The west coast of Africa is vast and wildly beautiful. Experience the region’s raw charm aboard Crystal Serenity and visit off-the-beaten-track destinations including Takoradi in Ghana and Abidjan in Ivory Coast. You’ll also spend a day in Dakar, the wonderfully diverse capital of Senegal, and discover two islands, Cape Verde.

Africa and the Indian Ocean region beckon adventurers with its diversity. From unraveling ancient civilizations with Egypt’s famous pyramids to exploring rich wildlife and idyllic beaches in the Seychelles and Zanzibar, this enchanting region offers an unforgettable patchwork of experiences.

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From its humble origins as a fishing village to its current status as Ghana&#39;s largest port, Tema&#39;s industrial growth has somewhat obscured the picturesque scenery of the region. However, the neighboring beaches retain their unspoiled beauty<del cite=`mailto:Kate%20Simon` datetime=`2024-07-20T07:47`>,</del> and<ins cite=`mailto:Kate%20Simon` datetime=`2024-07-20T07:47`>,</ins> happily, these serve as a testament to the diverse birdlife found in the area. Gannets, Boobies, and Kingfishers all nest in and navigate the forests and waters along the coast. However, most visitors will undoubtedly want to travel the 20-mile distance to Accra, the country&#39;s capital. Here, you&#39;ll find markets flush with color and activity, as well as 17th-century churches and a surprisingly lush botanical garden.

Takoradi is equal parts a busy commercial hub and blissful beaches. The fourth-largest city in Ghana enjoys a frenetic economy fueled by the oil industry but has not lost its traditional roots; head to the labyrinthine Market Circle and you&#39;ll find local vendors as likely to engage in a lengthy conversation as they are to sell you a bolt of vibrant Ghanaian fabric or handful of local spices. Takoradi also serves as the entry point to the 15th-century Elmina and 16th-century Cape Coast Castles, both UNESCO World Heritage Sites and both somber reminders of the dark history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

The `Paris of West Africa”, French-speaking Abidjan is the Ivory Coast&#39;s biggest and most important city. Its high-rise skyline is all glittering skyscrapers, but down at street level in the city&#39;s neighbourhoods, a vibrant local culture reveals itself, with an exciting culinary scene that reflects Abidjan&#39;s diversity, offering a mix of traditional Ivorian dishes and international cuisine. Immediately beyond its bustling streets there&#39;s natural beauty to be found; along from its port are lagoons and waterways where almost 750 species of bird thrive (including 26 endangered species). For those venturing further outside the city limits, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Grand Bassam is an hour&#39;s drive away.

Dakar is a heady mix of 20th-century modernization intertwined with France&#39;s colonial influence and African cultural character. The beating heart of the city is the bustling Place de l&#39;Independence, akin to Paris&#39;s Champs-Elysées, and is undoubtedly the best place to start exploring the city. Head north for vibrant markets, sun-soaked beaches, and trendy bars infused with mbalax. Because of the port&#39;s strategic location, Dakar was a key player in the slave trade from the 16th century until 1857, when the French abolished the practice. Do not miss a trip to the House of Slaves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Goree Island, just a 20-minute boat ride from the port to understand the full scope of Dakar&#39;s harrowing slave history.

Set in the south of Santiago, Praia showcases what Cape Verde does so well: impressive diversity with a unique appeal. As the capital of the biggest island in the 10-island archipelago, the city is home to over half the country&#39;s population, yet retains its Afro-Portuguese authenticity. The old capital (and UNESCO World Heritage Site) Cidade Velha was the first European colonial outpost in the tropics and features some of the city&#39;s original street layout along with impressive remains including two churches, a royal fortress, and Pillory Square, a sober reminder of the island&#39;s slave trade. Santiago is also home to beautiful beaches where visitors can relax on golden sands and swim in the clear Atlantic waters.

Also called Mindelo, beautiful Porto Grande (Big Pier), in São Vicente is the cultural capital of Cape Verde. The 10-island archipelago was uninhabited until it was colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century, and today Portuguese is still the official language throughout Cape Verde although Creole tends to be used in conversation. Legend says that Cape Verdean culture is based on music, food, and the telling of stories and certainly this can certainly be felt in the bars and restaurants that play traditional songs and spill out onto the pavements. São Vicente stretches to far more than just Mindelo, take a 4x4 adventure through the desert dunes or hike through deep, fruit-filled valleys set against a backdrop of volcanoes and dramatic seascapes to really appreciate the beauty of the island.

Las Palmas is the capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands. You can hit the beach without leaving the city - its waterfront is blessed with sandy stretches shelving into gentle blue waters. For a fix of Spanish culture, head to the Vegueta, Las Palmas&#39; picturesque Old Town, where the narrow cobbled streets are lined with grand houses in traditional Canarian architectural style, and squares like Plaza de Santa Ana are dotted with palm trees and low-key bars and cafes. Playa El Confital offers tranquil rock pools and secluded coves popular with naturists.

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When you register for our Services on our Websites, for example signing up for marketing emails or requesting to be contacted by a consultant for a quote, you may provide us with:

Your personal details, including your email address and phone numbers

When you place a booking with Century Travel, either as lead passenger, booker, passenger or non-travelling payee, you may provide us or our Service Provider with:

Your personal details, including your postal and billing addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and date of birth and name as per passport

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In some cases, we may also need to collect more sensitive personal data such as information concerning medical conditions, disabilities and special requirements, so as to be able to consider your particular needs in relation to a booking.

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For any content you submit, we may use, copy, modify, adapt, publish or incorporate such content into forms of marketing messaging and advertising for our social accounts, email marketing, print brochures and our website.

We may also use personal data from social media sources such as Facebook advertising that supply information, cookie and third party data. For example, this type of personal social media data helps us to:

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Improve and measure the delivery and effectiveness of our marketing communications across social media advertising.

When you use our website we use data tracking software (‘cookies’) which allow us to collect:

Information about your online browsing behaviour on our Websites and Mobile Apps and information about when you click on one of our adverts (including those shown on other organisations’ websites)

Information about any devices you have used to access our Services (including the make, model and operating system, IP address, browser type and mobile device identifiers)

We use personal data to effectively manage and improve the services we offer to you, including:

Processing bookings, so that we can manage the provision of services and help with any bookings or refunds you may ask for;

Improve our online services, including improving our Websites;

Detection and prevention of fraud or other crimes, so that we can ensure you can safely use our services;

Improvement and development of our products and suppliers, information technology systems and the way we communicate with you, including measuring the responses to certain products;

Providing a specialised and personalised service to you to help us meet your needs as a customer, including providing you with marketing material that is relevant to your interests. This may include us measuring your responses to marketing communications;

Contact and interaction with you, for example by phone, email or post or by responding to social media posts that you send to us, so that we can service your booking or query effectively as a customer

We may share the personal data we collect with other companies in the Century Travel Group, where it is necessary for the effective servicing of a booking or query.

We may share the personal data we collect with other Supplier Partners and Service Providers. We only share personal data that enable our Supplier Partners to provide their services. We work with carefully selected Service Providers that carry out certain functions on our behalf, including for example, companies that help us with our technology services, storing and combining data, and processing payments. We only share personal data that enable our Service Providers to effectively provide their services. When we share personal data with these companies we require them store and process it securely, and they must not use your personal data for their own marketing purposes.

We may also need to share personal data with other organisations in certain circumstances:

if the law or a public authority says we must share the personal data;

if we need to share personal data in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (this includes providing personal data to others for the purposes of preventing fraud and reducing credit risk);

to an organisation we sell or transfer (or enter into negotiations to sell or transfer) any of our businesses or any of our rights or obligations under any agreement we may have with you. If the transfer or sale goes ahead, the organisation receiving your personal data can use your personal data in the same way as us; or

to any other successors in title to our business.

The personal data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area “EEA”). It may also be processed by companies operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our Service Providers, such as airlines, hoteliers, insurance companies and ground handling agents so they can provide you the arrangements you require.

In order for you to travel overseas, we may be required to disclose certain of your personal data to government bodies or other authorities in Cyprus and in other countries, such as those responsible for immigration, border control, security and anti-terrorism. Even if it is not mandatory for us to provide information to such authorities, we may exercise our discretion to assist them where appropriate.

The protection and safe-guarding of your personal data is very important to us and we implement various security safeguards to protect your data, including:

Regular reviews of our processes for collecting, storing and processing your personal data.

Restricting access to your personal data to authorised users. This includes the use of physical security measures.

However, whilst we take appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard your personal data, please note that we cannot guarantee the security of any personal data that you transfer over the internet to us.

We will send you relevant news and offers about our products and services in a number of ways, including by email, but only if you have previously agreed to receive these marketing communications or have engaged with us in a service provision way. When you register with us on our Website, we will ask you if you would like to receive marketing communications. When you engage with a travel consultant, they will also ask you if you would like to receive marketing communications. You can change your marketing choices over the phone with your consultant or by unsubscribing from our emails at any time.

Under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to see the personal data we hold about you. This is called a Subject Access Request. If you would like a copy of the personal data we hold about you, please write to: Century Travel, PO Box 62862, 8069 Paphos.

Guests will receive twenty percent (20%) off the cruise-only fare. Full payment of the reduced fare will be due at time of booking. Booking is not refundable. Additional terms and conditions apply.

A&K Travel Group Ltd, a company incorporated under the laws of the Bahamas, along with its subsidiary companies listed below (collectively “

”), recognizes the importance of protecting your privacy. This global privacy notice (“

”) describes how we collect, process, and share Guest Personal Data (defined below). This Notice also describes your rights and choices with respect to Guest Personal Data and other important information. This Notice applies to our group websites and the activities across all the A&K Travel Group companies. Please carefully review this Notice.

A&K Travel Group’s subsidiary companies include but are not limited to the following: AK Group Ltd, A&K Corp. Ltd, Abercrombie & Kent Global Travel Limited, Abercrombie & Kent Ltd, Abercrombie & Kent USA, LLC, Abercrombie & Kent (Australia) Pty Ltd, Crystal Cruises Holding Ltd, Crystal Cruises SAM, Crystal Cruises USA, LLC, Crystal Cruises Pty Ltd, Crystal Cruises Ltd, Crystal Cruises UK Ltd, Situr Inc. and Divencounters Inc. A&K Travel Group does business under the brands Abercrombie & Kent, Crystal Cruises, Cox & Kings, Sanctuary Retreats and EcoVentura.

A&K Travel Group may act as either a controller, a processor or both, depending on the circumstances, with respect to the collection, use, and other processing of personal information which can be used to identify or is reasonably capable of being associated with, directly or indirectly, guests (

), as described in more detail in this Notice.

We have appointed a Data Protection Officer who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this Notice. If you have any questions about this Notice, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact us using the details set out below.

Please see below the relevant contact details of the data controller for your country or region. If you are uncertain or have a general question regarding data protection, please use the contact details for the United Kingdom.

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Legal entity: Abercrombie & Kent Ltd.
Company No: 01082430
Name: Data Compliance Officer
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Postal address: St George's House, Ambrose Street, Cheltenham, GL50 3LG.

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Telephone: +1 (617) 398-7067
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Postal address: 100 M Street S.E., Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20003, USA
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The contact details for our registered data protection representative in the European Union.

Legal entity: Abercrombie & Kent Italy S.r.L.
Name: EU Data Protection Representative
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Postal address: Via Fattori 10, Florence, 50132, Italy.
Supervisory body: Garante Per La Protezione Dei Personali
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The contact details for our registered data protection representative for the USA and the Americas.

Legal entity: Abercrombie & Kent USA LLC
Name: Data Protection Manager
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Postal address: 1411 Opus Place Executive Towers West II, Suite 300, Downers Grove, IL 60515.

The contact details for our registered data protection representative Australia and Asia.

Legal entity: Abercrombie & Kent Australia Pty. Ltd.
Name: Data Protection Manager
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Postal address: North Tower, Level 26/80 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

This Notice is written in the English language. To the extent any translated versions of this Notice conflict with the English language version, the English language version of this Notice shall control.

A&K Travel Group will collect Guest Personal Data that you choose to provide to us when you interact with any of the A&K Travel Group websites, contact any A&K Travel Group reservations departments, use our services, speak with our representatives (such as sales or customer service), or purchase our products

We collect Guest Personal Data about or generated by any device you have used to access the A&K Travel Group websites, or when you use Wi-Fi on an A&K network while traveling with A&K Travel Group. Such collected data could include device information, IP address, and browsing information such as previous purchase history or interests. When you use our websites, we also collect certain information about you automatically through our use of cookies and similar technologies. For more information, please see below for our Cookie Notice.

We receive Guest Personal Data about you from our third-party partners and from marketing companies that provide us with such information as a part of their relationship with us. We receive Guest Personal Data from third-party travel agents who transfer Guest Personal Data to us when you purchase products or services from them in connection with services that we provide, and other service providers performing services on our behalf. We may receive Guest Personal Data from ad networks, behavioural advertising vendors, market research, and social media companies or similar companies that provide us with additional Guest Personal Data. We may also receive Guest Personal Data from Facebook and other social media companies who may transfer Guest Personal Data to us when you register for one of our services or interact with that social media company on or in connection with our services or the purchase of our products.

A&K Travel Group feels strongly about protecting the privacy of minors. A&K Travel Group’s websites are not intended for use by individuals under the age of 18 (“minors”). A&K Travel Group does not knowingly collect personal information from minors in connection with the features of our websites without the consent of a parent or guardian. A&K Travel Group requests that any minors who wish to contact A&K do so through their parent or guardian, and not through the website. Minors may not access those sections of the websites that require registration. Upon notification that a minor has provided us with personal information, we will delete the minor’s personal information from our records. If you believe we might have any information from a minor, please email us at 

III. CATEGORIES OF GUEST PERSONAL DATA AND PURPOSE FOR PROCESSING

A&K Travel Group collects and processes the following categories of Guest Personal Data, for the purposes specified below when you make an inquiry or purchase a service or product:

Personal name and initials (e.g. First Name, Last Name)

Communicate, interact and identify you and customize the content, products and services that are offered to you;

Verify your authority to enter and use our Services; and

Personal characteristics (e.g., age, date of birth, gender, marital status, nationality) and personal preferences (product preferences, online preferences, interests)

Conduct our business and improve our websites and services, develop new products and services, provide information and support, to better understand your needs and interests, personalize communications and advertising, and generally promote a quality experience for you.

Perform certain automated decision-making, including profiling, which can be used for direct marketing

Process, fulfil and follow up on transactions and requests for products, services, support, and information

Financial information (e.g., credit card number, financial institution information and number)

Process transactions you enter into with us (e.g., purchase of goods and services, refunds, discounts and offers)

Contact information (e.g., address, phone number, email address)

Contact you with information about A&K Travel Group (including subsidiaries in the group), and affiliated third-party products and services;

Send you other marketing materials, for example, via emails, calls, texts (SMS) and posts to notify you about products and services that we believe may be of interest to you, about us and our subsidiaries in the group and affiliated third-parties, including information about our and their products and services. We ask for your opt-in consent for certain types of marketing communications in particular jurisdictions. You may opt out of receiving marketing communications from us by asking us not to call you again, clicking the "Unsubscribe" link found in the footer of our email messages or by replying or texting ‘STOP’ if you receive a text message in SMS communications. You may also contact us using our contact details above.

Government Issued ID (e.g., Social Security Number, Government ID Number, Passport Number)

Authentication information (e.g., login id, password)

Verify your authority to enter and use our website and other services

Deter, detect, and prevent fraud and other prohibited or illegal activities

Health related information (e.g., information about physical or psychological state of health, prescriptions, vaccinations, temperature, data on health screening questionnaires, COVID-19 testing)

Provide our services, such as arranging our services or offerings, including to visit certain properties or locations

Provide you with bespoke services or in connection with our response to health-related incidents

Information obtained from third parties, such as travel agents

Conduct marketing and background checks (e.g., using information from Casino third parties)