{"id":3705,"date":"2011-08-03T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T18:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=3705"},"modified":"2011-08-03T18:32:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T18:32:00","slug":"variety-cruises-sails-in-west-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2011\/08\/variety-cruises-sails-in-west-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Variety Cruises Sails in West Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-W47pNCJOu78\/TjmUcGBQltI\/AAAAAAAAPkg\/-7JLtXj98fw\/s1600\/West%2BAfrica%2B-%2BVariety%2BCruises%2B-%2BSunset%2Bin%2BSenegal-799769.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-W47pNCJOu78\/TjmUcGBQltI\/AAAAAAAAPkg\/-7JLtXj98fw\/s320\/West%2BAfrica%2B-%2BVariety%2BCruises%2B-%2BSunset%2Bin%2BSenegal-799769.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636699619004028626\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-IWqtNb0ccwA\/TjmUcn9oDFI\/AAAAAAAAPko\/5V6IZaGb4VI\/s1600\/Pegasus%2BExterior_3%25281%2529-701807.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-IWqtNb0ccwA\/TjmUcn9oDFI\/AAAAAAAAPko\/5V6IZaGb4VI\/s320\/Pegasus%2BExterior_3%25281%2529-701807.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636699628115594322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Variety Cruises&#8217; remarkable small-ship Rivers of West Africa program embarks on Christmas and New Year&#8217;s sailings, with seven-night reduced fares starting at $1,790 per person, per week.\u00a0 Passengers can get a glimpse into the warmth of West Africa&#8217;s people and culture, a truly unique gift for the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>Christmas and New Year&#8217;s cruisers set sail on the Rivers of West Africa program departing December 23 and 30, 2011 from Dakar, Senegal, at a reduced fare of $1,790 per person, per week (savings of $110). This culturally rich program traverses the Gambia and Saloun Rivers, visiting nature reserves and villages, including a school near Janjangbureh supported by Variety Cruises, through corporate and passenger donations.<\/p>\n<p>Cruisers will want to make note that James Island on the Gambia River, featured in Alex Haley&#8217;s famed saga &#8220;Roots&#8221;, is a remarkable site on the Rivers of West Africa itinerary.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Variety Cruises&#8217; holiday program, please call 1-800-319-7776 (US) and 1-866-944-8498 (Canada) or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.varietycruises.com\">www.varietycruises.com<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Variety Cruises&#8217; remarkable small-ship Rivers of West Africa program embarks on Christmas and New Year&#8217;s sailings, with seven-night reduced fares starting at $1,790 per person, per week.\u00a0 Passengers can get a glimpse into the warmth of West Africa&#8217;s people and culture, a truly unique gift for the holiday season. Christmas and New Year&#8217;s cruisers set [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}