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,...
New Ponant Ship. By Anne Kalosh. French line Ponant has been expanding its fleet and its itineraries with an incredible four new ships entering service in a 12-month period. They are all part of the new Explorers series. These 10,000-gross-ton ships each carry 184...
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...
First Ocean Plastic Leadership Summit at Sea. By Ben Lyons, CEO of EYOS Expeditions. As anyone who has sailed on a small or quirky ship knows, a sense of community and shared experience is one of the biggest joys of being onboard. With the idea to foster that communal...
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...
The New SeaDream Innovation. By Anne Kalosh. Open-air dining spanning three decks, a trio of marinas, the impeccable service that has put SeaDream Yacht Club atop so many "best" lists and itineraries touching all seven continents are among SeaDream Innovation's...
CroisiEurope's New Oceangoing Ship. By Anne Kalosh. La Belle des Océans, currently sailing as Silver Discoverer for Silversea Expeditions, will vastly expand CroisiEurope's oceangoing itineraries when it debuts for its new owner in October. The 120-passenger ship is...
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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...
Active Danube River Cruising with Emerald By John Roberts Emerald Cruises has created a fun way to bring a lot more energy to river cruising. The line's EmeraldACTIVE program launched in 2019, and we have now sailed twice on the river cruise line’s Emerald Destiny to...
Hebrides Cruising on the Fleur de Lys By Robin McKelvie Update from author Sept 22,2023: "Note that for the 2023 season The Majestic Line acquired the Fleur de Lys and renamed her the Glen Rosa. They have relocated the vessel, in line with their other small ships,...
American Queen Voyages: American Queen Voyages Update Feb 24, 2024: The three riverboats of American Queen Voyages, including the American Queen, ceased operations earlier this week as will the company's pair of coastal ships. The bottom line is that the line never...
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 is now American Voyages On October 1, 2021 American Queen Steamboat Co, which operates paddle-wheelers in the U.S. heartland and the Pacific Northwest, and Victory Cruise Lines, with its two coastal vessels and new expedition ships, announced...
Small Ship Cruise News By Anne Kalosh There's lots going on in the small-ship realm — happenings at the poles, a parade of new ships, beefed-up COVID protocols, even a treasure hunt and a triathlon. Silversea Confirms Three-Ship Antarctica Season Silversea put...
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...
New American Melody & 2 Other New River Boats By Anne Kalosh ... On the Mississippi, the Rhine and the Nile. American Melody on the Mississippi In early September, 2021, American Cruise Lines' new American Melody entered service with a 22-day voyage along a vast...
Atlas Ocean Voyages' World Navigator Part 3 By Peter Knego Following the captain’s sobering announcement about one guest on board testing positive for COVID, there was of course, a lot of guessing among fellow World Navigator passengers about what would happen next....
Hebridean Princess is Back in Scotland By Robin McKelvie, Quirky's Scotland-based Small Ship Lover Her name gives it away. The Hebridean Princess is a regal vessel built to cruise the wild and wildly beautiful waters of Scotland’s Hebridean archipelago. But COVID...
