New Ship on the Nile River By Anne Kalosh Waldorf Astoria's luxurious style is joining the growing selection of Nile River cruises with a new vessel to debut in 2026. The five-deck, 29-suite riverboat will operate four- and six-night itineraries, down river from Luxor...
By Heidi Sarna. I've taken more than 125 cruises during my traveling life so far, many small-ship cruises carrying fewer than 100 passengers. Hands down, these are my favorites. Thus, why QuirkyCruise was hatched. Among the many kinds of small ships out there, barge...
By John and Sandra Nowlan It’s a river cruise for U.S. history buffs but, as we soon discovered, it offers a lot more. Our riverboat, American Harmony, is one of 20 modern vessels in the growing fleet of American Cruise Lines, the largest cruise line operating...
Historic London Pubs Tour by Paige Okun If you have half day before or after your Thames River cruise and want a unique view of London culture, try Liquid History’s tour of historic London pubs. Pubs are an integral part of British life, with nearly 40,000 pubs in the...
By Stephanie Sack Stretching from the Canal du Midi in the south to the Canal du Nivernais in the north, the complex canal systems crisscrossing France are not just inland waterways — they are living artifacts of European history, once crucial for trade and industry...
By Paige Okun It was the first morning of our Greek island cruise. The sun rose over the Aegean Sea, and I was feeling relaxed and ready for a day of island hopping — until I reached for my phone and found it at 5% battery. I rifled through my backpack in panic. Then...
By Heidi Sarna With the handsome 166-passenger Star Clipper anchored off in the distance, as if posing for a postcard, we motored in one of the ship's tenders to Isla Iguana in Panama. It was one of the week's several wet landings. This meant we climbed out of the...
By Anne Kalosh AmaWaterways has just introduced AmaMagdalena, the first luxury vessel to sail Colombia’s Magdalena River. Cruises between Cartagena and Barranquilla include cultural highlights such as a private celebration of the world-famous Barranquilla Carnival, a...
By John Roberts, with Peter Knego and Heidi Sarna I have cruised with Sea Cloud Cruises twice now. These trips in the past two years follow my first time on a true windjammer when I cruised with Star Clippers a couple years ago in France. There is so much to enjoy on...
By John Roberts Sea Cloud Cruises placed its newest windjammer, Sea Cloud Spirit, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for four January departures, sailing to serene destinations in the colorful Caribbean. This is a new program for Sea Cloud, and I joined one of the voyages for...
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Historic London Pubs Tour by Paige Okun If you have half day before or after your Thames River cruise and want a unique view of London culture, try Liquid History’s tour of historic London pubs. Pubs are an integral part of British life, with nearly 40,000 pubs in the...
By Stephanie Sack Stretching from the Canal du Midi in the south to the Canal du Nivernais in the north, the complex canal systems crisscrossing France are not just inland waterways — they are living artifacts of European history, once crucial for trade and industry...
By Paige Okun It was the first morning of our Greek island cruise. The sun rose over the Aegean Sea, and I was feeling relaxed and ready for a day of island hopping — until I reached for my phone and found it at 5% battery. I rifled through my backpack in panic. Then...
By Heidi Sarna With the handsome 166-passenger Star Clipper anchored off in the distance, as if posing for a postcard, we motored in one of the ship's tenders to Isla Iguana in Panama. It was one of the week's several wet landings. This meant we climbed out of the...
By Anne Kalosh AmaWaterways has just introduced AmaMagdalena, the first luxury vessel to sail Colombia’s Magdalena River. Cruises between Cartagena and Barranquilla include cultural highlights such as a private celebration of the world-famous Barranquilla Carnival, a...
By John Roberts, with Peter Knego and Heidi Sarna I have cruised with Sea Cloud Cruises twice now. These trips in the past two years follow my first time on a true windjammer when I cruised with Star Clippers a couple years ago in France. There is so much to enjoy on...
By John Roberts Sea Cloud Cruises placed its newest windjammer, Sea Cloud Spirit, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for four January departures, sailing to serene destinations in the colorful Caribbean. This is a new program for Sea Cloud, and I joined one of the voyages for...
By Jackie Sheckler Finch Cruising the mighty Mississippi and its tributaries has been my pleasure since 1976. Someone asked me once if it doesn’t get tiresome watching the river day after day. For me, definitely not. As America’s first highway, the Mississippi River...
Sponsored Since its founding, St Lawrence Cruise Lines (SLCL) has been a company supported by both Americans and Canadians. “In light of the current environment, we have certainly had some calls from our American friends wondering if we are upset with them. That is...
By Jerrol Golden Let’s go! That’s what our guide, Fadi, says when it’s time to move on to the next location. The banks of the Nile River in Egypt contain some of the world’s most historic sites and we were there to learn as much as we could about the ancient...
Reviewer Aliza Knox from Singapore & Sydney. Cruise Line Mutiara Laut. Ship A classic Indonesian two-mast schooner, the 14-passenger Mutiara Laut. Destination Northern area of Raja Ampat, in West Papua, Indonesia. # of Nights 7. Departure Port Sorong Bay, West...
