NEW PANAMA WILDLIFE AND CULTURE CRUISE -- We have
just returned from a cruise on the 24-passenger Discovery of Panama
Marine Adventures, a new operation in Panama. It has a cruise that
includes full transit of the Panama Canal as well as many wildlife runs
in zodiacs, plus an excellent visit with Embera Indians to their village
by dugout canoe. For the full report go to our home page:
http://www.smallshipcruises.com
PAPUA NEW GUINEA & NEW ZEALAND REPORTS -- Scott
report with photos includes his land trip to various villages, plus a
cruise with Tauck World Discovery on Orion throughout several islands.
Check it out at
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LAND OF MAGIC AND SPIRITS His
fishing trip in New Zealand is at
CRUISING DOWN UNDER ON THE ISLAND PASSAGE
Late news and special offers:
Silversea Cruises announced that
its new all-suite ship will be named Silver Spirit. Currently
under construction, the 540-guest vessel is scheduled to join the fleet
in 2009.
French Country Waterways has a savings of 30% on the 8-passenger barge
Princess during July and August. The barge travels canals in the
Alsace-Lorraine region.
A new company, Jewel River Cruises, debuts in May with the 80-passenger
Jewel Imperial Blue.
Amadeus Waterways plans to launch the Amacello and the Amadante and a
Portugal and Spain program that features the Douro River Valley.
Tauck will launch its new Swiss Sapphire, sister ship to Swiss Emerald,
launched last year, with 118-passengers.
For more news
including new boats on the Yangtze. the Mekong, and the Nile, new Seabourn
ship, an Inuit-owned company specializing in Arctic expedition cruising,
new golf
cruises, and a classical music cruise, go
to Hot Cruise News!
