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Emerald Sakara vs National Geographic Venture

The verdict

Which should you choose?

Emerald Sakara is an intimate Emerald Cruises ship carrying 100 passengers. National Geographic Venture is an intimate Lindblad Expeditions ship carrying 100 passengers, in service since 2018. 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 Venture
Cruise line Emerald Cruises Lindblad Expeditions
Ship size Intimate Intimate
Maiden voyagenewer highlighted — 2018
Gross tonnage — 2,920
Passengers 100 100
Crew — 52
Passengers per crew memberfewer is better — 1.9
Space per passengergross tons per passenger; more is roomier — 29.2
Length — 239 ft
Beam — 46 ft
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 Venture: 10.0
  • Adventure & nature National Geographic Venture: 10.0
  • Cultural National Geographic Venture: 7.0
  • Dining National Geographic Venture: 5.0
  • Entertainment National Geographic Venture: 5.0
  • Family friendly National Geographic Venture: 6.0
  • Party National Geographic Venture: 5.0
  • Romantic National Geographic Venture: 7.0
  • Spa & fitness National Geographic Venture: 5.0
  • Staterooms National Geographic Venture: 6.0

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