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@papaflamingo we were booked on a Regent sponsored Overland Trip. It truly was a grand adventure! You may find some post-cruise land trips offered for your cruise. Look under the Hotel tab on your Regent Itinerary or ask your travel agent about more information for land trips.

Hi Crisy, We took so many photos on safari, I haven’t taken the chance to go through them all and edit them. At the moment, the best thing about our four animal drives was observing animal behaviors. On our first drive, watching a pride of 13 lions follow their female pack leader to a water whole. Then seeing each separately move up towards the water, with the pack leader behind. There were three elephants on the other side of the water, spied the lions. A male elephant walking through the area observed the female elephants and wanted to cross over to meet them but then saw the lions and stood his ground. Slowly the female pack leader started to walk away from the large male elephant and the younger lions followed her. Seeing those lions getting into attack mode was so interesting to see. After their plan went bust, we could see a look of defeat in them. The lions were thin and hadn’t eaten in awhile. On the other side, on our last morning ride, we saw large groups of herbivores all living peacefully together in a huge field. Warthogs, wildebeest, giraffes, elephants and impalas all together enjoying their morning meal and playtime/exercise time before they take to the shade until the late afternoon’s meal. We have so many stories to tell. PS. We had DEET in different forms so we didn’t see any mosquitoes. I took the offered gin and tonic to keep the malaria away. 😝

For @Cruisin7 We spent 2 nights in Victoria Falls followed by 2 nights at the Qorokwe Lodge on the Okavanga Delta in Botswana.

@smg4412 I am currently on the Mariner 24 World Cruise. There are have been many Overland Excursions offered along the way. Places I know they have been offered have been New Zealand, Australia, India and now Africa. In India, many passengers disembarked in Kochi for The Taj Mahal (about 128 passengers), The Pink City and Tigers (8-10 passengers) and Kathmandu (24 passengers). With our change of itinerary, many African safaris have been added with 6 or 4 nights off the ship and most ending in Capetown. You can usually find the offered Overland Trip posted on the itinerary under Pre and Posts Hotels. Also, ask your TA.

That would definitely be a TA question.

I did ask the CD on Regent (since we are on "cousin" ships) but haven't heard anything yet. Will post here if I find out anything. I would think that NCLH will post on all three lines. @nu#1 I kept refreshing my CBS Sports app to "watch" the games.

When Kasia and Boogie left they told us that they’d return on May 17th. The Vivace Duo have a totally different sound but ok. As far as the toilets go, if ours doesn’t flush, we call reception and it’s repaired within an hour. We have had a hissing sound in the toilet and no water in the bowl. I’ve found if you pour in a glass of water, the hissing stops.

Crisy, we were on the first excursion and really enjoyed our time on the river. Sorry you didn’t have a good experience. The heat definitely makes a difference. We had the same boat captain and stopped to retrieve one plastic bag. @pappy1022, the assistant held the stick out and up so the crocodiles weren’t overfeed and the crocs don’t get used to feeding from the boats. They know all the crocodiles by name and want to protect them.

Gorgeous, weren’t they!

I book early to get the suite I prefer and at a lower price. Regent seems to increase prices every three months. Some cruisers will put down a $1000 deposit for a particular level of suite. Often it will become available after final payments are due.

We had one day off and on toilets and another day just one time in the first segment.

Everything looks in tip-top condition. Mariner is sparkly and shiny.

My philosophy these days is, if you have good health and “a little cruise money,” you’re doing ok! When do you board your ship for your adventure?

One port I really wanted to visit was Myanmar with a side overland trip to Bagan has been cancelled along with Israel are not happening on our Miami to Miami World Cruise. As of today, the overland trip to Nepal is still on. Really looking forward to that trip! There may not be time to ever go to those missed ports plus the Black Sea but those I have cruised to in the past 30 years have been phenomenal. How lucky am I!

All true. I’m sure the cruise line will handle it. We’ve already had three ports changed due to war and unsafe travel. Go with the flow.