With its stunning landscapes and great diversity of birds and animals, Africa is often hailed as the world's most striking continent. TravelQuest and Sky & Telescope invite you to witness with us the December 4, 2002 total solar eclipse off the coast of Africa, aboard Orient Lines' award-winning ship, the Marco Polo.
 
If you visited Africa in 2001 eclipse in Zambia, rest assured the 2002 eclipse cruise will be a very different experience.  Travelers will spend three nights on safari in Kenya, cruise to exotic Zanzibar, Madagascar and South Africa and witness the eclipse at sea on the Indian Ocean.  We'll enjoy nightly views of the spectacular southern sky, too.

The Marco Polo, our home away from home as we cruise, offers a casual elegance and 4-star service, as well as the advantage of mobility in the unlikely event of cloudy weather.  As always, the editors of Sky & Telescope have arranged top-quality enrichment lectures, both before and after the eclipse, to provide insight into the heavens and into the big event itself.