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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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Cruising the Danube in Style on AmaWaterways’ AmaCerto

Cruising the Danube in Style on AmaWaterways’ AmaCerto

AmaWaterways’ AmaCerto By Brian Major. Slipping silently along a fast-moving current while gazing at green hills, stately castles and quaint countryside villages, it’s not hard to understand the thrill felt by passengers sailing the legendary Danube River. The...

Tahiti Cruise on a Tall Ship — Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Tahiti Cruise on a Tall Ship — Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Tahiti Cruise By Heidi Sarna. Note: Star Clippers isn't sailing in Tahiti these days (though Paul Gauguin Cruises is), but you'll get the picture. Read on. It was as much the prospect of long overdue togetherness as the allure of Tahiti that motivated three busy...

ONTARIO Waterway Cruises Inc.

ONTARIO Waterway Cruises Inc.

Ontario Waterways An Ontario Canada farming family named Ackert started out in the overnight cruise business in 1982 with the 32-passenger, 120-foot KAWARTHA VOYAGEUR, and the next and present generation carries on the tradition with the same boat, slightly expanded...

TAUCK (Tour Operator)

TAUCK (Tour Operator)

Tauck Tours Tauck was founded in 1925 by Arthur Tauck, Sr. and the firm is still family-owned with Arthur Tauck Jr. as chairman and son-in- law Dan Mahar CEO. The vast enterprise operates in 70 countries, and for purposes of Quirky Cruise, we're highlighting their...

VICTORIA Cruises

VICTORIA Cruises

Victoria Cruises Victoria Cruises is the only American-managed cruise line currently sailing China's Yangtze River, the world’s third largest waterway, and home to the hauntingly beautiful Three Gorges area. Victoria was established back in 1993, when traveling in...

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