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CroisiEurope Acquires Silver Discoverer By Anne Kalosh. European river giant CroisiEurope acquired a second oceangoing ship, Silver Discoverer, which currently sails for Silversea Expeditions. The 120-passenger vessel will be renamed La Belle des Océans, and begin...
Best Small-Ship Cruises for Bicycling By John Roberts. Cycling offers a unique sense of freedom when exploring a destination. Sitting high in a bike seat and pedaling through European countryside and historic villages and cities lets you see these places in a...
Lindblad’s New National Geographic Venture By Peter Knego. My Lindblad Expeditions “Among The Great Whales” adventure aboard the brand-new 100-passenger National Geographic Venture began at San Jose del Cabo at the tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. It was a...
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...
Viking Builds Egypt Riverboat By Anne Kalosh. As tourism to Egypt rebounds, Viking Cruises is expanding with a newly built Nile riverboat and a pair of pre-cruise tours in the U.K., both focused on Egyptology. These sound fascinating, with Viking's signature...
One Ocean Expeditions UPDATE (Jan 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 One...
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...
AmaDara's Mekong River Captain Boat Dang Tuc By Anne Kalosh. Inspired by the Australian miniseries "All Rivers Run" about a life of adventure on a paddle-steamer, a young Vietnamese set his heart on a ship career. And today, Dang Tuc, 52, commands AmaDara, one of the...
Mekong River Cruise Adventure By Anne Kalosh. I woke to a rooster crowing at 4:30 a.m. AmaDara was nudged against a bank of the Mekong River, tied to trees. Beneath my balcony, a man was up to his neck in the brown water, bathing his ox. As daylight broke, houses in...
New Viking Einar Impresses A First Timer By Judi Cohen. This was my first ever Europe river cruise, and I was awed the moment I stepped into the spacious and bright two-story atrium of Viking Cruises' 190-passenger Viking Einar. The natural light from the...
CroisiEurope Danube River Cruise Giveaway Winner By Heidi & Ted. We sure do love ❤️ our job when we get to contact the lucky winner of our free cruise giveaway and share the good news! Last week we had the pleasure of picking the winner, at random,...
The Ship Vs. Boat Debate By Ted Scull. Does it matter? Some people can get pretty worked up about the designation. I think it is all fun, because language is fun, and the proper use of language is important for communicating. So, I enter the fray. Let’s play with the...
Heidi & Ted, along with their team of expert travel writers, have reviewed and traveled their way around the world, seeking out the very best in small-ship cruising. We have organized our reviews in six small buckets — river & canal, sailing, micro, coastal, oceangoing and expedition small-ship cruises.
If you can imagine it, we’ve cruised it! With reviews, articles and destination overviews, we’ve got you covered.
