Silversea’s World Cruise 2028: Five Continents and 30 Countries Equals Adventures Galore
World Cruise: the name has much to live up to. Although no cruise can offer the entire world in one voyage, Silversea World Cruise 2028 from Miami to Nice takes the moniker seriously.
The meticulously curated itinerary for the Ode to the Moment 2028 opens up a huge swath of the world to guests – five continents, 30 countries, 58 destinations and more than 30 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, along with an intriguing collection of lesser-known ports waiting to be discovered.
It’s a brilliant combination: The world you know, experienced in new and unexpected ways, intersecting with smaller gems of ports that few travelers ever see.
That variety is paramount at Silversea. Travel isn’t just about the physical movement from place to place. It’s also about how the journey changes us. The lesser-known ports on this cruise expand our physical boundaries while also allowing us to see ourselves and the world through a new lens – one informed by the kinds of transformative moments and deeper connections this kind of exploration brings.
Silver Shadow, which is the second smallest of the line’s ships, is integral to this journey. Shadow accommodates 392 guests and 302 crew, and thanks to its size, it can visit compelling ports inaccessible to larger ships. That makes it uniquely suited to intimate and transformative experiences that define World Cruise 2028.
From petite and proudly laid-back Jost van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands, where the most strenuous activity might be raising a glass at the famed Soggy Dollar beach bar, to Milos, Greece, a new port in 2026 for Silversea, and Lipari, Italy, these small ports allow travelers insight into the volcanic nature of the islands. (If you’re planning to stroll Sarakiniko Beach on Milos, you’ll need footwear to protect your feet from volcanic ash.)
Some of the lesser-known destinations are among the thrills of this itinerary. Take, for instance, St. Helena in the South Atlantic, 1,800 miles off South America and 1,200 miles from Africa’s southwest coast, making it one of the most remote settled islands on Earth. Despite its diminutive size – just 47 square miles, about the size of San Francisco – St. Helena has no shortage of sights, including ancient wrecks, historic forts and dramatic geologic features. Jamestown, its Georgian capital, is nearly 300 years old.
Whale sharks beckon just offshore, and swimming with these gentle behemoths, some say, is a life-changing experience.
Other gems World Cruise ’28 passengers may come to know: Puerto Madryn, an early Welsh settlement in Argentine Patagonia; the glamorous beach resort, Punta del Este, Uruguay; Salvador de Bahia in Brazil, which boasts Renaissance buildings, are other gems World Cruise 2028 guests will come to know.
This cruise also features longer stays and more port overnights than previous sailings, allowing fuller immersion into local culture, allowing more meaningful connections and a deeper understanding of the world’s far-flung people and places.
Among the 17 overnights:
- Fuerte Amador, gateway to the Panama Canal
- Starkly beautiful Walvis Bay, Namibia
- Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- Sun-swept tropical beaches of Mahé Island in the Seychelles
- Buenos Aires, a new port for Silversea’s world cruises
And perhaps the most amazing event: three nights in world-renowned Rio de Janeiro during Carnival, where guests will have access to the globe’s most spectacular celebrations with a history dating to 1723. From grandstand seats along the parade route to events and access just for Silversea guests, these three nights are a living, pulsing, musical ode to the brilliant colors, culture and vibrancy of Brazil and the storied city of Rio de Janeiro.
Add to these experiences Silversea’s, S.A.L.T. (Sea and Land Taste) program, which gives guests a taste of the destinations they are visiting in hands-on and one-of-a-kind cooking and dining experiences curated especially for Silversea guests.
Amazing optional excursions
This world cruise also has a collection of optional excursions that extend and enhance the rich core itinerary. Five overland experiences in five parts of the world raise the bar on the world-cruise experience:
Gorillas in the Mist: An overland adventure takes guests deep into Rwanda to trek in search of the magnificent silverbacks in their natural habitat.
Best of Bolivian Art: A driving safari from La Paz to the Bolivian Salt Flats, offering opportunities to meet some of the country’s artists along the way.
Magic of the Falls: Accommodations for two nights in the historic Belmond hotel on the Brazilian side of thundering Iguazú Falls.
Night on Table Mountain: A once-in-a-lifetime camping experience in luxury tents high on Cape Town’s famed mountaintop is a rare opportunity.
Temples and Tombs: Allows guest to marvel at the genius and artistry of ancient civilizations, in Luxor, Egypt. It has marvels enough to take your breath away again and again.
Learning more deeply
Travel is the portal to open minds and open hearts. As Silversea’s returning guests know, engaging and interacting with local people and cultures is central to making the most compelling sites in the world come alive.
The opportunities on World Cruise 2028 include meeting the Embera people of Panama, the Bedouins of the Middle East and the gauchos of Brazil and learning about the many cultures and tribes of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
The act of curating an itinerary built around these meaningful experiences lies at the heart of what Silversea does for its world cruises, but this effort goes well beyond choosing a compelling destination.
“When we’re planning special events for our full-world-cruise guests, we’re always looking for experiences that authentically reflect the place we’re visiting,” says Jannie Cloete, Director Events and Experiences at Silversea. “Then we take that and transform the event into the absolutely unexpected.”
Such experiences are integral to the cruise line’s core values. “For Silversea, it’s very important to leave a legacy behind us after every unique event,” Cloete says. “It’s important that we leave a legacy that supports the local community.
“In Cape Town, for example, where we organized a one-time only ‘Opera in the Quarry’ event, we built a permanent grandstand for seating. We intentionally built it to last so that South Africans could use it long after our event.”
That means memories of guests and the people whose lives they have touched live on, as they always do when travel aligns with the best of humanity.