Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

65-Night Cape Town to Los Angeles Cruise Adventure

Princess · Coral Princess · from Cape Town

$10,655 per person · next sails Mar 9, 2028 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 LAX · $2,722 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 · 65 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.

Days 1–2
Cape Town Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
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
Walvis Bayport guide →
Sandwich Harbour 4x4 · $204 for two with Alter Action Sandwich Harbour Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Days 5–11
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 12
Private Full-Day São Vicente Island Discovery Tour · $224 for two with Green Line Tours Cabo Verdehow to make it yours → ·
Days 13–14
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 15
Santa Cruz de Tenerifeport guide →
Anaga Rural Park · $389 for two with ToursByLocals — John R. (Santa Cruz de Tenerife private guide)how to make it yours → ·
Day 16
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 17
Upper Rock Nature Reserve · $140 for two with Tours of Gibraltar (official licensed operators)how to make it yours → ·
Days 18–19
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 20
Sicilian Food & Market Tour · $205 for two with Letizia Tour Guide Syracuse (gastronomic specialist tours)how to make it yours →
Day 21
★ Paleokastritsa Blue Caves & coves by speedboat — how to make it yours →
Day 22
Walk Dubrovnik's Ancient City Walls · $76 for two with Walls of Dubrovnik (official ticket office)how to make it yours → ·
Day 23
Diocletian's Palace · $76 for two with Split Walking Tours (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 24
Climb the City Walls to San Giovanni Fortress · $18 for two with Kotor City Walls / San Giovanni Fortress (official municipal ticket booths in the Old Town)how to make it yours → ·
Day 25
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 26
Piraeus (Athens)port guide →
★ The Acropolis & Parthenon, Guided Skip-the-Line — how to make it yours →
Day 27
Kusadasi (Ephesus)port guide →
The Ephesus Experience Museum · $86 for two with Ephesus Archaeological Site (official, Ministry of Culture and Tourism)how to make it yours → ·
Day 28
Samaria Gorge · $378 for two with Crete Private Guidehow to make it yours → ·
Day 29
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 30
Castello di Arechi & Salerno Old Town · $279 for two with GetYourGuide – Salerno Private Custom Tour with a Local Guidehow to make it yours →
Day 31
Civitavecchia (Rome)port guide →
★ Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day — how to make it yours →
Day 32
Sanguinaires Islands & Calanques · $103 for two with Ajaccio Vision (Visit Corsica Official Operator)how to make it yours → ·
Day 33
Santa Margheritaport guide →
Cinque Terre Private Full-Day Excursion from Santa… · $836 for two with ItalyVacations (private tour operator, Santa Margherita Ligure)how to make it yours → ·
Day 34
Private Boat to Îles de Lérins · $432 for two with Tripadvisor-listed local bilingual skipper / private boat Cannes (Easy Going Private Boat Tours)how to make it yours → ·
Day 35
Park Guell · $39 for two with Park Guell (official, Barcelona City Council)how to make it yours → ·
Day 36
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
21 more days at sea and ashore
Day 66
Los Angeles Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Los Angeles

You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.

111 mi from Los Angeles

Balboa Park

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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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Los Angeles

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

110 mi from Los Angeles · fly SAN

Salt Marsh to Surf Break: San Diego's Wild, Cultured Edge

Coast Culture Adventure

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Home

Fly home from Los Angeles (LAX)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into CPT, home from LAX · 2 travelers $2,722 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Cape Town · Premium~$211
Cruise fare65 nights · Princess · 2 guests$21,310
Shore excursions25 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$5,557
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$29,980
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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