Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

19-Night Cape Town to Dakar Cruise Adventure

Silversea · Silver Dawn · from Cape Town

$18,100 per person · next sails Apr 11, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Cape Town (CPT)

Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.

Open-jaw · fly into CPT, home from DKR · $2,424 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Cape Town

Fly in at least a day early — every seasoned cruiser does, so a delay never costs you the ship. Here’s what’s worth that day, within reach of your port — not just the city you fly into.

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Robben Island Museum

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Hermanus Whale Watching Tour

Your voyage · 19 nights, day by day

Day by day — the unforgettable thing at every port

Your whole sailing in order: the day you board, every port it calls — each with the single bucket-list experience there and the operator who runs it — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Cape Town Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
★ Table Mountain — how to make it yours →
Day 3
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 4
Kolmanskop Ghost Town · $360 for two with Kolmanskuppe (Official Ghost Town)how to make it yours →
Days 5–6
Walvis Bayport guide →
Sandwich Harbour 4x4 · $204 for two with Alter Action Sandwich Harbour Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Days 7–8
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 9
Kissama · $300 for two with Angola Travel & Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Days 10–12
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 13
Tema (Accra)port guide →
Cape Coast Castle, Elmina & Kakum Canopy Walk · $560 for two with Travel Time Africahow to make it yours → ·
Day 14
Cape Coast & Elmina Castles · $540 for two with Viator – Private Takoradi Castles Shore Excursion (local operator-led)how to make it yours → ·
Day 15
Yamoussoukro · $560 for two with Ashanti African Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Days 16–18
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 19
Kunta Kinteh Island · $178 for two with Arch-Tours Gambia (Gambian-owned, internationally certified)how to make it yours → ·
Day 20
Dakar Disembark
Disembark in the morning.
Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Cape Town

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

11 mi from Cape Town · fly CPT

Stellenbosch & Beyond: Wine, Wilderness, and the Cape's Best Tables

Cape Winelands Adventure

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Home

Fly home from Dakar (DKR)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into CPT, home from DKR · 2 travelers $2,424 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Cape Town · Luxury~$363
Cruise fare19 nights · Silversea · 2 guests$36,200
Shore excursions7 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$2,702
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$41,869
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above) — an open-jaw trip: out to the embark port, home from where you disembark; the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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