Africa: Swan Hellenic

African travel naturally conjures up safari, a trek inland to spot the Big Five—elephant, leopard, lion, rhino and buffalo. On Swan Hellenic's very British 350-passenger Minerva, sail on March 24, 2009 from beneath Cape Town's Table Mountain. Check out the top-flight lecture program, go ashore to South and East Africa's best game reserves, and call at the seldom visited Mozambique Channel islands and ever evocative Zanzibar where the scent of cloves greets your arrival. Consider extending your stay in the Seychelles far out in the Indian Ocean.

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