Before Hantavirus Outbreak, the MV Hondius Attracted ‘a Different Type of Traveler’
8 May 2026 at 17:43
Former passengers on the MV Hondius say that the ship was made for wildlife expeditions and that the crew took safety very seriously.

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Man, 69, is in intensive care in Johannesburg, while expedition guide Martin Anstee, 56, receiving care in Netherlands
Two Britons who were medically evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship are improving, global health officials have said.
A British passenger, understood to be a 69-year-old man, was taken to South Africa on 27 April and is receiving care at a private health facility in Sandton, Johannesburg.
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