Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

51-Night Cape Town to Athens Cruise Adventure

Azamara · Azamara Onward · from Cape Town

$14,159 per person · next sails May 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 ATH · $3,820 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 · 51 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
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 3
Kolmanskop Ghost Town · $360 for two with Kolmanskuppe (Official Ghost Town)how to make it yours →
Days 4–5
Walvis Bayport guide →
Sandwich Harbour 4x4 · $204 for two with Alter Action Sandwich Harbour Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Days 6–8
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 9
Aaron's Adventure Tours · $216 for two with Aaron's Adventure Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Days 10–14
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 15
Praia
⚙ Curating Praia’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 16–17
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 18
Las Palmasport guide →
Roque Nublo & Tejeda · $421 for two with Shore Emotion (Private 4×4 Tour)how to make it yours → ·
Day 19
★ Timanfaya Volcanic Park — how to make it yours →
Day 20
Paradise Valley & Atlas Foothills · $150 for two with Pure Morocco Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 21
Casablancaport guide →
Private Guided Tour of Casablanca with Hassan II M… · $240 for two with Tours By Locals – Casablanca Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 22
Upper Rock Nature Reserve · $140 for two with Tours of Gibraltar (official licensed operators)how to make it yours → ·
Day 23
★ Granada & the Alhambra — how to make it yours →
Day 24
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 25
Park Guell · $39 for two with Park Guell (official, Barcelona City Council)how to make it yours → ·
Day 26
Notre-Dame de la Garde + 360 City Panorama by Tour… · $22 for two with Le Petit Train de Marseillehow to make it yours → ·
Day 27
French Riviera by Private Yacht · $2,052 for two with Private Shore Trips (Nice)how to make it yours → ·
Day 28
Portovenereport guide →
Private Boat Charter · $389 for two with CTTours – Cinque Terre Private Tours & Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Days 29–30
Uffizi Gallery · $205 for two with Avventure Bellissime (Tours Italy)how to make it yours → ·
Day 31
Porto Santo Stefanoport guide →
Fortezza Spagnola · $162 for two with Guides of Italiahow to make it yours → ·
Day 32
Civitavecchia (Rome)port guide →
★ Vatican, Sistine Chapel & Colosseum in One Day — how to make it yours →
Day 33
Pompeii Private Excavation Tour with Archaeologist… · $223 for two with Askos Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 34
Private Speedboat Tour · $378 for two with Tours of Amalfi Coasthow to make it yours → ·
Day 35
Sicilian Food & Market Tour · $205 for two with Letizia Tour Guide Syracuse (gastronomic specialist tours)how to make it yours →
Day 36
★ St John's Co-Cathedral & the Caravaggio masterpieces — how to make it yours →
14 more days at sea and ashore
Day 52
Piraeus (Athens) Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Athens

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

1 mi from Athens

Acropolis Museum

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

See the whole plan →
Home

Fly home from Athens (ATH)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into CPT, home from ATH · 2 travelers $3,820 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Cape Town · Luxury~$363
Cruise fare51 nights · Azamara · 2 guests$28,318
Shore excursions27 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$8,372
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$41,053
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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