Bon Voyage Sun Princess - 46 Day Indian Ocean & South Africa Odyssey!!

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Bon Voyage to bazzaw and Everyone else who is leaving on the Sun Princess on Friday 8th January 2016 on there 46 Day Indian Ocean & South Africa Odyssey cruise!!.

 

Hope everyone has a great time :D

 

Here is their Itinerary:

 

 

Fri 08/01/16

Fremantle (Perth) / Australia

17:00

 

Sat 09/01/16

At Sea

 

Sun 10/01/16

At Sea

 

Mon 11/01/16

At Sea

 

Tue 12/01/16

At Sea

 

Wed 13/01/16

At Sea

 

Thu 14/01/16

Singapore / Singapore

09:00

23:00

 

Fri 15/01/16

At Sea

 

Sat 16/01/16

Phuket / Thailand

08:00

18:00

 

Sun 17/01/16

At Sea

 

Mon 18/01/16

At Sea

 

Tue 19/01/16

Chennai (ex: Madras) / India

08:00

18:00

 

Wed 20/01/16

At Sea

 

Thu 21/01/16

Colombo / Sri Lanka

07:00

20:00

 

Fri 22/01/16

At Sea

 

Sat 23/01/16

Male / Maledives

07:00

18:00

 

Sun 24/01/16

At Sea

 

Mon 25/01/16

At Sea

 

Tue 26/01/16

At Sea

 

Wed 27/01/16

Victoria (Mahé) / Seychelles

07:00

17:00

 

Thu 28/01/16

At Sea

 

Fri 29/01/16

At Sea

 

Sat 30/01/16

At Sea

 

Sun 31/01/16

Maputo / Mozambique

08:00

18:00

 

Mon 01/02/16

Richard's Bay / South Africa

10:00

19:00

 

Tue 02/02/16

At Sea

 

Wed 03/02/16

At Sea

 

Thu 04/02/16

Cape Town / South Africa

08:00

 

Fri 05/02/16

Cape Town / South Africa

 

Sat 06/02/16

Cape Town / South Africa

17:00

 

Sun 07/02/16

At Sea

 

Mon 08/02/16

Port Elizabeth / South Africa

08:00

20:00

 

Tue 09/02/16

At Sea

 

Wed 10/02/16

Durban / South Africa

07:00

17:00

 

Thu 11/02/16

At Sea

 

Fri 12/02/16

At Sea

 

Sat 13/02/16

At Sea

 

Sun 14/02/16

Pointe des Galets / La Reunion

07:00

18:00

 

Mon 15/02/16

Port Louis / Mauritius

07:00

18:00

 

Tue 16/02/16

At Sea

 

Wed 17/02/16

At Sea

 

Thu 18/02/16

At Sea

 

Fri 19/02/16

At Sea

 

Sat 20/02/16

At Sea

 

Sun 21/02/16

At Sea

 

Mon 22/02/16

At Sea

 

Tue 23/02/16

Fremantle (Perth) / Australia

07:00

[NSWP]

Indeed, bon voyage to all. One of our Probus club members and friend, Lady Geraldine is also on board with our Bazzaw (Barry.) Hope you all have a great adventure, looks a great itinerary.

[jpbtwo]

Did this cruise in 2009 and 2011 and loved it. The 7 days from Mauritius to Fremantle at the end were a bit of a drag - in 2011 we went via the south pole and turned left at the first sight of penguins. It was due to rough weather easier to head south and then back up than the original plan of straight across to Fremantle.

We had planned to do this cruise however Bob's PD worsened and he passed away in September due to a broken femur and pneumonia.

Maybe next time.

[Gaznjo]

There are a few from our pacific circle cruise also doing this trip..... Wish them all a wonderful trip.....

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Bon Voyage Bazzaw and all who are sailing with you. Its a wonderful cruise . We did a similar one on Pacific Princess in 2005, except we cruised Bangkok to Capetown.....then had a long flight home via Singapore .:rolleyes:

Great ports of call .

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Sun Princess is in Fremantle:

 

 

SUN PRINCESS at ShipWatcher

[Kiwi Kruzer]

 

 

Looks a bit breezy...the doctor must be making a call :D:D

[jpbtwo]

[Looks a bit breezy...the doctor must be making a call :D:D

 

Not the sea breeze - a howling easterly blowing for 2 days. Today is calm and pleasant.

[Kiwi_cruiser]

There in Singapore today:

 

 

SUN PRINCESS at ShipWatcher

[Gaznjo]

Is it my iPad or does the bridge cam need some serious adjusting

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Is it my iPad or does the bridge cam need some serious adjusting

 

Its not your ipad. The cam is disgusting.:eek:

[icat2000]

Great itinerary. Hopefully one day I can do this cruise.

 

There were some great deals on it after final payment time too.

 

All the best for those on board.

 

I wonder if anyone on board is doing a blog.

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Not any better:

 

 

SUN PRINCESS at ShipWatcher

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Is it my iPad or does the bridge cam need some serious adjusting

 

No, its not your iPad, one of the offices have been playing with the Sun Princess webcam while I was not looking....:rolleyes:, Iam posting on Princess Facebook page about it tonight!

[Kiwi_cruiser]

There in Phuket, Thailand today:

 

 

SUN PRINCESS at ShipWatcher

[Kiwi Kruzer]

[MicCanberra]

Thanks for keeping us updated Stu and David).:D

[GurlzCruisinRTW]

This would be a cruise I would be interested in

 

And I remember seeing Inside Cabin at around 4,000 AUD

 

Wonder if its a 2nd yearly cruise??

[Aus Traveller]

This would be a cruise I would be interested in

 

And I remember seeing Inside Cabin at around 4,000 AUD

 

Wonder if its a 2nd yearly cruise??

Princess did this cruise in 2009 and 2011 (when we went). For the 2009 cruise, the starting price for inside cabins was (from memory) around $5,000. Two years later (tips came off then) it was $5,200. $4,000 or thereabouts would be a fantastic price.:)

 

The timing of this cruise is much better than in 2011, January instead of 3rd May.

 

In 2017 there is the circle South America cruise. The Indian Ocean cruise may be planned for every second year.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Are they offering an overnight Taj Mahal tour on this cruise?

[MicCanberra]

Are they offering an overnight Taj Mahal tour on this cruise?

 

That would be awesome to see with doing a cruise excursion, and so much easier than a purposeful visit to India.

[Aus Traveller]

Are they offering an overnight Taj Mahal tour on this cruise?

I don't think they would be because there is only one port in India. On the 2011 Indian Ocean cruise we had a few ports on the west coast of India. The trip to Taj Mahal took a few days - could have been 2 nights at least. People said they enjoyed it but it was exhausting and the other problem was the time of year. In mid summer it was 46 degrees C. :(

[windsor26]

I don't think they would be because there is only one port in India. On the 2011 Indian Ocean cruise we had a few ports on the west coast of India. The trip to Taj Mahal took a few days - could have been 2 nights at least. People said they enjoyed it but it was exhausting and the other problem was the time of year. In mid summer it was 46 degrees C. :(

 

Do you remember that some of the tour people got a different flight back - waited in the airport and had a meal. They were ill for quite a while when back on the Sun Princess

[Aus Traveller]

Do you remember that some of the tour people got a different flight back - waited in the airport and had a meal. They were ill for quite a while when back on the Sun Princess

I didn't hear about that. I did hear that the trip was exhausting.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

It could be done . They would have 3 days and 2 nights.

 

Tue 19/01/16 Chennai (ex: Madras) / India 08:00 18:00

Wed 20/01/16 At Sea

Thu 21/01/16 Colombo / Sri Lanka 07:00 20:00

 

 

They would have to leave first thing from Chennai and rejoin the ship in Colombo , just before it sails.