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Emerald Sakara vs National Geographic Quest

The verdict

Which should you choose?

Emerald Sakara is an intimate Emerald Cruises ship carrying 100 passengers. National Geographic Quest is an intimate Lindblad Expeditions ship carrying 100 passengers, in service since 2017. Emerald Sakara has no Bliss scores or specs yet, so the verdict rests on the figures we do hold.

Choose Emerald Sakara if you want more cruises to choose from: it has 60 cruises on sale (vs none).

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Specifications

marks the better figure where more, or less, is plainly better.

Emerald SakaraNational Geographic Quest
Cruise line Emerald Cruises Lindblad Expeditions
Ship size Intimate Intimate
Maiden voyagenewer highlighted — 2017
Last refurbishedmore recent highlighted — 2017
Gross tonnage — 2,906
Passengers 100 100
Crew — 35
Passengers per crew memberfewer is better — 2.9
Space per passengergross tons per passenger; more is roomier — 29.1
Decks — 4
Length — 238 ft
Beam — 45 ft
Speed — 14 mph
Cruiseable ratingout of 10 — 8 / 10
Cruises on sale 60 —
Upcoming sailings 138 —
Cruise lengths 2 to 21 nights —
Fares fromlower highlighted $4,522 —

Bliss scores

How they rate, out of 10

Cruiseable rates ships out of 10 on ten parts of a cruise holiday.

Emerald Sakara has no Bliss scores yet.

  • Active National Geographic Quest: 10.0
  • Adventure & nature National Geographic Quest: 10.0
  • Cultural National Geographic Quest: 7.0
  • Dining National Geographic Quest: 5.0
  • Entertainment National Geographic Quest: 5.0
  • Family friendly National Geographic Quest: 6.0
  • Party National Geographic Quest: 5.0
  • Romantic National Geographic Quest: 7.0
  • Spa & fitness National Geographic Quest: 5.0
  • Staterooms National Geographic Quest: 5.0

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