• Viking World Cruise 2025
  • Viking World Cruise 2025

Viking World Cruise

A 163-day adventure by Viking World Cruise 2025 Read more
  • Day 82. Maputo, Mozambique.

    March 28, 2025 in Mozambique ⋅ 🌙 79 °F

    Day 82. Maputo, Mozambique. Part 1. We took the Culture & Cuisine tour today, and it was fabulous. We were very skeptical of going into town because of the civil unrest and pickpocket situations, but we're really glad we did it. We made 7 stops, and most included local cuisine and beer. Stop #1 was a 109 year old train station. I took pictures along the way of the streets and vendors on the streets selling food and wares. They practically accosted us trying to sell something/anything as we walked past them. Stop#2 was at the indoor open air market, which was pretty clean and organized compared to what we saw on the streets.... We tasted numerous fruits and vegetables and cashews. Apparently, they export a lot of cashews from this area.Read more

  • Day 82. Maputo, Mozambique Part 2.

    March 28, 2025, Mozambique Channel ⋅ 🌙 79 °F

    Day 82. Maputo, Mozambique. Part 2. Day 82. Maputo, Mozambique. We did the Culture & Cuisine tour today, and it was fabulous. Stop #3 was at a restaurant above an old movie theater. We sampled food and beer. 😄 Stop #4 was a fish market with fish just off the fishing boats.Read more

  • Day 82. Maputo, Mozambique. Part 3

    March 28, 2025, Mozambique Channel ⋅ 🌙 81 °F

    Day 82. Maputo, Mozambique. Part 3 of our Culture & Cuisine tour. Stop #5 was a roadside/oceanside restaurant that uses refurbished storage containers for their cooking and drink distibution. The food was so good that I forgot to take pictures. We had beer, piri piri chicken, rice, some kind of fried potatoes, something that looked and tasted like paste, and cabbage salad. It was all really good except the "paste." Stop #6 was for more food and beer at a park/bazaar with lots of little shops with people accosting us to buy their stuff. Stop #7 was for coconut water right out of the coconut or cane sugar water with ginger and lemon.Read more

  • Day 84. Durban, South Africa. Monkeyland

    March 30, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F

    The Monkeyland tour was awesome. It's a Wildlife Sanctuary that receives animals from zoos, circuses, or private owners. They currently have 120 (7 species) monkeys here. We saw 3 types of Capuchin monkeys, Squirrel monkeys, vermin gray monkeys, and ring tailed lemurs. We couldn't find the black howler monkeys, though. They don't breed any animals here because these are rescues that were mistreated or sent here to retire. They also have
    Duike red antelope that get along fine with the monkeys. Funny story about lemurs: In order to settle disputes or ascertain dominance, the ringtail lemurs will engage in "stink fights." The male covers their tail with. They are very strong in odor and then flick it at their opponent. The stinkiest tale wins of the fight.
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  • Day 86. PE, SA, Sibuya

    April 1, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ 🌙 68 °F

    Part 5. Today's game drive was the best yet. We saw lions, water buffalo, elephants, zebras, giraffes, ostriches, impalas, water buck, kudu, warthogs, birds, and more. Here are pictures of the giraffes and ostriches. Unfortunately, when we got up close to the giraffes, my lens was smudged, so I didn't get good pictures then.Read more

  • Day 86. Sibuya Game Reserve

    April 1, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ 🌙 68 °F

    Part 7. Today's game drive was the best yet. We saw lions, water buffalo, elephants, zebras, giraffes, ostriches, impalas nyala, water buck, kudu, warthogs, birds, and more. Here are pictures of the impalas, water buck, and Nyala.Read more

  • Day 89. Capetown,South Africa.

    April 4, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F

    For our 2nd day in Capetown, we went to the Stellenbosch wine region today some wine tasting. We had savignon blanc, rosé, malbec, red blend, and a dessert wine. Believe it or not, I really didn't care for any of them.... Afterwards, we walked around the quaint little town of Stellenbosch.Read more

  • Capetown, South Africa

    Apr 4–10, 2025 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F

    Random sightings from Capetown. While driving through Cape Flats area, we saw hundreds of old metal homes with community port-a-potties. They can't afford running water, but there were quite a few satellite dishes on their roofs. Hmmmm.Read more

  • Day 91. Lüderitz, Namibia.

    April 6, 2025, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F

    Such an exciting day. We took a catamaran ride to see the local wildlife. We saw Penguins, a flamingo, many cormorant and othe birds, dolphins, seals, and the best of all... whales. They surfaced right next to us several times. It was so cool.Read more