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Top Rivers & Seas Luxury History Trips & Packages 2025/2026

Our 125 most popular Rivers & Seas Luxury History Trips & Packages trips. Compare tour itineraries from 52 tour companies. 9 reviews.

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Discover Africa
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Discover Africa

By AMA Waterways
preferred
3.7/5 Great
39 reviews
Small Ship Cruise
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Full schedule

Highlights

  • Discover Cape Town one of the world’s most beautiful drives.
  • Explore Chobe River’s fascinating game viewing.
  • Enjoy the river cruise in Zambezi River
  • Opportunity to view Victoria Falls, one of the greatest natural wonders on earth
  • Enjoy the Cruise along the Zambezi River.

Themes

Nature & Wildlife, Safari, 50 Plus, National Parks, Small Ship Cruise, Transformative

What travelers are saying

"I’ve sailed with AmaWaterways 4 times. They are the best! You become family. I can’t wait to sail with them again!"

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10 days From$8,799
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Rivers & Rails of Africa
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Rivers & Rails of Africa

By AMA Waterways
preferred
3.7/5 Great
39 reviews
Small Ship Cruise
Lodging level
Luxury - 5 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Full schedule

Highlights

  • Discover Cape Town
  • Enjoy the safari of Chobe National Park
  • Explore the Chobe River’s spectacular game viewing
  • See the magnificent Victoria Falls
  • Amazing travel by rail to Hwange Game Reserve

Themes

Nature & Wildlife, Safari, 50 Plus, National Parks, Small Ship Cruise

What travelers are saying

"I’ve sailed with AmaWaterways 4 times. They are the best! You become family. I can’t wait to sail with them again!"

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13 days From$12,695
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Enticing Douro
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Enticing Douro

By AMA Waterways
preferred
3.7/5 Great
39 reviews
River Cruise
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

Highlights

  • Have an amazing Lamego city tour
  • Explore Porto, and enjoy port wine tasting
  • Opportunity to visit Salamanca this is an UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Visit Castelo Rodrig
  • Discover Portugal

Themes

Nature & Wildlife, Culinary & Wine, 50 Plus, National Parks, Small Ship Cruise

What travelers are saying

"I’ve sailed with AmaWaterways 4 times. They are the best! You become family. I can’t wait to sail with them again!"

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11 days From$3,879
Price updated 1 year+ ago
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3-6 Nights between Carcassonne and Beziers
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3-6 Nights between Carcassonne and Beziers

By France Cruises
none
5/5 Excellent
5 reviews
Small Ship Cruise
Lodging level
Luxury - 5 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

Highlights

  • Visit the Oppidum of Enserune
  • Explore the charming village of Le Sommail
  • Tour the fortified village of Minerve
  • See the Palace of the Archbishop in the largely Roman influenced city of Narbonne
  • Travel the narrow streets of the great medieval city, Carcassonne

Themes

Cultural, Nature & Wildlife, National Parks, Small Ship Cruise

What travelers are saying

"Everything was fantastic and went off as planned. The Normandy trip was equally exceptional. Enjoyed the guide immensely you set up for us. Thanks for taking care of us, will definitely use you again!"

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7 days
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Barcelona To Piraeus (Athens)
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Barcelona To Piraeus (Athens)

By Silversea
none
5/5 Excellent
4 reviews
Small Ship Cruise
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

Highlights

  • Explore Spain
  • Discover the cities of taly & Greece
  • Enjoy the nature by travelling in Silver Wind Ship

Themes

Cultural, Nature & Wildlife, 50 Plus, National Parks, Small Ship Cruise

What travelers are saying

"Traveling with Silversea on our Alaska cruise was just perfect. The sites, service, and overall feel were great. I will say, the food was somewhat lacking in my opinion, but the overall experience was spectacular."

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10 days From$4,350
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Rhine Christmas Markets South
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Rhine Christmas Markets South

By A-Rosa Cruises
none
5/5 Excellent
3 reviews
River Cruise
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

Highlights

  • Celebrate Christmas on Rhine Christmas Markets South
  • See the old Cathedral city, the World famous trade fairs.
  • Enjoy the history of more than 2000 years old Roman colony.
  • Observe on Strasbourg has played a significant role and had an eventful history
  • Points of interest are the St Martin and St Stephen cathedrals, the castle of Mainz and the Gutenberg Museum.

Themes

Cultural, 50 Plus, Festivals & Special Events

What travelers are saying

"See you tomorrow AROSA Bella & this will be our second time of cruise ship, first was AROSA Riva. Its gonna be fun & excitement!"

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5 days From$1,379
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Alegria
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Alegria

By France Cruises
none
5/5 Excellent
5 reviews
Small Ship Cruise
Lodging level
Luxury - 5 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

Highlights

  • Tour Carcassonne, the most complete medieval fortified city in existence
  • Narbonne's Archbishop's Palace and colorful market
  • Explore the hilltop village of Minerve
  • Discover the City of Béziers
  • Experience the famous “stair case” of the Nine Locks of Fonsérane
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Themes

Cultural, Small Ship Cruise

What travelers are saying

"Everything was fantastic and went off as planned. The Normandy trip was equally exceptional. Enjoyed the guide immensely you set up for us. Thanks for taking care of us, will definitely use you again!"

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7 days From$5,075
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In the Wake of Lewis & Clark
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In the Wake of Lewis & Clark

By Smithsonian Journeys
none
3/5 Average
2 reviews
River Cruise
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

Highlights

  • Enjoy active adventures featuring kayaks, expedition landing crafts, and biking as you focus on the region's natural history.
  • Visit sites such as the campsites used by the Corps of Discovery and the eclectic Maryhill Museum with its collection of Native American basketry and beadwork
  • You'll discover the region's culinary delights, aboard ship as we’re underway, and at a family farm and winery
  • Pass through the series of eight locks that raise or lower the ship over 700 feet—a monumental triumph of engineering that deserves to be observed up close
  • Visit the Columbia River Maritime Museum, which chronicles the history of river navigation and this port town

Themes

Cultural, Nature & Wildlife, Culinary & Wine, 50 Plus, Sailing, Education / Learning, National Parks, High Adventure

What travelers are saying

"My wife and I were on the Smithsonian Journeys Splendors of Australia and New Zealand between April 13 and May 2, 2018. Smithsonian is rated by this site as Luxury travel. However, Smithsonian "farms out" the logistics for their trip to Odysseys Unlimited. Odysseys booked within country air travel with the lowest cost air carriers. Flights were cancelled from Ayers Rock to Sydney and from Queenstown New Zealand to Rotorua. Another flight was significantly delayed so that we did not arrive at our Christchurch destination until 2:00 am, making for a really tired next day. Odysseys Unlimited compensated us $400 per person for missing a day in Sydney and paid for an excursion in Auckland for missing Rotorua. This was wholly inadequate, given that these were highlights of the trip. In addition, our tour guide was rude to several people on the trip. If Smithsonian Journeys is truly a luxury travel outfit, as we had believed, then they would not be farming out travel logistics to such a chinch company as Odysseys Unlimited. We will think twice about traveling with Smithsonian again, and so should others."

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7 days From$4,300
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Our Cruise with American Cruise Lines was totally awesom...

Tour:  Great Rivers of Florida Cruise

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Fabulous Thanksgiving Cruise

We've never had a Thanksgiving like the experience that ACL provided. Not only is it great to be cruising someplace warm and beautiful like the Great Rivers of Flor...

Tour:  Great Rivers of Florida Cruise

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Adventure Smith was exceptional. Antarctica 21 corporate office was deplorable.

Adventure Smith was so helpful throughout-- from initial info to booking the trip to answering questions to helping us once Antarctica 21 cancelled our Mom's trip. ...

Tour:  Antarctic Peninsula

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Peter

Aug 2018

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Excellent

The best in the business!

Tour:  Antarctic Peninsula

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Beware of False Published Itinerary

Feb 2022

Provided byNational Geographic Expeditions

Best Part of Trip was Cancelled

signed up to travel the Columbia-Snake River to visit Hell's Canyon. That part of the trip was cancelled by Nat Geo without notifying the passengers. Instead we vi...

Tour:  Columbia and Snake Rivers Journey

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