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...
Caribbean Scuba Diving + Island Windjammers Cruise. By Elysa Leonard. Excited and ready for an adventure, I left my land-locked home in the suburbs of Washington DC., and flew, via Charlotte, North Carolina, to the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. It was an early...
EXPEDITION CRUISES are one of the five types of small-ship cruises covered on QuirkyCruise.com. Expedition cruises have a distinctive learning element and bring to mind a sense of adventure whether it’s visiting remote peoples in the South Pacific or plying the Upper...
Reduce Plastic Waste While Traveling By Anne Kalosh. The seas are awash in plastic. Chances are, if you're an expedition-cruise "type," you're more environmentally aware and eager to do your part to combat this scourge. The Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise...
One Ocean Expeditions Updated January 2021 One Ocean Expeditions operations are suspended; we'll provide further updates when known. In late May 2019, the expedition line announced that the Russians had abruptly cancelled the charters for the AKADEMIK pair, and that...
A Chat with AmaWaterways Kristin Karst By Anne Kalosh. Aboard AmaDara recently for a week cruising on the Mekong River, QuirkyCruise.com’s Anne Kalosh spoke with Kristin Karst, executive vice president and co-owner of AmaWaterways. Anne also interviewed tour leader...
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Viking Turns 25 By Anne Kalosh. Twenty-five years ago this month — August 1997 — Viking launched on the rivers of Russia. It has blossomed into a global cruise operator plying 20 rivers, five oceans, five Great Lakes and all seven continents. From the start, "We...
New Lindblad Galápagos Ship by Anne Kalosh Ecuadorian officials welcomed Lindblad Expeditions' National Geographic Islander ll in festivities at Salinas on the mainland leading up to this small ship's entry into Galápagos service. The former Crystal Esprit was...
French Polynesia Feels Like Paradise By Judi Cohen @TravelingJudi Struck by wanderlust while still a little nervous about venturing too far from home as the COVID pandemic lingered on, I finally decided to travel to one of the most remote and exotic paradises...
First Female Captain for Hebridean Princess By Ted Scull Hebridean Island Cruises has just announced that Captain Caroline Palmer will work in tandem with Captain Richard Heaton aboard the 50-passenger Hebridean Princess, a beloved ship that has cruised in mostly...
Canal du Midi Cruise By Cynthia Heininger & Jim Feeney. Updated January 2026 "Of all the methods of traveling I have ever tried this is the pleasantest.” — Thomas Jefferson to William Short, May 21, 1787, on the Canal du Midi Spot on, Mr. Jefferson. And if you...
Caledonian Canal Le Boat Self-Drive Cruise By Robin McKelvie Updated January 2026 Quite simply there are few waterways in the world as dramatic and grand as Scotland’s Caledonian Canal. Indeed, the term ‘canal’ doesn’t do this epic feat of engineering justice. The...
New Small Ship Cruises in California by Anne Kalosh If you are California dreamin', take a look at new small ship cruises in California from American Cruise Lines and American Queen Voyages. Coming up soon, in October, American Queen Voyages is capping its inaugural...
Crystal Endeavor to Join Silversea by Anne Kalosh Expedition ship Crystal Endeavor has found a new home with Silversea Cruises, whose parent company Royal Caribbean Group paid $275 million for it. To be renamed Silver Endeavour (with a "u"), it is expected to debut in...
Cruise to Famous Film Locations By Anne Kalosh. Two small-ship companies are offering extraordinary opportunities to visit famous film locations, one in the United States for "Field of Dreams" and one in Croatia for "Game of Thrones." Special Theme Excursions Offered...
AmaWaterways' Black Heritage Cruise By Anne Kalosh AmaWaterways has paired a cruise through the south of France with a Black heritage focus, capped by a Paris land program. This specially curated "A Soulful Epicurean Experience" is being offered in August 2023. As...
Upper Loire Valley Barge Cruise By Dana Freeman 3/10/24 UPDATE: Barge Meanderer is not currently in operation; we hear they're looking for a buyer. Stay tuned. Reviewed April 2022 Every time I visit France, I fall in love with the country a little bit more. There are...
