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Here we share the latest small-ship cruise news and first-person cruise reviews and round-ups from our team of globetrotting writers. If you've got a penchant for small-scale travel aboard boats, yachts, tall ships and mini cruisers, then enjoy the ride through our sea of stories about small-ship cruising.

UnCruise Alaska — Review of Their Wild & Woolly Cruise Aboard Wilderness Legacy (2026)

UnCruise Alaska — Review of Their Wild & Woolly Cruise Aboard Wilderness Legacy (2026)

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Wilderness Legacy Cruise Ship Review By Peter Knego (Photo Above: The handsome Wilderness Legacy,...

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Bella Desgagnés Cargo Passenger Cruise Review (2026) — Exploring the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Bella Desgagnés Cargo Passenger Cruise Review (2026) — Exploring the Gulf of St. Lawrence

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Bella Desgagnés Cargo Passenger Cruise By Aimée Laberge Natashquan, Harrington Harbour,...

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I'm up to 78 countries and 110+ cruises worldwide, and it's the small ship journeys that I love writing about most. And so QuirkyCruise.com was born, an excellent research tool for planning your own unforgettable small ship trip.

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HAPAG-Lloyd Expedition Cruises

HAPAG-Lloyd Expedition Cruises

HAPAG-Lloyd Expedition Cruises Hapag-Lloyd Cruises traces its origins back to the 19th century when two German firms — Hamburg-American and North German Lloyd — entered the passenger trade, competing largely on the North Atlantic and then spreading their routes to...

Ted Talks: Russia River Cruising Now & Then

Ted Talks: Russia River Cruising Now & Then

By Theodore W. Scull. Before a much more recent Russia river cruising stint, I had traveled to Russia for the first time during the Soviet Union era that ended in 1991. It had been a closely orchestrated experience overseen by Intourist, the official state travel...

Ted Talks: Looking Back on a Life of Expedition Cruising

Ted Talks: Looking Back on a Life of Expedition Cruising

Ted Talks Expedition Cruising By Heidi Sarna & Ted Scull QuirkyCruise's Heidi Sarna puts partner Ted Scull on the hot seat for a "Ted Talks Expedition Cruising" Q&A, with Ted sharing memories of his first expedition-style cruise, to Central America. Q: Look...

QuirkyCruise Q&A with Polar Guide Graham Charles about new PTGA

QuirkyCruise Q&A with Polar Guide Graham Charles about new PTGA

Polar Tourism Guides Association (PTGA) Polar Guide & Adventurer Graham Charles talks to QuirkyCruise's Heidi Sarna about the new Polar Tourism Guides Association (PTGA). Graham is a passionate international adventurer who has broken records and chartered new...

Nile River Cruise Overview: Egypt & its Famous Antiquities

Nile River Cruise Overview: Egypt & its Famous Antiquities

The Nile River By Ted Scull. Updated July 2025 The Nile is the world’s longest river at some 4,160 miles from source to mouth — in Egypt, the Upper Nile is in the south and the Lower Nile is up north. Most Nile River cruises sail between Luxor and Aswan, a 120-mile...

SILOLONA Sojourns

SILOLONA Sojourns

Silolona Sojourns Inspired by the traditional Indonesian phinisi cargo ships that once plied the spice trading routes between China and India in search of nutmeg, pepper, sandalwood and textiles centuries ago, Silolona Sojourns’ pair of phinisi schooners are luxurious...

VANTAGE Deluxe World Travel

VANTAGE Deluxe World Travel

Vantage Deluxe World Travel UPDATE: June 30, 2023: Vantage Travel Files for Chapter 11 & Ceases All Operations UPDATE June 20, 2023: Embattled Vantage Deluxe World Travel is reported to be negotiating a sale of the company after several years of complaints and law...

A Unique Week on India’s Brahmaputra River

A Unique Week on India’s Brahmaputra River

Brahmaputra River Cruising By Heidi Sarna Updated March 2025 I have been to India many times, but I had never taken a river cruise there, until the Mahabaahu. The week I spent cruising on the Brahmaputra River would leave an indelible impression on me and offer a...

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