River Cruises: Your Best River Cruise Deals from our River Cruise Experts
A Brief Primer on River Cruises
River cruise lines offer a very different experience from ocean-going cruise lines. There's an unhurried pace on river cruises that travelers find compelling, and an emphasis on cultural discoveries and an authentic taste of daily life.
Today there are over 725 river cruise ships worldwide, with over 200 in Europe alone! New river cruise ships continue to be built, and the quality of the product has evolved and improved. Our river cruise experts can help guide you to the better river cruises and deals.
River cruises have been around for many years. Cities and villages were built along riverbanks to provide trading routes, making a river cruise convenient to getting you to the heart of towns, and seeing more of the interior of a country.
Europe River Cruises
In recent years European river cruise vacations have "come of age" and become very popular, especially after 1992, when the Rhine River and Danube River were connected, providing nearly 3,000 miles of unobstructed waterways through over a dozen countries, resulting in many river cruise deals in Europe.
In addition, there are river cruises in Europe on the Moselle, Rhone and Saone rivers in France, the Duoro River in Portugal, and river cruises in Russia. Read more about European River Cruise Vacations.
The river cruise lines in Europe we recommend include AMA Waterways, Brendan River Cruises, Uniworld Grand River Journeys and Tauck River Cruises. You can view and compare river cruise deals from AMA Waterways, Brendan and Uniworld, or view all European River Cruise offers.
Asia River Cruises
River cruises are not exclusive to Europe, where it's most popular. The opening of tourism in China led to a huge growth in Yangtze River Cruises. For those planning a trip to China, there are many river cruise deals available.
Asia river cruises in Myanmar (formerly Burma) on the Iriwaddy River are also available, and more recently, Asia river cruises between Cambodia and Vietnam on the Mekong River are growing in popularity. Read more about Asia river cruises with AMA Waterways, Pandow Cruises and new luxury arrival Heritage Line's Jayavarman.
South America's Amazon River Cruises
The Amazon has been one of the more exotic river cruise trips, but till now the quality and choice of boats on the river were very limited. Now there are new products from Iberostar and luxury Aqua Expeditions offering exciting off-beat river cruises.
Egypt's Nile River Cruises
There are many cruise rivers along the Nile River, a journey not to be missed! Some of our preferred Nile river cruise lines here include Lindblad Expeditions and Uniworld.
USA River Cruises
Unfortunately, some of the river cruise lines that journeyed along the Mississippi and other interior rivers of America (e.g., America West Steamboat, Delta Queen Steamboat) have come upon hard times, and we look forward to their resurgence. Some lines still cruise on the Snake and Columbia rivers, and even the Napa River in California.
Let us coordinate it for you
Whatever your preference, our River Cruise Experts are ready to assist you. For your river cruise deals, contact our cruise experts, or call us at 1-888-779-7447.
