Cruises by Holiday Bazaar
Cruises
from Kenya,
end to end.
The lines we know well, and every part of the journey either side of the gangway.
Africa first, the world after. Cruising is how a lot of our travellers see the rest of it: a week in the Mediterranean where you unpack once, or Japan in cherry-blossom season with no internal flights to book.
The hard part of booking a cruise from Kenya is never the ship. It is the connection out of Nairobi, the night before you sail, the transfer to the terminal and the cabin grade that actually suits you. We do all four. If you would rather stay on land, start with our destinations; if you want both, Singapore city and cruise is the combination people ask for most. For the land either side of the sailing, our guides coverwhen to go where andplugs, money and SIMs by country.
The lines
Every one of them is a different week
They are not interchangeable. Here are 14 of the 20+ we book, ordered by how the week feels, family and full-on at one end, adult and unhurried at the other. Every placement is read off that line's own page, not off a brochure.
Pick a name, or hold and run the pointer down the list and let the whole order play out under your hand.Pick a name, or drag along the scale above them.
Royal Caribbean International
The biggest ships at sea, built so the days between ports are part of the holiday: surf simulator, climbing wall, zip line. Families do well here, and so do groups.
Known forA FlowRider sheet-wave surf simulator up on deck, on selected ships in the fleet.
The ships and the sailings for Royal Caribbean International
MSC Cruises
European and lively with it: Italian cooking, family clubs and water attractions on big modern ships, and a Southern Africa season from Durban and Cape Town, among the closest cruising to Kenya.
Known forThe MSC Yacht Club: a keycard-only ship within the ship, with its own suites, restaurant, lounges and pool, and a 24-hour butler.
Norwegian Cruise Line
Freestyle: no assigned table, no fixed sitting, no evening you have to dress for. You eat when you are hungry, and the newer ships lean sporty.
Known forThe Prima Speedway: a three-level go-kart track that runs around and through the ship's funnel.
Celebrity Cruises
A step up from the big family ships without becoming formal about it. Fewer people than the size suggests, attentive service, and the food is what guests talk about afterwards.
Known forThe Magic Carpet on the Edge-class ships, a platform cantilevered off the side of the hull that moves between decks.
Princess Cruises
The quiet one of the big ships. Large enough to have everything, calm enough that you notice the sea. Sea days are the point rather than the filler.
Known forThe Medallion, a coin-sized wearable that replaces the cruise card and unlocks your cabin door as you reach it.
Cunard
A sense of occasion: afternoon tea, ballroom dancing and Gala Evenings you dress for. Families are welcome, but the evenings are more formal than on most lines.
Known forQueen Mary 2, the flagship, built as an ocean liner for the open ocean, and her Transatlantic Crossings to and from New York.
Explora Journeys
Reads like a hotel rather than a ship: nine dining rooms, European cooking, the sophistication of a private yacht. Design-led, and quiet with it.
Known forEvery suite faces the sea and has its own private terrace.
Oceania Cruises
Small ships, never more than 1,250 guests, and the food is the whole pitch. A gracious pace with it: no crowds, no queues, nothing you have to rush for.
Known forJacques Pépin is the line's executive culinary advisor, and the founding father of its kitchens.
Azamara Cruises
Destination-led: longer in port, late nights ashore, overnight stays, and smaller harbours the big ships cannot enter. A boutique hotel at sea in between.
Known forAn AzAmazing Evening ashore, laid on by the line at no extra charge, on voyages of seven nights or more.
Atlas Ocean Voyages
Intimate yachting expeditions: purpose-built polar-class yachts, sailing year-round and as far as Antarctica. Small yachts, and the most adventurous week on the list.
Known forEvery Antarctica expedition includes a parka and vest that are yours to keep.
Windstar Cruises
Yachts rather than ships: fewer than 350 guests, and a marina that folds out of the stern so you can swim or kayak straight off the boat at anchor.
Known forTwo kinds of yacht: the Wind Class sail on real working sails, and on the Star Class every room is an ocean-view suite.
Regent Seven Seas Cruises
The most inclusive of the lot: shore excursions, dining and drinks are in the fare. Sprawling suites, open seating, and no queue anywhere on board.
Known forShore excursions are included and uncapped, over 2,000 of them across the itineraries.
Silversea Cruises
Small-ship intimacy with a very long reach: 900-plus destinations on all seven continents, 24-hour butler service, and the transfers handled door to door.
Known forS.A.L.T. (Sea And Land Taste) puts the region you are sailing through on the menu and in a cooking class.
Seabourn
Yacht-like and ultra-luxury: every suite ocean-front, drinks and dining included, caviar served in the surf, and tipping neither required nor expected.
Known forCaviar in the Surf: the crew wade in with a surfboard for a bar and serve caviar and champagne in the shallows.
The numbers
The map you are choosing from
These are the figures our own cruise site publishes. They describe what the lines we sell reach. That reach is the map you get to pick from, rather than a shelf we keep in Nairobi.
300+
Destinations
Iconic cities, remote islands, and the small harbours in between.
7,000+
Sailings
Weekend getaways at one end of the list, ocean crossings at the other.
70+
Countries
Cultures, cuisines and coastlines, on shores right across the planet.
20+
Cruise lines
Luxury, family, expedition and everything between, 14 of them written up above.
Why book with us
Nairobi hours, one thread, no call centre
A cruise is easy to buy badly. Three things make the difference.
You are in our time zone
Ring Road Parklands, the Sarit Centre desk, or the WhatsApp line. One travel designer stays on your booking from the first question to the boarding pass.
Packaged, not pieced together
Flights out of Nairobi, the hotel night before you sail, the transfer, the sailing and insurance on one quote, so nothing falls between two suppliers.
We deal with the lines directly
20+ lines, from Royal Caribbean and Norwegian through to Seabourn and Silversea. A cabin hold or a fare question is a phone call for us, not a queue for you.
2026–28
Sailings we are holding fares on
14 sailings across the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, Asia and the Caribbean, most with more than one cabin grade open.
FromUSD 1,470for 2 passengers
The lowest quoted per cabin for two: Spectrum of the Seas, 4 nights, 2028 season. Some sailings on the list are quoted per person instead.
- 23 Mar 2027Norwegian JadeNorwegian Cruise Line9 nights from Tokyo (Yokohama)USD 4,740 for 2 passengers
- 19 Apr 2027Celebrity MillenniumCelebrity Cruises12 nights from TokyoUSD 3,890 for 2 passengers
- 20 Apr 2027Diamond PrincessPrincess Cruises9 nights from Tokyo (Yokohama)USD 4,510 for 2 passengers
- 10 May 2027Explorer of the SeasRoyal Caribbean International7 nights from BarcelonaUSD 1,799 for 2 passengers
- 28 May 2027Celebrity ApexCelebrity Cruises8 nights from London (Southampton)USD 4,590 for 2 passengers
- 19 Jun 2027Celebrity XcelCelebrity Cruises7 nights from BarcelonaUSD 3,910 for 2 passengers
- 8 Aug 2027Norwegian EpicNorwegian Cruise Line7 nights from BarcelonaUSD 2,780 for 2 passengers
- 8 Aug 2027Norwegian PrimaNorwegian Cruise Line10 nights from London (Southampton)USD 4,900 for 2 passengers
- 23 Mar 2028Spectrum of the SeasRoyal Caribbean International8 nights from Tokyo (Yokohama)USD 1,930 for 2 passengers
- 27 Apr 2028Spectrum of the SeasRoyal Caribbean International4 nights from Shanghai (Baoshan)USD 1,470 for 2 passengers
- Oct–Dec 2026Icon of the SeasRoyal Caribbean International7 nights from Miami, USAUSD 1,376 per person sharing
- Jan–Feb 2027Navigator of the SeasRoyal Caribbean International4 nights from SingaporeUSD 386 per person sharing
- Jun–Aug 2027Odyssey of the SeasRoyal Caribbean International7 nights from Rome, ItalyUSD 1,365 per person sharing
- Jun–Aug 2027Legend of the SeasRoyal Caribbean International7 nights from Barcelona, SpainUSD 2,017 per person sharing
The other front door
cruises.co.ke
This page is the short version. Cruises by Holiday Bazaar is the long one: every line we book, live cabin availability and pricing on 5 of them, and the booking desk itself.
Open the cruise site- Book live on the portal
Royal Caribbean International · Celebrity Cruises · Oceania Cruises · Azamara Cruises · Seabourn
Search the sailings, see what is still open and pay by card, from Nairobi or anywhere else.
- Booked by our office
MSC Cruises · Norwegian Cruise Line · Princess Cruises · Cunard · Explora Journeys · Atlas Ocean Voyages · Windstar Cruises · Regent Seven Seas Cruises · Silversea Cruises
These 9 are booked by hand in our Nairobi office: a travel designer checks the sailings with the line and quotes them back to you.
Questions
Booking a cruise from here
The questions our cruise desk answers most often. Anything not covered, ask. We would rather say so than guess.
What is the best way to book a cruise from Kenya?
Two doors, one desk. You can search and book live on our own cruise site, cruises.co.ke, or you can sit down with a travel designer at Ring Road Parklands or Sarit and have it done with you. Anywhere in East Africa works the same way. The desk is in Nairobi, the sailing is not.
If you want the flights out of Nairobi, the hotel night before you sail and the transfer to the terminal on the same quote, start here instead.
Which cruise lines can I book from Kenya?
20+, the 14 in the list above among them. Of those, Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Oceania Cruises, Azamara Cruises and Seabourn are bookable straight through the portal on cruises.co.ke, with live availability and card payment.
The rest we book by hand, MSC Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line among them. Tell us the month and roughly where, and a travel designer comes back with the sailings.
How far ahead should we book?
As early as you can, ideally 12 to 24 months out. The lines publish itineraries years ahead, and that early window is where the cabin choice, the best pricing and the launch offers sit.
Last-minute does exist, and the booking platform shows real-time pricing and availability including late deals. It is simply a much smaller field to choose from, and the flights from Nairobi are the part that gets expensive.
Can we do a Caribbean cruise from Kenya?
Yes, and it is one of the more common asks. Royal Caribbean's Caribbean weeks call at Perfect Day at CocoCay in the Bahamas; Norwegian's call at Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas and Harvest Caye in Belize.
The work is on our side of the water: getting you to the embarkation port with a night in hand, and home again afterwards. Name the sailing you like and we will build the trip either side of it.
We want quiet, not water slides. Where should we look?
The adult, unhurried end of the list. Azamara Cruises and Seabourn are the two couples ask for most: small ships, intimate, and generous with what is already in the fare. Explora Journeys and Regent Seven Seas Cruises sit in the same bracket.
If the destination matters more than the ship, Celebrity Flora is the honeymoon answer: a 100-guest, all-suite ship built for the Galápagos and nowhere else, sailing seven-day itineraries with naturalists on board.
What should we settle before choosing an itinerary?
Four things, roughly in this order: how many nights you can be away, which ports or region you actually want to see, the season you are travelling in, and who is coming. Children in the party changes the answer more than the ship does.
Bring those four and a travel designer can put two or three real sailings in front of you the same week.
Can you handle a group, a reunion or a company trip?
Yes, and a group is where a desk earns its keep: one thread holding the cabins, the flights and the transfers together, instead of twelve people each booking their own and hoping the dates line up.
Say roughly how many are travelling and when, on WhatsApp or through the contact form, and we will take it from there.
Do you hold any special cruise fares right now?
Yes: 14 sailings, with Royal Caribbean International, Norwegian Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises and Princess Cruises. Most are priced per cabin for two, the lowest USD 1,470 for 2 passengers on Spectrum of the Seas; 4 are priced per person sharing, a different basis, so they are listed apart.
See every sailing and hold one. The fares move with availability, so read them as a starting point rather than a quote.
Find my cruise
Tell us the month, who is travelling and roughly where. We will come back with two or three sailings that fit, and what they cost from Nairobi.