Photos from places we visited on the 2025 World Cruise
(Does not include photos taken on “At Sea” days)
January 5 – Marseille, France – Notre-Dame de la Garde basilica
January 7 – Barcelona, Spain – Gaudi’s Parc Quell
January 9 – Malaga, Spain – neighborhood where Pablo Picasso lived as a boy
January 10 – Casablanca, Morocco – Hassan II mosque
January 14 – Mindelo, Cape Verde – harbor with MSC Magnifica in background
January 19 – Salvador, Brazil – Barra Lighthouse
January 22 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Christ the Redeemer at sunrise
January 26 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – leaving port at sunset
January 29 – Punta Tombo, Argentina – Megellanic penguins
February 2 – Ushuaia, Argentina – Returning after a hard day of shopping
February 7 – Puerto Montt, Chile – Osorno Volcano
February 10 – Curico Valley, Chile – El Cuadra Winery
February 15 – Rapa Nui, Chile – 7 Moai at Anakena Beach
February 21 – Tahiti, French Polynesia – North shore of Tahiti with Moorea in background
February 23 – Moorea, French Polynesia – bungalows on Moorea with Tahiti in background
February 25 – Aitutaki, Southern Cook Islands – turquoise lagoon
February 26 – Rarotonga, Cook Islands – Muri Beach
March 3 – Auckland, New Zealand – Auckland harbor with 2024 America’s Cup winner in background
March 4 – Rotorua, New Zealand – Whakarewarewa geyser terrace
March 6 – Bay of Islands, New Zealand – Manginangina Kauri Walk
March 8 – Cashmere, New Zealand – Christchurch, New Zealand area in background
March 9 – Dunedin, New Zealand – Dunedin train station
March 10 – Milford Sound, New Zealand
March 12 – Hobart, Tasmania – Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary
March 15 – Sydney, Australia – Sydney Opera House
March 16 – Eden, Australia – Boyd’s Tower in Beowa National Park
March 18 – Melbourne, Australia – wrapped tree near the National Gallery
March 20 – Adelaide, Australia – Ethereal Spring Persians sculpture by Dale Chihuly in Adelaide Botanic Gardens
March 21 – Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island, Australia – Island Beehive
March 24 – Albany, Australia – walking near the treetops of Red Tingle trees in the Valley of the Giants
March 25 – Busselton, Australia – Cape Naturalist Lighthouse
March 26 – Perth, Australia – Cottesloe Beach
March 27 – Fremantle. Australia – beginning our off-ship adventure – Guilio from the Excursions Desk
March 28 – Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia – Mossman Gorge Aboriginal experience
March 29 – Great Barrier Reef – preparing to board Quicksilver V to return to Port Douglas
March 30 – Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia – cruising the Daintree River looking for crocodiles
March 31 – Yulara, Australia – Uluru (Ayer’s Rock)
April 1 – Yulara, Australia – Kata Tjuta
April 2 – Yulara, Australia – Uluru at sunrise (Kata Tjuta in distance)
April 2 – Sydney, Australia – 6Head Restaurant with Sydney Opera House in background
April 4 – Paradise Island, Maldives – Villa Nautica main pool
April 7 – Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles – aboard the semi-submarine Nautilus
April 9 – Nosy Be, Madagascar – female maki Macao lemur eating banana in background
April 14 – Port Elizabeth, South Africa – Burchell’s zebras in Addo Elephant National Park
April 16 – Cape Town, South Africa – waiting in line almost 3 hours for the cable car to Table Mountain
April 18 – Walvis Bay, Namibia – Namib Desert with Nara bush in background
April 26 – Dakar, Senegal – vendor on the dock
April 29 – Fuerteventura, Canary Islands – Aloe Vera Exclusive processing plant
May 3 – Monreale, Sicily – Cathedral of Santa Maria Nuova
May 4 – Vatican City, Italy – photobomb by Alda in St. Peter’s Square
May 5 – Genoa, Italy – walking on Via Balbi near Grand Hotel