35 Night World Cruise

Volendam

This 35-night Africa cruise aboard the Volendam by Holland America Line sails from Cape Town to Rotterdam, departing March 22, 2027, calling at Cape Town, Luderitz, Walvis Bay, and 14 more ports, and returns April 26, 2027. Cabin prices start from $7,999 per person.

Days
35 nights
Departs
Mar 22, 2027
Ports
18
Returns
Apr 26, 2027
Sea days
15
Distance
7,247nm
Itinerary
Embark Port Sea
Day 1
Mar 22
Embark
Day 2
Mar 23
Cape Town, South Africa
dep 23:59
Day 3
Mar 24
At Sea
Day 4
Mar 25
Luderitz, Namibia
arr 08:00 · dep 17:00
Day 5
Mar 26
Walvis Bay, Namibia
arr 08:00 · dep 17:00
Day 6
Mar 27
At Sea
Day 7
Mar 28
At Sea
Day 8
Mar 29
At Sea
Day 9
Mar 30
St. Helena, UK
arr 08:00
Day 10
Mar 31
St. Helena, UK
dep 17:00
Day 11
Apr 1
At Sea
Day 12
Apr 2
At Sea
Day 13
Apr 3
At Sea
Day 14
Apr 4
At Sea
Day 15
Apr 5
Banjul, Gambia
arr 08:00 · dep 17:00
Day 16
Apr 6
Dakar, Senegal
arr 08:00 · dep 17:00
Day 17
Apr 7
At Sea
Day 18
Apr 8
Praia, Cape Verde
arr 08:00 · dep 17:00
Day 19
Apr 9
Mindelo, Cape Verde Island
arr 08:00 · dep 17:00
Day 20
Apr 10
At Sea
Day 21
Apr 11
At Sea
Day 22
Apr 12
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands
arr 08:00 · dep 23:00

Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital of Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean about 300 km off the coast of Morocco. The cruise port sits in the heart of the city, directly adjacent to the commercial center and within walking distance of the main shopping street and waterfront.

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Day 23
Apr 13
Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
arr 08:00 · dep 21:00

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is the largest city in the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa. The city has about 380,000 residents and serves as a major embarkation port for Canary Islands cruises and a regular port of call on Atlantic, repositioning, and West Africa itineraries.

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Day 24
Apr 14
Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands
arr 08:00 · dep 17:00

Arrecife is the capital of Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands in the eastern Atlantic Ocean about 125 km off the coast of West Africa. The island has about 155,000 residents and a landscape unlike anywhere else in Europe: volcanic craters, lava fields, black sand beaches, and an almost lunar terrain shaped by eruptions in the 1730s that buried a third of the island.

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Day 25
Apr 15
At Sea
Day 26
Apr 16
Casablanca, Morocco
arr 07:00 · dep 21:00
Day 27
Apr 17
At Sea
Day 28
Apr 18
Lisbon, Portugal
arr 07:00 · dep 18:00

Lisbon cruise port is one of the most atmospheric arrivals in Europe. Ships sail up the Tagus River past the 25 de Abril Bridge (a near-twin of San Francisco's Golden Gate) and the Christ the King statue, with the city rising up on seven hills to the north.

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Day 29
Apr 19
Porto (Leixoes), Portugal
arr 08:00 · dep 17:00

Porto is Portugal's second city, sitting on the steep banks of the Douro River near the Atlantic coast. Cruise ships dock at the port of Leixoes, an industrial harbor in the suburb of Matosinhos about 8 kilometers north of Porto's historic center.

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Day 30
Apr 20
At Sea
Day 31
Apr 21
Bilbao, Spain
arr 07:00 · dep 15:00
Day 32
Apr 22
Bordeaux, France
arr 10:00

Bordeaux is one of France's great cities, a UNESCO-listed urban center on the Garonne River in southwestern France known worldwide for its wine but increasingly recognized for its architecture, food scene, and cultural institutions. The Bordeaux cruise port is unusual: ocean-going cruise ships dock at the industrial port facility at Le Verdon-sur-Mer at the mouth of the Gironde estuary, about 100 km from Bordeaux city center, or occasionally at Bassens or Pauillac closer to the city.

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Day 33
Apr 23
Bordeaux, France
dep 20:30

Bordeaux is one of France's great cities, a UNESCO-listed urban center on the Garonne River in southwestern France known worldwide for its wine but increasingly recognized for its architecture, food scene, and cultural institutions. The Bordeaux cruise port is unusual: ocean-going cruise ships dock at the industrial port facility at Le Verdon-sur-Mer at the mouth of the Gironde estuary, about 100 km from Bordeaux city center, or occasionally at Bassens or Pauillac closer to the city.

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Day 34
Apr 24
At Sea
Day 35
Apr 25
Cherbourg, France
arr 07:00 · dep 16:00
Day 36
Apr 26
Disembark
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
arr 11:00

Rotterdam is Europe's largest port city and a major cruise embarkation point in the Netherlands, located in the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt river delta about 80 km south of Amsterdam. The cruise terminal (Rotterdam Cruise Terminal) is at the Wilhelminakade on the south bank of the Nieuwe Maas river, in the shadow of the Erasmus Bridge.

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Distance
≈ 7,247nm
At sea
15 of 35 nights
Type
One-way
Price history

Interior cabin

$7,999▼ $440 (5.2%) vs Mar 9
Low
$7,999
High
$8,439
Average
$8,146
Vs avg
−2%
$7,955$8,087$8,219$8,351$8,483Mar 9Jun 18Sep 28$8,439 · Mar 9$7,999 · Jun 17$7,999 · Sep 28

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Volendam
Your ship
Volendam
Holland America Line · Rotterdam class · Built 1999
Passengers
1,432
Tonnage
61,214
Length
237m
Crew
647
Onboard
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