Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

24-Night Lisbon to Cape Town Cruise Adventure

Oceania · Oceania Sirena · from Lisbon

$8,949 per person · next sails Jan 14, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Lisbon (LIS)

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

Open-jaw · fly into LIS, home from CPT · $3,704 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Lisbon

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.

14 mi from Lisbon

Sintra Day Trip - Pena Palace

13 mi from Lisbon

Convent of the Capuchos Cork Lining & Underground Network

A 16th-century Franciscan monastery carved into living rock with corridors and chambers lined in cork for insulation—a radically austere labyrinth ref…

Your voyage · 24 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
Lisbon Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 3
★ Pico do Arieiro to Pico Ruivo — how to make it yours →
Day 4
Santa Cruz de La Palmaport guide →
Tajogaite Volcano · $162 for two with Graja Tours – Hiking on La Palmahow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
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 → ·
Days 6–7
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 8
Private Full-Day São Vicente Island Discovery Tour · $224 for two with Green Line Tours Cabo Verdehow to make it yours → ·
Day 9
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 10
Lac Rose · $360 for two with Teranga Tour Guide (Blek Niang – local expert)how to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Kunta Kinteh Island · $178 for two with Arch-Tours Gambia (Gambian-owned, internationally certified)how to make it yours → ·
Days 12–13
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 14
Yamoussoukro · $560 for two with Ashanti African Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 15
Cape Coast & Elmina Castles · $540 for two with Viator – Private Takoradi Castles Shore Excursion (local operator-led)how to make it yours → ·
Day 16
Voodoo Ceremony & Deep-Dive Cultural Immersion in… · $190 for two with Marriott Activities / Local Lomé Voodoo Cultural Expert (XPAU8A)how to make it yours → ·
Day 17
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 18
Principe Islandport guide →
Príncipe Rainforest & Obô Natural Park Private Saf… · $259 for two with HBD Príncipe (Bom Bom Island Resort & Eco-tours)how to make it yours → ·
Days 19–21
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 22
Walvis Bayport guide →
Sandwich Harbour 4x4 · $204 for two with Alter Action Sandwich Harbour Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 23
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 24–25
Cape Town Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Cape Town

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

0 mi from Cape Town

Robben Island Museum

0 mi from Cape Town

Hermanus Whale Watching Tour

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Lisbon

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

4 mi from Lisbon · fly LIS

Sintra's Forests, Palaces & Coast: A Portuguese Masterpiece

Coastal Palace Adventure

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176 mi from Lisbon · fly OPO

Salt, Sand and Natural Wine: The Aveiro Coast Done Right

Lagoon Coast Slow Adventure

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After you disembark

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 Cape Town (CPT)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into LIS, home from CPT · 2 travelers $3,704 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Lisbon · Luxury~$450
Cruise fare24 nights · Oceania · 2 guests$17,898
Shore excursions10 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$3,066
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$25,298
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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