ABOUT CRUISE VACATIONS
COME SAIL WITH US
Our highly experienced team of cruise specialists are on standby to assist you in selecting the cruise that best suits your requirements
Cruise Vacations are officially appointed Cruise Line Representatives (General Sales Agents) in Southern Africa for a prestige portfolio of some of the world’s best and award-winning cruise lines.
Re-branded as Cruise Vacations in 2010 but formerly under the Starlight Cruises banner, we have for 30 years managed the reservations, sales and marketing in Africa for what is now a collection of perhaps the world’s most elite, specialised and luxury cruise lines.
The company
The multi-award winning Cruise Vacations team have established themselves as the leading experts in luxury and expedition cruise travel to the African market. Their quality representation of this boutique range of luxury and niche cruise products has paved the way for thousands of travellers from the African continent to experience all the corners of the globe in the experiential and exclusive manner that can only be found from a floating base. This is not cruising, this is exploring, this is luxuriating, this is experiencing, this is immersing yourself in a world of travel which is in a league of its own, all from the comfort of your luxury ocean liner, yacht or river ship.
Cruise Vacations have been named Africa’s Best Cruise Travel Agency for three years in a row by the World Cruise Awards and in 2024 picked up the title of the World’s Best Cruise Travel Agency.
Welcome to our world of luxury voyages.
This carefully selected portfolio allows us to offer voyages in a variety of genrés of cruising and covering almost 1000 destinations or ports across all seven continents. Small, classic vessels with some of the highest space-to-guest ratio at sea, to intimate expedition ships, exploration yachts and traditional barquentine sailing vessels to luxurious and boutique style river ships, we have it covered.
As General Sales Agents we are able to consult with, and assist you in planning the perfect voyage to meet your requirements and if preferred can do this by working alongside your travel agent of choice ensuring all aspects of your itinerary are taken care of. We are associated with some of Southern Africa’s finest travel professionals and are able to recommend someone in your area to take care of your full itinerary requirements, if required.
The benefits of booking your voyage locally
In this era of technology, we know everything is available at the touch of a button, well almost everything! When it comes to the discerning client the luxury experience should begin the minute the enquiry is made, something which, at this level cannot be achieved by clicking and paying. That is why prestige cruise lines prefer you to work with the representatives officially appointed and endorsed by them in your country of residence. Each booking is a personalised and bespoke experience handled by highly trained experts who ensure that every requirement is met.
Benefits include:
- Locally based, highly trained product experts.
- Working with multi-award winning industry experts.
- Cruise Vacations are Members of ASATA (Association of Southern African Travel Advisors)
- All promotions and offers which are available online are available through us.
- Consultation, advice and recommendations to suit your requirements.
- Multiple payment methods in your currency of choice, depending on the cruise line booked ZAR/USD/GBP/EUR*
- Happy to work alongside or recommend a local travel agency.
- Your agent can assist in completing your itinerary arrangements.
- Live access to the cruise line systems
- Immediate communication of product updates or advisories.
- Our team have direct access to senior management at the cruise lines
- Playing your part in supporting the African outbound tourism industry – part of our Sustainability Manifesto.
*All currencies shown available for Silversea Cruises. Scenic, Emerald and Star Clipper Cruises available EUR.
