The concept of the guagua ship and the express inter-island frequencies are very effective for solving the routine of a commercial commuter traveling on Tuesday and returning on Wednesday, but the true dimension of the Atlantic is measured on a different scale. On October 25, 2026, the Port of Las Palmas will become the starting point for one of the most extraordinary operations in international maritime tourism: a 59-day uninterrupted sailing journey that starts in the islands to connect the blue economy of the Canary Islands with the strategic markets and hubs of Africa, the Indian Ocean, and Southeast Asia. The cost is over €8,000 per person.
The business scale of this transcontinental journey shatters any daily mobility schematics. The itinerary places Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife as the only two European jump-off points for a route that, after touching Agadir, will bid farewell to the archipelago on October 30 to embark on a seven-day sea crossing to Cape Verde. Seven days to Cape Verde from Agadir?
Passengers will begin their journey boarding at the Gran Canaria dock early in the morning, with a scheduled arrival at 4:30 AM, allowing for a full first day before the ship casts off at 10:30 PM towards its first international destination, the Moroccan city of Agadir, after a full day at sea on Monday, October 26.
The journey to the African periphery formally begins on the coast of Agadir on Tuesday, October 27, where the ship will be docked from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM before embarking on another day of ocean navigation on Wednesday, October 28. By dawn on Thursday, October 29, at 8:00 AM, the expedition will return briefly to the archipelago to touch at the second major business node in the Canary Islands, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, from where it will depart at 7:00 PM.
Reverse Canary Route
From that point onward, the itinerary will definitively bid farewell to the islands to chain sailing on Friday, October 30, and Saturday, October 31, in high seas towards Cape Verde, making its first stop on Sunday, November 1, in Mindelo, on the island of São Vicente, between 7:00 AM and 8:00 PM. The Cape Verde route will be completed on Monday, November 2, in Praia, on the island of Santiago, with a docking that will extend from 7:00 AM to 6:30 PM, serving this location as the last connection point before facing the most demanding segment of the entire transcontinental route.
Starting Tuesday, November 3, 2026, the traditional travel dynamics will be suspended to give way to a monumental endurance sailing and geographical isolation journey, forcing the vessel to chain seven consecutive days of open-sea navigation —from Wednesday, November 4 to Tuesday, November 10— crossing the deep South Atlantic from north to south.
This marathon of sea days will culminate on Wednesday, November 11, at 7:00 AM with the arrival in Walvis Bay, Namibia, a strategic port where passengers will spend the night on board due to a prolonged stop that will finish on Thursday, November 12, at 1:00 PM.
After leaving Namibian waters and completing another day of navigation on Friday, November 13, the itinerary will fully enter the economic engine of South Africa, opening a block of three consecutive days in the docks of Cape Town from 7:00 AM on Saturday, November 14, until 10:00 PM on Monday, November 16. The coastal advance will continue on Tuesday, November 17, in open sea to arrive on Wednesday, November 18, in Gqeberha, the former Port Elizabeth, during an operational day from 5:30 AM to 7:00 PM.
After another day of intermediary navigation on Thursday, November 19, the definitive closure of the African leg will take place on Friday, November 20, in Durban with a technical stop of twelve hours between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM, serving this point as a final launch ramp to leave the continent and conquer the Indian Ocean.
Long Journey
The second phase of this route will force four consecutive days of open-sea navigation —from Saturday, November 21 to Tuesday, November 24— to connect with the islands of the western Indian Ocean, making consecutive stops on Wednesday, November 25, in Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius, from 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM, and on Thursday, November 26, in Le Port, on the island of La Réunion, from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM. From this last French enclave, the vessel will embark on another four-day pure sailing journey northward into the ocean —from Friday, November 27 to Monday, November 30— before reaching on Tuesday, December 1, the anchorages of Malé, in the Maldives, operating there between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM under the port stop modality with auxiliary boats.
After completing another day at sea on Wednesday, December 2, the ship will head towards Sri Lanka to consecutively cover on Thursday, December 3, the port of Colombo, from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM, and on Friday, December 4, the dock of Hambantota, in a similar shift from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM.
The advance towards the Southeast Asia will require three more days of open-sea navigation —from Saturday, December 5 to Monday, December 7— before touching down on Tuesday, December 8, in Port Klang, the port of access to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, with a stay from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM that will serve as a prelude to the arrival in Singapore on Wednesday, December 9, at 9:30 AM, where the ship will spend the night docked to secure a rest before departing at 11:59 PM on Thursday, December 10.
The final stretch of the itinerary turns into a high-intensity loop along the coasts of the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea that begins after a day at sea on Friday, December 11, to chain stops in Langkawi on Saturday, December 12, from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM, and in Penang on Sunday, December 13, from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM. On Monday, December 14, the ship will return to Port Klang in Kuala Lumpur for a second operational stay between 8:00 AM and 10:00 PM, immediately facing two days of open-sea navigation —on Tuesday, December 15, and Wednesday, December 16— to arrive on Thursday, December 17, in Phu My, the gateway to Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, between 6:30 AM and 7:00 PM.
Christmas in Singapore
Subsequently crossing the Thai waters after a day at sea on Friday, December 18, passengers will anchor using boats on Saturday, December 19, on the island of Koh Samui from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, finally docking on Sunday, December 20, at 8:00 AM in Laem Chabang, the main port of Bangkok, where it will spend the night before departing early on Monday, December 21, at 2:00 AM.
The transcontinental ‘odyssey’ will conclude its rotation on Wednesday, December 23, 2026, after completing the last two days of sailing back to the main hub of Singapore, with a scheduled arrival at 7:00 AM and a final disembarkation that will extend until 11:59 PM, closing a circuit of nearly two months that demonstrates that the true potential of Las Palmas lies not in connecting peripheral islands, but in serving as the starting point for the longest maritime routes on the planet.
