…park covers a vast area zoned into different regions like Edge of Africa, Nairobi, Congo and Pantopia. The Serengeti Plain takes up an enormous section of the park, and you can experience it either on the free trains that travel around the park or on the Serengeti Safari. This has an additional charge but gets you really close to the animals on an open-topped truck. It includes feeding giraffes by hand. An incredible and moving activity. If you li…
…folk are their own worst enemies. I’ve had friends who have watched the Blair Witch Project before going camping or Air Crash Investigations before flying away on holiday and then surprise, surprise, they have a terrible trip. Do yourself a favour and avoid any films that involve ships or boats in the run up to your cruise. Films featuring ships or boats tend to, 99.9% of the time, involve said ship or boat sinking. That is not the mental image y…
…ey all have a different look and feel. So, even though the structures are fairly similar, layouts are fairly similar, you’ll find that the decor on all the ships is different. #8 What are the accommodation options? There is a range of accommodation onboard. You do have some suites onboard but, as I already mentioned, 80% of the cabins are the twin balcony. These are the cabins which always sell out fastest on board. There is another option which i…
…lso the fitness room here, which is again complimentary, and you have the hairdresser and a massage room. The deck below that is known as the Cello deck, and here you have the main dining room. This is where you can have breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast being a buffet, lunch being a buffet and dinner being a multi-course sit down menu. It’s a great venue and I really like the dining room because there’s lots of booth type tables, big tables…
…with really good Italian food. On deck 8 is the Grill, and this is an open-air dining space on the pool deck. It’s surprisingly popular, even in the cold of Antarctica. During the day it serves informal food, it has lunch of things like burgers and hot dogs. At night it becomes the place where they serve the service Silversea Hot Rocks, which are the volcanic lava rocks where you cook your own meat, fish or vegetables. It’s really good fun being o…
…great views and (of course) you can open the windows to get lots of fresh air. The most affordable of the four types of cabins onboard are standard cabins which are on the lower deck. These don’t have floor-to-ceiling windows because part of these cabins is underneath the water level. So, you just have a small window across the top. There are a couple of cabins on board which are designed for people with accessibility needs. Bear in mind on river…
…/efKywS Be Mesmerized By The Most Beautiful Starry Sky The dry cool desert air at night is perfect for gazing up into the night sky. If you are in Namibia during a new moon, don’t miss the chance to look up and admire one of the most wonderful skies you’ll see! Meet The Locals! One of the highlights of any trip is to interact with the locals, get to know their way of thinking, their culture, their customs and, why not, see with our own eyes the wo…
…Canadians and there was a good representation of people from Asia, because airlines like Air Tahiti Nui flies from Japan. Quite a lot of French, because of the strong French connection with French Polynesia. And as with all cruises wherever you go, you’ll always find lots of Australians and New Zealanders who love cruising. The language onboard is primarily English, but all the announcements are done in English and French. The menus are in English…
…our cabin and you have extra space, but the advantage is you can let fresh air into your cabin. That’s a nice touch. Another feature that they have at the rear of their ships is an area which during the day is a plunge pool inside, and in the evening, they convert that into a cinema. Emerald Waterways don’t have as many ships as some of the other cruise lines, so there perhaps isn’t as wide a range of itineraries. But they certainly cover all of t…
…r $200 for at full weekly pass. If you’re into laser tag, there is an open-air course, which is the lost city of Atlantis and you do have to pay to take part in that. Again, it’s around about $9.95 per person for a game and you can buy weekly and day passes to play laser tag. There’s no way that you can actually watch that particular activity. You can also head down to Galaxy Pavilion and watch people on the simulator rise. These are sort of multi…
…earch opportunity. Travel industry employees What if you don’t work in the airline industry? Well, don’t despair because if you do work in travel, you’re probably also going to be able to get a discount on a cruise. For example, if you work for the railways, in a hotel, in the tourism industry, for a tourism board… basically anything that promotes and sells travel. A company that I know relatively well in the UK called Touchdown will sell cruises…
