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Yangtze River Cruise Adventure By Anthony Anderton. It is one of the great river journeys of the world. For centuries travellers have marvelled at the scenic grandeur of the Yangtze gorges. Still, in over 30 years of living, working and travelling across China, and...
Arctic Beach Cleanups By Anne Kalosh. As the Arctic cruise season draws to a close, the Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO) looked back on the results of the summer’s efforts to combat marine plastic pollution. AECO’s environmental agent Sarah...
Naturetours.com Upgrades Amazon Vessel Tucano By Anne Kalosh. Naturetours.com, a small ship expedition company that sails further in to the Amazon than any other line, relaunched its 18-passenger Tucano following an extensive refit. The work enhanced the...
Blue Lagoon Cruises Blue Lagoon Cruises operates a spiffy small 68-passenger/34 cabin catamaran on informal three-, four-, and seven-night cruises to a string of tropical islands in the Fijian chain. While the company was established over a half-century ago, its...
Croisi Europe A family-owned French firm based in Strasbourg that started up in 1976 now operates one of the largest inland waters’ fleets in Europe with both river and canal boats. The river cruises travel on waterways throughout Europe, providing one of the main...
Losing a Friend at Sea By Elise Lentz. Ever wonder what it would be like to work on cruise ships? Small cruise ships? For 15 years? Elise & Tim Lentz have worked on ships big and small as cruise directors, shore excursion managers, tour directors and event...
Captain Cook Cruises Fiji Captain Cook Cruises is an Australian-owned line that got its start in 1970 when Captain Trevor Haworth began operating cruises and excursions in the Sydney Harbor region, then up north in Queensland along the Great Barrier Reef and in the...
SAGITTA in the Caribbean REVIEWER Philip from the New Zealand. CRUISE LINE Island Windjammers. SHIP Sagitta. DESTINATION French West Indies. # OF NIGHTS 12. DEPARTURE DATE & PORTS November 2018, from St. Lucia. OVERALL RATING 1 out of 5 stars (5=excellent, 4=very...
Sailing on Old Ships by Ted Scull. Let’s begin with something land-based. Years ago when I was looking to buy a New York apartment, and long before the gentrification of many neighborhoods, I contacted real estate agents specifying pre-war only. This meant I wanted an...
GreenTracks N.B. The company has had to suspend all nature tours due to Covid, including the loss of key personnel in Peru and the disruption of suppliers. Further news will be noted here. GreenTracks, in business since 1992, operates wildlife, archeological and...
Checkmate on a Black Sea Cruise by Ted Scull. Back in my college days, I signed up for a year of Russian and on the first day of class, the professor gave us our assignment — learn the Cyrillic alphabet overnight or don’t bother to come to class tomorrow. So, a friend...
First Modern-Style Riverboat for Mississippi River By Anne Kalosh. American Cruise Lines' American Song, the first modern-looking riverboat in the United States, has just begun its inaugural season from the Port of New Orleans. Until now, the U.S. rivers have been...
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.
