South Africa πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ and Namibia πŸ‡³πŸ‡¦ Cruise

Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review

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Reviews: 7
Helpful Votes: 127

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5
Norwegian Dawn

12 Night South Africa: Port Elizabeth Durban & Luderitz (Cape Town Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 01, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10708

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

Great and safe way to see South Africa and Namibia escaping European winter.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
Very chaotic and challenging! NCL was not docked in the main terminal and luggage and passengers had to go by buses to the ship and then another long line on the ship for the Check in

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Great choices on special restaurants and dining options. We tried them all except of Italian and Teppanyki

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Played some Golf and table tennis, wine tasting party,

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Nice bands throughout the ship. Rock show in theater was great, David violin show was amazing

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Nice and friendly, always willing to help. Except of unfriendly shore excursion staff!

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Staff tried to clean but you can see so many rusty and dirty places on the outside areas and some broken things throughout the ship

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Clean cabin except of the balcony which was so rusty and dirty

Ship tip

Older and smaller ship which we did for the great itinerary! Needs to go into dry dock! Just enjoy yourself and make the best of it

Ports of call

Durban, South Africa

4 out of 5
Ship is docked at new terminal in the city, walking distance to promenade and beach, we did city and coastal tour here by bus

Luderitz, Namibia

1 out of 5
Last minute tender port!!!! Which we missed because of strong winds which prevented us from tendering! Very disappointing!

Richards Bay, South Africa

3 out of 5
Heavy industrial coil port here, can’t walk around, we did river cruise tour to see Hippos πŸ¦› around 1,5 hours drive to get there

Mossel Bay, South Africa

4 out of 5
Tender Port, we did Safari here and also enjoyed walking on the beach and some fresh oysters and wine

Walvis Bay, Namibia

3 out of 5
Another industrial port, tours and taxis outside, walking distance to the promenade to see the pelicans and flamingos, local vendors selling things outside the gates, we did ships tour to Swakopmund and private taxi to Dune7

Cape Town, South Africa

5 out of 5
Nice to explore and go on tours around the Cape Peninsula

Port Elizabeth, South Africa

4 out of 5
Industrial port, came late in due to fog, enjoyed Addo Elephant park here

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Disaster!!!! 2,5 hours queue for the immigration even though we had tour booked.
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7 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog     9 months ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody     9 months ago

Thanks for the review

bubbles60     9 months ago

Very interesting itinerary

byhisgrace     9 months ago

Appreciate your feedback. Awesome itinerary

cruising2004     9 months ago

Wonderful itinerary! Thank you for your review.

HeavySeas     9 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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