Day 108: Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Today we landed in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. In the morning things did not go as planned for the Viking Neptune staff. First, I heard the pilot was 1 ½ hours late to get on board to guide us to the dock. Then it took a while for immigration to get on board and settled in. So, we waited in a VERY long line until they decided to have us sit in the Star Theater. We had to all pass through a face-to-face immigration check then get to our buses for the day’s excursions.

Some how - not sure why - the excursion gods were on our side today. The night before we watched the port talk and saw that our excursion was a bus ride through the Addo National Park, and we should have signed up for the 4x4 Safari. Too late to change it the night before.

Donna was on FB and noticed that Mike & Carol were choosing to stay onboard and offered their 4x4 tickets to the first people who wanted them. We jumped on it. Thank you Mike and Carol we had a great time on the 4x4 excursion.

It was a mad house at the pier. Everything was running late. I think a bus or two got changed. I felt badly from the Excursion staff. You will see a picture from the bus window of the Excursion staff once everyone was on their buses and on their way. I saw excursion staff all give a huge sigh of relief that they did it! Everyone was off to their various excursions.Læs mere