We were booked on this sailing since 2020. A few weeks ago, I read about the Visa requirements. I was able to find out that Visas are required in Gambia, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Angola. I talked to someone at Azamara to get more info and was told to use Azamara Visa Central to get the Visas, The prices are quite high, Another, cheaper, site to get info is visahq.com.
The biggest issue, besides the price, was that both Gambia and Ghana require you to mail your passport to them in order to get the required visa. Since we have 2 other cruises before December, and we will need our passports for them AND I did not want to mail my passport, I decided to cancel this cruise. What a disappointment!
I did ask Azamara if we could not get the required visas and just stay on the ship. They said yes. But, that left only 4 African ports to visit on a 21-day cruise.
