Farewell — A Pandaw Tribute By Ted Scull & Heidi Sarna, QuirkyCruise co-founders Dec 17, 2021 UPDATE! ... Pandaw announced Dec 17, 2021 that thanks to overwhelming support, they are back!! Yesssss!!! Company statement below. So our "farewell," below, has now...
Multi-Generation Family Cruise By Beverly Fonner It had been a plan to travel to Alaska with our children and grandchildren. However, every year, there seemed to be a conflict and although disappointed, we would look forward to trying to make it happen the next year....
Pandaw River Cruises June 28, 2022 UPDATE — Pandaw Restarted! Pandaw resumed river cruise in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and India in September/October 2022! Myanmar (Burma) remains suspended due to political unrest and unsafe travel conditions. Company...
Lindblad Expeditions — Unbiased Reviews and Tips Based in New York, Lindblad Expeditions has a long legacy dating back to Lars-Eric Lindblad’s pioneering expeditions to Antarctica, Easter Island and the Galapagos beginning in the mid-1960s. In the intervening years,...
Victory Cruise Lines Update May 2024 — Victory Cruise Lines is coming back to life starting in 2025. The line's former owner, John Waggoner, picked up the coastal vessels Victory I and Victory II at the bankruptcy auction for American Queen Voyages, a company he...
Quasar Expeditions. Quasar Expeditions resides at the top of the charts with its stellar reputation for operating well-run, expertly guided, one-week Galapagos itineraries away from the crowds, using two historic yachts that accommodate 16 and 32 passengers for...
Grand Victoria French Barge Cruise Being a curious bird, QuirkyCruise co-founder Heidi Sarna asked owners-operators-captains Edward Anderson & Cindy Unvericht some questions about their 6-passenger Grand Victoria canal barge, which is just hitting the water again...
West Africa Small Ship Cruising with Hurtigruten Edited by Ted Scull Hurtigruten, an ever-growing dual-purpose provider of regular passenger and cargo services along the Norwegian Coast and expedition destinations to diverse parts of the globe, is breaking truly new...
Australis If you really want to get away from it all, but don’t have a ton of time, Chilean cruise line Australis offers short expedition cruises of a week or less to the southernmost regions of Chile and Argentina. Plus, they can be combined with land tours in the...
Uniworld What more could you ask for in a river cruise? Luxury interiors, cushy cabins with amazing beds, all-inclusive fares and a fleet of bicycles on board for pedaling in port whenever the whim strikes. Uniworld operates river cruises in many parts of the world...
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St Hilda Sea Adventures' New Ship By Ted Scull The largest fleet of small Quirky Cruise ships in Europe roams the waters west of Scotland. At one time, to visit Scotland's widespread archipelagos and some individual islands, the local ferries were just about the only...
World Traveller Cruise Review. Reviewer C.J. Young from USA. Cruise Line Atlas Ocean Voyages. Ship World Traveller. Destination Mediterranean, to Nice, France. # of Nights 7. Departure Port Barcelona, Spain. Date of Cruise May, 2023. Ratings (5=excellent, 4=very good,...
sponsored Prince William Sound Cruise Looking for someplace different? Maybe you’ve cruised southeast Alaska, but chances are you haven’t done Prince William Sound in the Gulf of Alaska further north. Located on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula, the largest port...
Canada River Cruises sponsored With global travel in full swing, the 64-passenger Canadian Empress is no exception, with the 2023 season nearly sold out. River cruising is incredibly popular right now and a St Lawrence Cruise Lines spokesperson confirms that bookings...
Best Luggage For Cruises By Heidi Sarna & the QC Team Readers often ask us about luggage recommendations; the latest query came from a woman booked on an upcoming small-ship Alaska cruise. It’s a great question, luggage is important. Small-ship cruises are...
Lord of the Highlands Cruise By Pat Dacey. As fans and frequent guests onboard Hebridean Island Cruises’ 50-passenger Hebridean Princess, my wife Denise and I were excited in 2022 to experience the new addition to their fleet, the Lord of the Highlands. For over 30...
By Elysa Leonard We’ve got big news from one of our favorite small-ship cruise lines, Island Windjammers (IWJ). Known by many as “the island girls,” IWJ's 26-pax classic clipper ship Vela and the 10-passenger Diamant schooner have been delighting passengers for years...
Assam Bengal Navigation Cruise Review. Reviewer David Falconer from Australia. Cruise Line Assam Bengal Navigation. Boat Charaidew II. Destination Brahmaputra River, India. # of Nights 10. Departure Port Neamati Ghat, India. Date of Cruise April, 2023. Subscribe to...
Adventure Canada Cruise Review. Reviewer David from Canada. Cruise Line Adventure Canada. Boat Panorama. Destination Costa Rica/Panama. # of Nights 10. Departure Port Panama City, Panama. Date of Cruise March, 2023. Subscribe to our monthly small ship cruise email...
Four New Small Ships By Anne Kalosh There are more choices for quirky-cruise fans with four new small ships delivered during April alone. Each carries fewer than 200 passengers. They are: Ocean Albatros for Albatros Expeditions SH Diana for Swan Hellenic Scenic...
Best Arctic Cruises to See Polar Bears By Heidi Sarna The Arctic season is just starting so we thought we’d go to straight to the source for some details on spotting polar bears. Seeing a great big polar bear in the wild is a dream for many adventurous travelers....
