two Australian adventures with a decision date of 1 November.

* The Bali to Java escapade requires reservations by 14 November.

* There are two Vietnam and two Thailand adventures with decision dates of 25 November.

* Another Thailand departure leaves for the Taj Mahal and Jaipur.  Even though it sounds enticing, please note this journey is 4 nights each in 4 different hotels, and drives as long as 3-3.5 hours utilizing local transportation, plus inter-country flights of 1.5 and 4.5 hours.  Reservations required by 6 December.

* There are 4 adventures in Kenya, so you will want to review the safaris.  Reservations close on 6 December.

* Finally, there are 4 South Africa adventures with reservations required by 23 December.

First Safari:
Look closely at the 1 night Phinda Private Game Reserve with luxury stay at Forest Lodge.  There are 16 glass-enclosed separate guest suites.  Here is the main lobby.

This is a Forest Lodge suite:

Second Choice:  The 2 day Pumba Private Reserve safari begins with a 3 hour drive to the Safari Lodge. Both nights' accommodations are at the Pumba Water Lodge. At the journey's end, you travel 2 hours to the airport at Port Elizabeth, take an 80 minute flight then a one hour drive to rejoin the ship near Cape Town.

Pumba Water Lodge

Third Choice for South Africa: 

This is the Escape to Etosha adventure in Namibia (you know the country where Brad & Angelina stay) which departs from Cape Town by a 2 hour private charter and stays 2 nights/3 days at the Onguma Safari Camp, aka The Fort due to the architecture style.  Return to meet the ship is also a charter flight.

4th Choice: Gorillas in South Africa is the final offering.  It is a longer land getaway at 6 days/5 nights beginning with a flight from Cape Town to Entebbe via Johannesburg.  The first and last nights are spent at the Lake Victoria Serena Resort, with the middle 3 nights at Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp in a luxury tent with en suite bath.

Over half of the 600 mountain gorillas are found here and this could be an incredible experience if you select this adventure.  Two flights with a change of planes met by a Silversea representative to assist you return you to the ship.

Lake Victoria Serena Resort photos:

Sanctuary Forest Gorilla Camp (ranked #1 by Trip Advisor)




Guests for dinner?




On this adventure once the gorillas are located, you are allowed to spend one hour with them before departing. The time for the guide to locate the group can vary from 1-9 hours, so it could be a long 2 days.

For all the details, see the link below at Silversea.

Click here > More on the land adventures at this Silversea link