Cruise ship passengers battle two-day sea storm to visit Kenya
The vessel which is the last to call at the port of Mombasa ends the high cruise ship season this year docked with 357 passengers and 396 crew members.
“The ship is not full because it embarked on around the world cruise on January 14, and was due to go through the Suez Canal but the itinerary changed in February, dictating we go around Africa to reach Europe due to insecurity concerns at the Suez Canal,” said the cruise ship director Ms Laurence Badese.
This forced the cruise ship officials to give its guests who were uncomfortable with the new itinerary a chance to go back home. Normally, the vessel would be sailing with 640 guests.
Tourists and crew aboard MS Insignia, a cruise ship, weathered the cyclone Ialy sweeping across the Indian Ocean to dock at the Port of Mombasa.
The passengers said they encountered very choppy waters as the vessel sailed towards Mombasa from Seychelles.
