RIVER
Wanderlust Magazine have a good article on 13 spectacular river journeys: Mekong, Nile, Rhône, Rhine, Elbe and Vltava (Czechia), Hooghly (India), Brahmaputra (India), Amazon, Magdalena (Columbia), and a few in Africa.
In Asia, Pandaw have river cruises in the Ganges, Mekong, Brahmaputra, and Red rivers, and in Halong Bay.
AmaWaterways is considered one of the best river cruise providers. They have river cruises around the world:
- Europe:
- Danube
- Rhine
- Main & Moselle
- Seine
- Rhone
- Dordogne
- Douro
- Asia - Mekong
- Africa (Rail & Cruise)
- Botswana
- Namibia
- South Africa
- Zimbabwe
- Tanzania
- Egypt - Nile
- Columbia
- Specialty cruises (Europe):
- Wine
- Holidays
- Music
- Golf
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| Zambezi Queen | Nile River Cruise |
CAA provides services for Uniworld Boutique River Cruises. These are higher-end cruises, costing from $10,000 and up.
Wheel & Anchor have a barge tour of Champagne.
Travel for Travellers by GLP Worldwide based in Markham have cruises around the world. I saw an ad for their Mekong River cruise seeing Vietnam and Cambodia which starts at $3,315.
American Cruise Lines has a large collection of river and coastal cruises throughout the United States. They also do long thematic tours (like the Civil War) that involve a possible combination of cruises, flights and land transportation. A particularly interesting river cruise is the extensive 12-day New Orleans to Memphis cruise.
OCEAN & SEA
Based in Tahiti, Aranui Cruises cover the islands of Polynesia: Tahiti, Bora Bora, Cook Islands, Pitcairn Island, Society Islands, Austral Islands, Marquesas, Tuamotu Islands, and Gambier Islands.
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| Aranui Cruises |
Recent Google search found Seabourn that have cruises around the world and have many deals for solo travellers.
A possible return trip home could be the ferry from Denmark to the Faroe Islands then on to Iceland. Smyril Line is the main ferry. There seems to options to either stop for a few hours before the ferry continues on to Iceland, or possibly book ahead for a 3 or 7 day stopover in the Faroe Islands then go on to Iceland. This is the Two Destinations in One Journey option.
Smyril Line is a ferry service from Denmark that stops at the Faroe Islands then continues on to Iceland. You can stop in the Faroe Islands for a few hours or have a 3 or 7 day stopover in the Faroe Islands then go on to Iceland. This is the Two Destinations in One Journey option.
As seen on a the British TV series The World’s Most Expensive Cruise Ship (2019-23), the Seven Seas Splendor is the pinnacle of cruising with the highest level of accommodation, dining and entertainment. There is about a 1:1 ratio of passengers to crew. See also this list of the top ten cruise ships in the world.
Azamara has interesting small ship cruises to exotic ports: Antarctic, Cape Town to the Canaries, etc. Also see my Africa page section on Cruises.
