Pitcairn Island Silver Supporter N.B. The latest news (January 2023) is that service has returned to Pitcairn Island that allows foreign visitors to book round trips that permit only a 4-day stay on the island where for about two years only Pitcairn Islanders and...
Amazon Expedition Cruises. By Anne Kalosh. QuirkyCruise’s Anne Kalosh talks with Mark Baker, the founder of Amazon Nature Tours (www.amazon-nature-tours.com). Sailing in Brazil’s deep Amazon aboard the small, eco-friendly vessel Tucano, travelers explore the dense...
Chobe Princess in Africa. REVIEWER Chris & Peter Russell from the UK. CRUISE LINE Zambezi Queen Collection. SHIP Chobe Princess. DESTINATION Along the Chobe River. # OF NIGHTS 3. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS June 2019, from Kasane, Namibia. OVERALL RATING 5 out of 5...
Africa River Cruises on the Chobe and Zambezi. By Ted Scull. African geography is not well understood for a whole host of reasons. It is off the map for most people until some news event comes splashing across the screen — a new Ebola outbreak, seemingly endless...
New England Islands Cruising By Ted Scull. (Note: updated from an original December 2015 post.) To visit New England's enchanting islands, a small ship cruise is by far the best way to sample them as trying to do the rounds independently involves making individual...
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....
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My Luciole French Canal Barge Cruise Review I Love Luciole! By Heidi Sarna Updated January 2026 Was it the first evening I fell for her? When the charming Luciole’s beauty was captured in a moonlit reflection in the Yonne River where she was moored, just below the...
New Nile River Ship Viking Osiris By John Roberts Viking has been offering journeys along the exotic Nile River in Egypt for several years. But the brand-new 82-pax Viking Osiris is the line’s first ship built from scratch to navigate this immense waterway. I joined...
Hotel Barge Cruise on Luciole By Georgiana Verdonk-Sim When my best friend Heidi Sarna, co-founder of QuirkyCruise.com proposed the idea of celebrating my 50th on a week-long barge cruise along the French Nivernais Canal, I must admit, I was skeptical at first. My...
Cruise the St. Lawrence Seaway sponsored Travel without the crowds aboard the classic overnight riverboat, the 66-passenger Canadian Empress, as it slowly cruises through the waters of Canada’s St. Lawrence Seaway. The vessel carries a lot of repeat passengers from...
Sharing our SH Vega Review By John and Sandra Nowlan As we were about to board Swan Hellenic’s newest expedition cruise ship in Halifax Harbour, we noticed a local security guard admiring the sleek, 152-passenger vessel. We asked him what he thought of it. He...
Sweden's Göta Canal By Heidi Sarna. Updated March 2025 Our family summer trip aboard the historic 46-passenger M/S Juno, one of a trio of wonderful old small cruise boats belonging to Sweden's Göta Canal Steamship Company, was one of my favorite quirky cruises to...
sponsored New UnCruise Winter Alaska Itinerary & Some Offers Too In response to a growing demand for more active and adventurous cruise options, UnCruise is offering a series of 7-night Alaska cruises in February & March (2024) to experience the state in a...
Star Clipper Cruise Review By Peter Knego. Cannes! The glamorous hub of filmdom’s glitterati was our starting point for a seven night voyage to Portofino, Corsica and more of the French Riviera aboard Star Clipper’s 170-guest, 2,298-gross ton Star Clipper. Quite...
Review of Star Clippers Star Clippers offers the perfect marriage of adventure, romance and comfort, not to mention the thrill of sailing on a gorgeous replica of a 19th-century clipper ship. The company’s trio of swashbucklers feels like they belong in the Caribbean,...
An Emerald Azzurra Cruise Review By Jason Frye On my recent sailing aboard Emerald Cruises’ new Emerald Azzurra super-yacht, there was something special in the air. It wasn’t the anticipation of the inaugural sailing — we were on its second (in March 2022), though our...
Four Seasons Yachts By Anne Kalosh Four Seasons is the latest luxury hotel group to venture into cruising with the launch of Four Seasons Yachts. They'll be fabulously spacious, with just 95 suites in a 207-meter/679 foot, 33,000-gross-ton vessel. The first of three...
