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S M A L L - S H I P C R U I S I N G A T I T S B E S T
SAIL FROM CAPE TOWN TO COLOMBOTHROUGH THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL OCEAN
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SOUTH AFRICA & THE
INDIAN OCEAN
JANUARY 16, 2016
DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART
JAN 16 Depart UK
JAN 17 Arrive CAPE TOWN South AfricaEmbark Aegean Odyssey overnight
JAN 18 CAPE TOWN South Africa overnight
JAN 19 CAPE TOWN South Africa 7.00pm
JAN 20 At Sea
JAN 21 PORT ELIZABETH South Africa 8.00am(Addo Elephant Park) 2.00pm
JAN 22 At Sea
JAN 23 RICHARDS BAY South Africa 5.00am(Hluhluwe Game Reserve) overnight
JAN 24 RICHARDS BAY South Africa(St Lucia Nature Reserve) 2.00pm
JAN 25-27 At Sea
JAN 28 MAYOTTE Comoros 2.00pm 6.00pm
JAN 29/30 At Sea
JAN 31 MAHE Seychelles 2.00pm overnight
FEB 1 MAHE Seychelles 6.00pm
FEB 2 PRASLIN/LA DIGUE Seychelles 8.00am 6.00pm
FEB 3-5 At Sea
FEB 6 KUDA BANDOS Maldives 1.00pm 10.00pm
FEB 7 At Sea
FEB 8 COLOMBO Sri Lanka 8.00amDisembark and transfer to hotel overnight hotel
FEB 9 COLOMBO (Kandy) Sri Lanka overnight hotel
FEB 10 COLOMBO Sri LankaTransfer to Colombo Airport for flight home
AEG160117
your itinerary
26-days departing January 16, 2016
Colombo, Sri Lanka
A voyage
South African game parks give way to tropical islands,jungle landscapes and Buddhist temples.
Combine Cape Town and South Africa’s natural wonders with the incredible beauty of the islands of the Indian Ocean to the exotic
temples and colonial legacy of Sri Lanka.
Cruise features include:• 3 days on board in Cape Town
• 3 Safaris - Addo Elephant Park/Hluhluwe Game Reserve/St Lucia Nature Reserve
• Beach barbecue in the Maldives• Two-night hotel stay in Colombo
• Visit to Kandy and the Temple of the ToothSPECIAL EARLY BOOKING SAVINGS
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Cape Town
South Africa
MayotteComoros
Port Elizabeth
Richards Bay
Indian Ocean
Colombo
MaheSeychelles
Praslin/La DigueMaldives
Kuda BandosSri Lanka
across the indian ocean
Day 1 London to Cape TownOvernight flight to South Africa.
Day 2 Cape Town South AfricaArrive Cape Town Airport and transfer to Aegean Odyssey.
Day 3 Cape TownYour included morning sightseeing tour includes an unforgettable trip up TableMountain by cable car. Table Mountain gets its name from the flat topped centralmassif of the mountain, which viewed from the city, is surrounded by Devil’s Peak on the left, Lion’s Head on the right,and Signal Hill in the foreground. On your way back to the ship, you’ll enjoy an orientation tour of the city.
After lunch on board Aegean Odyssey,there’s an optional excursion by boat to Robben Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Since 1960, it has becomesynonymous with the political struggleagainst apartheid in South Africa and pastpolitical prisoners have included NelsonMandela and poet Dennis Brutus.
cruise fromafrica to asiaacross the glorious indian oceanjanuary 16, 2016
YOUR JOURNEY
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Idyllic islands of the Indian Ocean
Elephant Park, which consists of over51,000 hectacres of bush country and ishome to over 450 elephants. Although itbelongs to the same species as the AfricanElephant, the reddish Addo Elephant issmaller with more rounded ears, while thefemales generally have no tusks. On a gamedrive through the park by coach, you willhopefully be able to encounter this rare animal, as well as a variety of other game,which was recently introduced to the reserve. This includes lion, hyena, cheetah,zebra, eland, kudu, red hartebeest and wild dogs.
Day 7 At seaPerhaps take in a lecture today, visit thegym or just laze by the pool.
Day 8 Richards BayThe town of Richards Bay lies at the seaedge of an ancient floodplain, almosthalfway between Durban and Kosi Bay and it acts as a gateway to Zululand andMaputaland. Here, we enjoy an includeddrive to Hluhluwe Game Reserve. Proclaimed a game reserve in 1895, Hluhluwe has since become well known forits small population of the rare white rhino.
Day 4 Cape TownA free day in Cape Town with time to dosome shopping or perhaps head out oftown. There’s a choice of full day optionalsavailable – the Cape Peninsula tour or theCape Winelands tour. The Cape Winelandsregion is the source of many legendaryCape wines, the produce of row-upon-rowof grapevines, many of which were firstplanted hundreds of years ago. You’ll visitthe towns of Paarl and Stellenbosch andenjoy tastings and cellar tours at two well-known wine estates. The Cape Peninsulatour takes you on one of South Africa'smost scenic routes to Cape Point, the mostsouth-westerly tip of Africa and features
Camps Bay, the Twelve Apostles and theCape of Good Hope Nature Reserve wherethe Atlantic and Indian Oceans. In the afternoon, pay a visit to the African penguin colony at Boulders Beach. In the evening, we set sail for Port Elizabeth.
Day 5 At seaEnjoy a leisure day on board AegeanOdyssey.
Day 6 Port ElizabethPort Elizabeth is South Africa’s fifth largestcity and is located on the Indian Oceancoast half-way between Cape Town andDurban. Also known as the friendly cityand the windy city, it tends to live up toboth names. Today, we visit the Addo
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Cape Town’s lively Victoria & Albert waterfront Hluhluwe Game Reserve
In addition to rhino, the reserve has a spectacular variety of bird and animal life,including elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo,blue wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, cheetah,mountain reedbuck, kudu and warthog.Enjoy your buffet lunch at the Hilltop Restaurant, surrounded by beautifulscenery. After lunch, depart on another exciting game drive before returning to the ship.
Day 9 Richards BayToday you’ll discover the wildlife from thewater as you visit the iSimangaliso WetlandPark, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, andenjoy a cruise on beautiful Lake St Lucia.Your boat affords the best views of the nesting sites of crocodiles and hippos that make their home in the estuary. This is also home to 526 different kinds of birdspecies, favourites of which are the AfricanFish Eagle and the Mangrove Kingfisher.Enjoy time ashore in Richards Bay before a late evening departure.
Days 10-12 At seaThree whole days to enjoy life on boardAegean Odyssey.
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iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Day 13Mayotte Comoros IslandsThe Comoros Islands are rich in naturalbeauty and colonial heritage and in March2009 the islands voted to become France’s101st department. Today there is a choiceof tours. Take the pedestrian ferry to visitLa Petite Terre for a feel of the island’s colonial past then head to a viewpoint forviews of the stunning Mayotte Lagoon. Or discover the eastern coast of Mayottewith its tropical flora and local culturewhere you’ll visit a wonderful garden full of the scent of local plants and spices, relax on the pristine Musical Beach andvisit the Botanical Gardens.
Days 14/15 At sea
Day 16Mahe SeychellesThis afternoon discover Mahe, the largestisland in the Seychelles, measuring 28kmby 8km. The focus of your tour is the capital Victoria where you’ll see thebustling market and stroll through themagical Botanical Garden. Then drive toSan Soucis Mountain and the MissionLodge, where liberated slave children were once educated.
Day 17MaheToday you can explore the charms of the island for yourself – with a backdrop oftowering granite peaks and its treasuretrove of flora, it’s a wonderful place to
spend a day. Or opt for a Coral Cruise to the reef barrier and view the underwaterworld from a glass-bottomed boat – youcan also enjoy some hand fish feeding and snorkelling.
Day 18 Praslin and La DigueBlessed with warm azure waters andfringed by teaming coral reefs, La Digue is a world away from the hustle and bustle ofVictoria. It boasts beautiful beaches and avery relaxing atmosphere. Alternatively, youcan tender across to the second largest ofthe Seychelles and spend some time onPraslin. Basking in tranquillity, it seems unchanged since the earliest settlers stumbled across it.
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Praslin from the island of La DigueMayotte Botanical Gardens
Days 19-21 At sea
Day 22 Kuda Bandos MaldivesImagine yourself as Robinson Crusoe onthis visit to an uninhabited island withsugar-white sands, crystal-clear waters andbrilliant coral reefs. Tender ashore to relax,swim, explore and enjoy a beach party onthis 15-acre private island.
Day 23 At sea
Day 24 Colombo Sri LankaDisembark for a 2-night hotel-stay andsightseeing of this city with its astonishingblend of the modern and exotic. Drive pastDutch and British colonial-era architecture,and admire the colorful murals and statuesof the Lord Buddha at the AsokaramayaTemple, built over a century ago.
Day 25 Colombo (Kandy)On your last day, you’ll journey to the sacred city of Kandy, a UNESCO WorldHeritage Site of unusual beauty and the location of the temple containing a tooth of Buddha. The scenic drive takes us intoSri Lanka’s stunning hill country to Peradeniya and the Royal Botanic Gardens.Continue on to Kandy, founded in the 14thcentury and the last capital of Sri Lanka’skings. After lunch, take a guided tour of themonumental Temple of the Tooth wherethe sacred relic is enshrined.
Day 25 Colombo Transfer to Colombo Airport for flighthome.
Peter Mawby ornithologist and research ecologist, has travelled widelyand is a regular and successful lecturer. Whilst at school he was
part of one of the first expeditions to visit South-East Iceland to study the breeding distribution ofthe Great Skua and subsequently organised hisown expeditions to the Shetland and Faeroe Islands as an undergraduate at Cambridge University. Such was his skill and expertise that he received his licence and has been ringing birds for well over fifty years. He is now in greatdemand to speak to enthusiasts from the RSPB.When not lecturing Peter welcomes the opportunity to enhance passengers’ experiences of the wildlife around them out on deck, with on-board commentaries and on tour from the ship.
Lecture topicsA LETTER TO MR DARWIN – Alfred Wallace described himself as “a young man in a hurry”. By comparison, Charles Darwin was a reluctant advocate of evolution by natural selection. It was aletter from Wallace, written from S.E. Asia whichfinally forced Darwin’s hand.
ISLAND WILDLIFE – From Madagascar to theMaldives – The volcanic islands of the Indian Ocean,geologically relatively young, tend to have fewer endemic species than islands, such as Madagascar,which separated from ancient continents millions ofyears ago. Both have numerous species “at risk”.
EXPERT GUEST SPEAKERS
The beautiful Maldives Temple of the Tooth, Kandy
Simone Schofield specialises in teaching patchwork and quilting to allages. She was born in Cape Town in1955 and co-owns a patchwork shop
called STITCH 'N STUFF in a suburb of CapeTown. Simone has also branched out into embroidery, bead making and quick, fun thingsto sew which give the maker instant pleasure. Her patchwork classes now include beginners,intermediate and advanced students and thetechniques will satisfy the traditional and innovative quilter.
Lecture topicsCRAFT CLASSES – Simone makes the classes revolvearound the area past which the ship is sailing ie. African embroidery, African Mama doll, African beadwork and many others. She prepares a variety of kits forthe cruising students and supplies everything needed tofinish the article.
Dr Richard Thomas has had a career inInternational Development working asan academic, a consultant and as a long term staff member of the UK’s
Department for International Development. He has worked in all of Anglophone Africa, and much of North Africa, Eastern Europe, theMiddle East and South and South East Asia. Hewas, in the late 1980s, responsible for a series ofprogrammes in the ASEAN region which involvedextensive travel to Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesiaand Thailand. He subsequently ran training programmes in Singapore, Malacca, Kuching and Port Klang.
Lecture topicsCEYLON/SRI LANKA: Paradise delayed – Thiscountry has a long history but it has been shaped by450 years of Colonial Rule (by the Portuguese, theDutch and the British). The British imported a million Tamils from India who worked largely on thetea plantations –and unbalanced the demography ofthe country. Although the Civil War has ended (in2009) tensions remain.
THE CUP THAT CHEERS: The importance of theTea Trade to the expansion of the British Empire.– A history of the development of tea production(from China Tea to Tea Bags) and of the Tea Trade(Clipper Races) from Asia to Europe. Will Tea remain the drink of choice in the West?
Andrew Schofield is an ecologist whowas born in Farnborough England1956. He has lived in Nigeria, Kenyaand Tanzania and now lives in Cape
Town, South Africa. Conservation has been thetheme of his life with influences by many people,starting with his Godfather who was the NationalParks field officer for Nigeria and who took him asa young boy to see the herds of Elephants in thebush to the turtles nesting on the beaches. Andrewhas created wildlife reserves in areas that have nothad game on them for hundreds of years. He hascollected and translocated species like Elephant,Rhino, Cheetah and Lion and successfully habituated them to the new reserves and was thefirst person in the world to release White Lionsback into the wild.
Lecture topicsTHE SAVANNAHS OF AFRICA – This is a two parttalk which takes us on a journey across the Savannahfrom East to West. In the talk, we discuss the relationshipbetween the ants and elephants and how each animaland insect has a direct influence on the survival and well-being of themselves and their environment.
WHITE LION – This talk is about how the genes of theWhite Lion were returned to the wild. White Lions havebeen removed from the wild since the 1920s because itwas thought that they could not survive. We discuss howthe team did the re-introduction, in such a way that ithas now given us the opportunity of seeing the WhiteLion in the wild again.
Meet our guest speakers who will be accompanying you on this voyage. Here is a taste of what to expect...
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Please note these lecturers and their chosen topics are subject to change.
Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence
THE LAST RHINOS ISBN: 9781447203803
Lawrence Anthony's South African game reserve is home to many animalshe has saved, from a remarkable herd of elephants to a badly behavedbushbaby called George. Described as 'the Indiana Jones of conservation',when one of his rhinos was brutally slaughtered for her horn, he didn'thesitate to lead an armed response against the poachers.
Suqata Bose
A HUNDRED HORIZONS ISBN: 9780674032194
On December 26, 2004, giant tsunami waves destroyed communitiesaround the Indian Ocean, from Indonesia to Kenya. Beyond the horrific death toll, this wall of water brought a telling reminder of the interconnectedness of the many countries on the ocean rim, and the insignificance of national boundaries. "A Hundred Horizons" takes us tothese shores, in a brilliant reinterpretation of how culture developed andhistory was made at the height of the British raj.
Aubrey Brooks
DEATH ROW IN PARADISE ISBN: 9781909982048
This is the story of an attempted coup d'etat more than twenty years agoon the Seychelles, an idyllic but obscure group of islands in the IndianOcean. At the time, the attempt made headlines across the world for many reasons.
HOLIDAY READING IDEASThere’s nothing like a good book to accompany you on your travels.Our associates at Blackwell’s of Oxford have put together a selection of books that we feel would provide the perfect accompaniment for this magnificent voyage.
Leonard Woolf
THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE ISBN: 9780907871293
This classic novel of colonial Ceylon (Sri Lanka), was first published in1913 and is written by a prominent member of the Bloomsbury group,husband of Virginia Woolf. It reads as if Thomas Hardy had been bornamong the heat, scent, sensuality and pungent mystery of the tropics.
Nadine Gordimer
THE CONSERVATIONIST ISBN: 9780747578246
Mehring is rich. He has all the privileges and possessions that SouthAfrica has to offer, but his possessions refuse to remain objects. His wife, son and mistress leave him; his foreman and workers become increasingly indifferent to his stewardship; even the land rises up, asdrought, then flood, destroy his farm. As the upheaval in Mehring's world increasingly resembles that in the country as a whole, it becomes clear that only a seismic shift in ideas and concrete action can avert annihilation.
Michael Ondaatje
RUNNING IN THE FAMILY ISBN: 9781408801451
The much-loved, critically-acclaimed memoir from the Booker Prize-winning author of The English Patient.
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5,495 4,945
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9,950 9,100
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• 2-NIGHT HOTEL STAY in Colombo
• 8 INCLUDED SHORE EXCURSIONS as described with specialist-guide
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• EXPERT guest speaker programme on board
• ALL MEALS on board Aegean Odyssey
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• TRANSFERS & BAGGAGE handling on arrival and departure overseas
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