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Canadian American Great Lakes By Ted Scull. The Great Lakes form a vast inland freshwater basin that covers an area almost as large as the state of Wyoming. All five — Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior — are interconnected by rivers, straits and canals....
By Anne Kalosh. One big ship trend is adding cabins during refurbishment projects to pack in more people and increase profitability. Small ship and river cruise provider Tauck is doing the opposite. Tauck riverboats TREASURES and ESPRIT recently resumed sailing from...
Naturalists on Small Ship Cruises By Anne Kalosh. Getting up close to nature and wildlife is one of the many thrills of small ship cruising. What's more, you can meet and learn from world-renowned experts on a variety of intriguing 2018 and 2019 itineraries. Guest...
Behind the Scenes at Sea (Part 4) 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 managers for...
By Anne Kalosh. Victory Cruise Lines' 13- and 14-night Cuba circumnavigations on VICTORY I between January and April 2019 are among the most comprehensive ways to explore this intriguing island. The circumnavigations are round-trip PortMiami, with five departing Jan....
Ted’s brother Sandy wrote this poem that integrates words and phrases derived from the Mississippi River steamboat era following a Delta Queen river cruise they took together a little over a decade ago from Chattanooga to Memphis via the Tennessee, Ohio and...
QuirkyCruise.com had a chat with Hans Lagerweij, president and CEO of Victory Cruise Lines. It was founded in 2016 with the 202-passenger VICTORY I to ply the Great Lakes and other waterways in the US's northeast. The line will debut a second nearly identical ship,...
By Anne Kalosh. California-based AdventureSmith Explorations is run by owner Todd Smith, who's among the prestigious ranks of Condé Nast Traveler's Top Travel Specialists as a leading expert on small-ship expeditions. He also serves on the board of the International...
By Anne Kalosh. Expedition yacht CRYSTAL ENDEAVOR will have the same luxury standard and many of the restaurants and lounges Crystal Cruises loyalists know and love. It will also house the only casino on an expedition ship. The all-suite, 200-passenger CRYSTAL...
Delfin Amazon Cruises Introducing a boutique Amazon cruise line that operates small to moderate size, high-end Amazon riverboats based in Peru. They sail from one of two Peruvian ports and into a vast national reserve that is best reached and toured by boat,...
Every so often there's an amazing article from another outlet that we just HAVE to share. Last month The New Yorker magazine published an excellent account of a modern day explorer braving the body-breaking, soul-testing desolation of Antarctica as he pursued a trek...
By Anne Kalosh. Lindblad Expeditions' first blue-water new build has a name: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ENDURANCE—in honor of Ernest Shackleton, the company's most revered explorer, President and CEO Sven Lindblad said during keel-laying festivities at CRIST shipyard in...
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.
