PEREGRINE Adventures will add West Africa to its adventure cruising program in 2019, confirming a new itinerary travelling between Senegal and The Gambia.
Having launched adventure cruising product in Europe last year and announced plans to expand in Asia later this year, the company will next year offer its first African cruise, travelling by sea as well as inland waterways.
“Our travellers have responded to a style on the water that is akin to our style on the land – authentic and low-impact travel,” Peregrine Adventures’ general manager marine Filippos Venetopoulos said.
“These are cruises for travellers who would never normally choose a cruise,” he said.
Peregrine’s new itinerary is an eight-day round-trip from the Senegal capital Dakar, travelling south along the country’s coast before exploring the Gambia River, priced from $3,140pp.
“Our West Africa voyage visits villages and towns untouched by the notion of tourism,” Venetopoulos said, adding that guests would have opportunities to experience life with locals including at a cinema night in the riverside town of Kuntaur.
The cruise will start in Jan 2019.
Source: traveldaily