New Small Ships Delivered and Ordered By Anne Kalosh. Recent deliveries and new build orders — Greg Mortimer for Aurora Expeditions, Emerald Harmony for Emerald Waterways and Aranui 6 for Aranui Cruises — illustrate the diversified travel options for small-ship...
Glen Tarsan in Scotland. REVIEWER Janine O'Loughlin from Australia. CRUISE LINE Majestic Line. SHIP Glen Tarsan. DESTINATION Oban to Inverness on the Caledonian Canal. # OF NIGHTS 6. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS April 2018, from Oban, Scotland. OVERALL RATING 5 out of 5...
Wilderness Discoverer in Alaska. REVIEWER H Schneider from the USA. CRUISE LINE UnCruise. SHIP Wilderness Discoverer. DESTINATION Alaska Inside Passage. # OF NIGHTS 7. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS Aug 2019, from Sitka, Alaska. OVERALL RATING 5 out of 5 stars...
Reader Review: Lindblad in Alaska's Inside Passage. REVIEWER Elizabeth Moss from the USA. CRUISE LINE Lindblad Expeditions. SHIP National Geographic Venture. DESTINATION Alaska Inside Passage. # OF NIGHTS 7. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS July 2019, from Juneau, Alaska....
10 Great Places Only Small Ship Cruises Go by Ted Scull & Heidi Sarna. If you love traveling by water, here are 10 neat places around the world only accessible by our wee quirky fleet of ships, from North America to South America and Europe out to the Far East....
Legacy in Alaska. REVIEWER Lawrence from Canada. CRUISE LINE UnCruise. SHIP SS Legacy. DESTINATION Alaska Inside Passage from Juneau, Alaska. # OF NIGHTS 7. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS May 2019, from Juneau. OVERALL RATING 5 out of 5 stars (5=excellent, 4=very good,...
Ponant Buys Paul Gauguin Cruises By Anne Kalosh. French cruise line Ponant is acquiring Paul Gauguin Cruises, a one-ship brand that sails mainly in French Polynesia. The 332-passenger Paul Gauguin is a favorite of couples and honeymooners. Its trademark itineraries...
Arctic Cruise. By William J. Mayes, Editor of Sea Lines, The Ocean Liner Society (UK). Oceanwide Expeditions, a company that has been providing expedition cruises on its own converted ships or on chartered ships for 25 years, finally got its first new ship in May...
NAT GEO VENTURE in Alaska. REVIEWER Laura Virkler from the USA. CRUISE LINE Lindblad Expeditions. SHIP National Geographic Venture. DESTINATION Southeast Alaska. # OF NIGHTS 7. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS July 2019, from Sitka, Alaska. OVERALL RATING 5 out of 5 stars...
Danube River Cruise on the New AmaMagna. By Gene Sloan. Like other passengers who have traveled before on European river ships, I am stunned when I first walk onto AmaMagna. The lobby of the new AmaWaterways vessel on the Danube seems to go on forever, and it’s not...
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Pandaw River Cruises Restarting By Heidi Sarna It feels like a lifetime ago that river cruising in Southeast Asia was up and running, thanks to the COVID pandemic that put a stop to leisure travel in spring 2020. And while parts of Europe, North America and the South...
American Harmony on Columbia & Snake Rivers. REVIEWER Jeff Carr from the USA. CRUISE LINE American Cruise Lines. SHIP American Harmony. DESTINATION Clarkson to Portland, OR. # OF NIGHTS, 7. DEPARTURE PORT Clarkson, OR. DATE OF CRUISE June, 2022. OVERALL EXPERIENCE...
The Evolution of Maritime Vocabulary by Theodore W. Scull The primary excuse for penning this essay came out of an article some years ago in Lloyd’s List, the venerable British shipping publication, with its announcement that from heretofore a ship would be considered...
Small-Ship Cruise News Highlights by Anne Kalosh Small ships had an outsized presence at Seatrade Cruise Global, cruising's largest annual B2B gathering held in Miami Beach, Florida, in late April (2022). Expedition, river and yacht cruises are a dynamic aspect of the...
Burgundy Canal Barge Cruise on L’Impressionniste By Robin McKelvie The lock eases open and we glide through the morning mists under an embrace of giant oak trees. A heron startles off ahead; above a red kite scans for prey. As the emerald forests and hills rise, we...
Small-Ship Hawaii Cruise with UnCruise By Judi Cohen Never thrilled about the idea of traveling thousands of miles just to sit on a beach sipping a colourful drink, Hawaii was not very high on my list of destinations. Until my husband and I spent a week with UnCruise...
sponsored River Boat Cruising on Canadian Empress The Canadian travel industry opened its doors this spring to welcome double-vaccinated travelers from Canada and abroad, as pandemic numbers decline and health and safety restrictions continue to be relaxed in Ontario...
Emerald Radiance Cruise & COVID Protocols Review. REVIEWER Karen Stroder from the USA. CRUISE LINE Emerald. SHIP Emerald Radiance. DESTINATION Portugal. # OF NIGHTS, 6. DEPARTURE PORT Porto, Portugal. DATE OF CRUISE April, 2022. OVERALL EXPERIENCE RATING 2 out of...
Brahmaputra Cruising Review. REVIEWER Shivdeep Singh from India. CRUISE LINE Assam Bengal Navigation. SHIP Sukapha. DESTINATION Brahmaputra Cruise, Guwahati to Silghat. # OF NIGHTS, 5. DEPARTURE PORT Guwahati, India. DATE OF CRUISE December, 2021. OVERALL EXPERIENCE...
Brahmaputra River Cruising on Sukapha By Hema Maira Serendipity was at play when I called a friend in October last year to explore travel plans for December. She mentioned a cruise she was contemplating. “Wow!” I said. “Tell me more!” And, thereby as they say, hangs a...
What is a Maine Windjammer? By Ted Scull & Heidi Sarna The term windjammer applies to a commercial sailing ship with two or three masts that may be square-rigged or fore-and-aft rigged or a combination of both. Some, dating from the late 19th century, were...
