Reader Review: Scenic Spirit. REVIEWER Walt Bruyns/Jan Hayes from Canada. CRUISE LINE Scenic. SHIP Scenic Spirit. DESTINATION Cambodia/Vietnam. # OF NIGHTS 7. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS October 2018, from Siem Reap, Cambodia. OVERALL RATING 5 out of 5 stars...
Murray River Steamboat Cruise. Introduction by Ted Scull. Steamboats have plied Australia’s Murray River since the mid-19th century. Today steamers range from wood-fired antiques, the topic of this report below, to modern replica sternwheelers. A handful make...
Coral Expeditions Review Coral Expeditions, based in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, got its start in 1984 as Coral Princess Cruises by refitting a WWII submarine chaser into a small passenger-carrying ship for Great Barrier Reef cruises. With this initial success,...
Celebrity Flora. By Anne Kalosh. The newly minted, all-suite Celebrity Flora has just started sailing in the Galápagos Islands, where it's the poshest, and perhaps the most sustainable, way to travel. Tourism is highly regulated in this remote archipelago and marine...
Paul Gauguin Cruises French Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin lived in Tahiti in the late 19th century and brought to the world images of French Polynesia and its cultures. This ship, named for him, plies the South Pacific’s tropical aqua-blue waters year-round,...
Articles About AmaWaterways Submit Your Own Review Visit Our Reader Review Form QuirkyCruise Review About AmaWaterways Founded in 2002 as Amadeus Waterways, the company changed its name in 2008 to AmaWaterways. It is generally regarded as one of the world’s top...
New Small-Ship Cruise Itineraries. By Anne Kalosh. To show the range and diversity of small ship styles and destinations, QuirkyCruise.com selected four companies that have recently announced new or improved itineraries. One line provides an authentic, deep wilderness...
91 Small Ship Cruise Lines By Type We’re the ONLY travel site out there that covers so many small-ship cruise lines in reviews, feature articles and photos — we’re up to 91 small-ship cruise lines and counting! QuirkyCruise.com offers original, quality writing about...
Venice & its Lagoon. By Dana Rebmann. We just kept thinking, please don’t rain. The sky was growling and ominous, growing darker and darker by the minute as we waited to board the vaporetto from St. Mark’s Square to San Basilio Quay. We got lucky. When the clouds...
June 16 #CleanupforSarah. By Anne Kalosh. People around the world will carry out cleanups in their local environments on June 16 to mark the birthday of Sarah Auffret, who dedicated many years of her life to protecting the marine environment in polar regions. AECO...
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sponsored Windstar Tahiti Cruise Deals For decades, Windstar has been one of the most beloved small-ship cruise lines around. In fact, one of my first-small ship cruises ever was aboard the 148-passenger Wind Spirit with my husband in the late 90s, sailing a dreamy...
Viking's New Longships Debut By Peter Knego Aaaah! Two nights in Paris for a Viking Cruises christening event was the icing on a multi-tiered gateau that finally thawed after a two year, COVID-generated freeze. I arrived at the Pont de Grenelle on March 15, a gray...
Barge Cruise Tips By Heidi, Ted, Ben & Jane Lyons. Barge cruises are often not well understood. Don't barges carry cargo? Well, originally the flat-bottomed boats were used for carrying freight, typically on canals and rivers, either under their own power or towed...
2022 European River Cruising By Anne Kalosh Springtime in Europe means the start of river cruising season, and most international lines expect to be back to operating regular itineraries in 2022 for the first time in a couple years. The big exceptions, of course, are...
7 Cruise Fitness Tips By John Roberts Keeping fit when I travel is important to me, so even when I'm cruising on small ships that may not have a big gym (or any at all), I figure out how to maintain my daily work-out. Here are 7 cruise fitness features the Sea Dream...
Dan Blanchard Shares 7 Secret Places in Alaska sponsored By Heidi & Dan Dan Blanchard, founder & CEO of UnCruise Adventures, knows Alaska. He lives and breathes Alaska. Dan was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and calls Juneau home. We asked Dan to...
Shackleton's Endurance Found! By Anne Kalosh. The discovery of explorer Ernest Shackleton's Endurance, 107 years after it sank in the Antarctic, is cause for great excitement the world over including in expedition cruising. It was the search expedition Endurance22...
Barge Cruising in France By Heidi Sarna & Edward Anderson We had a chat with Edward Anderson, owner-operator, along with his wife Cindy, of the luxury 6-passenger Grand Victoria canal barge. To operate a luxury hotel barge like Grand Victoria, you have to know a...
COVID-19 Small-Ship Cruising Protocols By Anne Kalosh. September 20, 2022 Update Reporter Anne Kalosh updates us on the easing of COVID-19 protocols HERE. June 17 2022 Update With the exception of some itineraries in Southeast Asia and China (and eastern Europe and...
Abercrombie & Kent Abercrombie & Kent was founded in 1962 as a safari tour operator in East Africa and has expanded over the decades to include much of the world on land tours and a selection of small-ship cruise offerings — on various ships that it books into...
Pacific Northwest Cruising on American Empress By John Roberts It’s not quite a Christmas Markets cruise in the European style, but you can enjoy a river cruise in December just ahead of the holiday season while savoring a large slice of Americana. That’s just what we...
