Nile River Cruises By Heidi Sarna & Judi Cuervo Updated September 2025 The Nile River IS Egypt. This 4,132-mile river, the longest in the world, inspired the ancient Egyptians to become experts in the areas of transportation, shipbuilding, farming, and...
American Cruise Lines Maine Coast Cruise By Heidi Sarna Stepping out on our small ship's private balcony as the sun was setting over southeastern Maine, I savored the fresh sea air and close-up views of the state’s scenic rocky coastline. VIDEO: View of Maine coast...
sponsored Prince William Sound UnCruise Adventure Updated March 2026 UnCruise loves going deep into wild Alaska, taking small groups of passengers to remote places to kayak, hike and skiff around the shoreline looking for animals and soaking up the natural beauty....
UnCruise Adventures Alaska Review By Heidi Sarna Updated January 2026 After a short skiff ride to the mudflats at the terminus of Lamplugh Glacier, a massive eight-mile-long tongue of tidewater ice located in Glacier Bay National Park at the entrance to John Hopkins...
sponsored Packing Tips For Alaska Cruising With Uncruise Adventures By Heidi Sarna No one does small-ship cruising better than UnCruise Adventures. The leader in small-scale Alaska cruises, the Uncruise fleet carries from 22 to 86 passengers on wide-ranging...
sponsored Overnight River Boat Cruising In Canada This year, St. Lawrence Cruise Lines’ (SLCL) one-of-a-kind small passenger ship, the 64-passenger Canadian Empress, will sail the scenic waters of eastern Canada’s 1000 Islands and the St. Lawrence River for its 44th...
This article may contain referral links. Alaska Cruise Packing Tips By Heidi Sarna Updated May 2025 I’ve been to Alaska many times over the years, having done nearly a dozen cruises there, on big and small ships, but mostly on the small ones, my favorites. And I've...
Best French Barge Cruises By Heidi Sarna Updated January 2026 I've enjoyed small-ship cruises of all kinds all over the world, but I'm particularly partial to barge cruises along the canals of France, and a few other canal systems in England and Sweden. Everything I...
7 Reasons To UnCruise in Alaska By Heidi Sarna Updated November 2025 I recently came back from a week in Alaska with UnCruise and it was an invigorating and memorable experience that I highly recommend for anyone who enjoys exploring the great outdoors in remote...
Upper Mekong River Cruise By Heidi Sarna Whenever my husband and I listen to Creedence Clearwater Revival’s beautifully melancholic song “Have You Ever Seen The Rain,” we’re transported back to that magical evening on the sandy banks of the Upper Mekong River in Laos,...
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Douro River Cruise Review By Heidi Sarna Joyfully wandering around hilly Porto, a colorful old city built on the steep banks of Portugal's Douro River where it meets the Atlantic Ocean, after flowing some 500 miles from north-central Spain, I was smitten by this...
Wilderness Legacy Cruise Ship Review By Peter Knego (Photo Above: The handsome Wilderness Legacy, shown at anchor near Le Conte Glacier, was built in 1984 as a replica Chesapeake Bay coastal steamer. * Credit: Peter Knego) After no less than a dozen Alaska cruises on...
C’est La Vie Barge Cruise Review By Molly Hottinger, with images and videos by Len Kaufman From the moment I stepped aboard the C’est La Vie for a 6-night journey on the tranquil banks of the Marne River and the Canal Latéral à la Marne, I knew the Champagne region...
Tauck Rhine River Cruise Review — Beyond the Ordinary By John and Sandra Nowlan (Photo above: John & Sandra at the top of Heidelberg Castle.) Our late fall river cruise with Tauck was called Rhine Enchantment, but the enchantment extended well beyond the seven...
Bella Desgagnés Cargo Passenger Cruise By Aimée Laberge Natashquan, Harrington Harbour, Tête-à-la-Baleine, La Tabatière, Saint-Augustin, Blanc-Sablon… Why on earth would you head out on a supply ship to isolated villages on the Gulf of St. Lawrence’s northernmost...
The Traveling Professor By Heidi Sarna I recently had a chat with Steve Solosky of The Traveling Professor. We found each other online a few years back and bonded over our shared passion for small-scale travel and quirky cruises. If you’re not familiar with The...
Sukapha Brahmaputra River Cruise Review By Anita Nirody When I, along with my husband and a few friends, boarded the Sukapha in late November, we did not know quite what to expect. Some of us have done small boat cruises in other parts of the world (including Egypt,...
Marne Canal Barge Cruise Review By Kathryn Harrison Sunday – Arrival in the Rain The rain began somewhere past Paris and kept us company all the way east. In the back of a comfortable van, we made gentle small talk with our future shipmates — two friends from...
Island Windjammers Lyra Review Reviewer Toni Coleman from the US. Cruise Line Island Windjammers. Ship The 8-passenger Lyra. Destination Greek Isles. # of Nights 10. Departure Port Piraeus, Greece. Date of Cruise September, 2025. Ratings (5=excellent, 4=very good,...
Maple Leaf Adventures British Columbia Cruise Review By Robin McKelvie As the tender boat (a RIB, or rigid inflatable boat) edges deeper into First Nations territory — and further and further from the stresses and strains of the modern world — we enter a space where...
Mississippi River Music Cities Cruise Review By Jackie Sheckler Finch Updated April 2026 From the birthplace of the blues and rock ‘n’ roll in Memphis to the home of country music in Nashville, my 7-night cruise aboard the 180-passenger American Splendor was a musical...
