| The common perception of cruises and vacation sis | | | | Nile Cruises And Amazon Adventure Cruises |
| that of a cruise ship full of partying passengers drinking | | | | Nile cruise vacations carry their passengers back in |
| and dancing their way from one sun-drenched tropical | | | | time in a different way, by letting them travel the same |
| port to the next, where they spend days on dazzling | | | | paths along which the ancient Egyptians established |
| white beaches or endless green pal-lined fairways. | | | | the trade routes which made the Egyptian empire one |
| This perception is one vigorously reinforce by travel | | | | of the longest lasting in the ancient world. Nile River |
| posters and travel magazines, but it does nothing to | | | | cruises will take their passengers from Luxor to the |
| educate the public about other cruises and vacations | | | | Valley of the Kings, where more than sixty Pharaohs |
| which offer an entirely different sort of cruise | | | | were buried, and some of them will complete the |
| experience. | | | | journey from distant past to technologically dazzling |
| Cruising The Great Rivers | | | | present with a visit to the Aswan Dam. |
| While most cruises do involve sailing on the world's | | | | Travelers can turn their Amazon cruises and |
| oceans, there are equally rewarding cruises for | | | | vacations into real adventures by participating in |
| vacations spent on the world's great rivers. Cruises | | | | onshore excursions designed to give them a taste of |
| involving vacations on the Amazon and Nile Rivers | | | | a true explorer's life. They will be transported by |
| offer the same shipboard amenities as those in the | | | | dugout canoe way form the main river and along |
| Caribbean or Mediterranean, yet they also offer | | | | some Amazon tributaries which have yet to be |
| vacationers the chance to some of the last pristine | | | | recorded on any official maps. Such cruises and |
| wildernesses of the earth. Amazonian cruise vacations | | | | vacations, of course, will cost more than those on |
| will pass through rainforests still inhabited by indigenous | | | | standard cruise ships, simply because of the enormous |
| people for whom a cruise ship remains an object of | | | | potential for liability, and they are will appeal to only a |
| wonderment. | | | | very small number of travelers. But if you are a true |
| While the cruise vacation ships which sail the Amazon | | | | adventurer at heart, and in good physical condition, you |
| may not match some of the ocean-going classes of | | | | will see the rainforest from a vantage point share by |
| cruise ships in size, they still provide their passengers | | | | very few other human beings! |
| with enough 21st century comforts to make the | | | | The hours you spend on your luxury cruise will be |
| contrast with the surrounding unspoiled wilderness | | | | empty of pressures, freeing you to relax, play, enjoy |
| completely obvious. Some Amazon cruises and | | | | new companionship, or revel in much-needed solitude. |
| vacations let their participants share onboard life with | | | | You will be surrounded by the open sea and your spirit |
| friendly shipboard monkeys and crew dressed in | | | | will open to meet it. You can make and change plans |
| Amazonian tribal apparel. | | | | as you please, and answer to no one. |