Most of Nigerians spend their Holidays at home watching TV, News or Going from one camp to another, trying to ease up stress by adding more stress.
But to enjoy your smooth Holidays with Family and Friends or Loved ones, There are so many cruise packages you can book for, with which cruise experts are in the country to help you out.!!!
Check out this articles.......
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1. Danube River
Board one of Tauck’s Blue Danube journeys for a luxe, 12-day trip starting in Prague, with a tour of the town’s top sites and a lavish sendoff dinner at the Lobkowicz Palace. The boat journey includes multiple stops in the Czech Republic, including Regensburg, Passau, and storybook Cesky Krumlov, before winding you to Vienna, Bratislava, and finally Budapest.
If value on the Danube is essential, Grand Circle Cruise Line can also float you through Hungary, Slovenia, Austria, and the Czech Republic on a 12-day trip for as low as $170 per person per day.
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2. Mississippi River
Southern culture is trending in America, and it seems travelers aren’t only daydreaming of shrimp and grits and fox hunts. They are also eager to have a Mark Twain moment on the river. Your options for cruising the Mississippi — while certainly more comfortable than Huck Finn’s raft — are not as prolific as on the Danube. Choose to cruise the upper Mississippi and you’ll visit sites like Twain’s home and museum in Hannibal, Mo. (120 miles outside St. Louis), heartland wineries, antique shopping, and tours of the Twin Cities. The lower portion cruises often focus specifically on Southern culture, including blues in Memphis, Civil War sites, antebellum mansion tours in Mississippi, and finale dinners in New Orleans.
The most iconic paddleboat option is the American Queen, via the American Queen Steamboat Company.
This ship is one of the largest riverboats ever constructed, and from top to bottom, she’s resplendent with Victorian charm, including a ship’s library, a fancy Grand Deck Saloon, and superior staterooms with private balconies.
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3. Amazon River
If your idea of the ultimate getaway looks like a trailer for the next "Indiana Jones" movie, might we suggest tackling the fifth largest river system in the world? The Amazon is encased in a rainforest full of things that will excite you (and could kill you), from wildlife to hiking to authentic cultural exchanges with locals. Best of all, there are dozens of options spanning Peru, Brazil, and Colombia.
International Expeditions has been offering cruises for over 30 years, taking the adventurous through 600 miles of tributaries in Peru, with nature-based treks, local villages to visit, and afternoons of fishing for piranha. Or, go small and personal in Brazil on the nine-cabin M/Y Tucano out of Manaus. You’ll cruise the Rio Negro tributary, brave night hikes, and explore the Lago Janauari Ecological Park. The ship is outfitted with charming staterooms, each with air conditioning, a private bath, and a balcony. Don’t forget your anaconda repellent.
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4. Irrawaddy River
Burma/Myanmar, recently having become more politically stable, is arguably one of the most interesting places to visit on the planet right now. There are the 1,000-year-old temples in Bagan, Amarapura’s beautiful U Bein Bridge, and the capital of Yangon, place of merry chaos, teahouses, incredible Burmese cuisine, and gleaming, golden pagodas. On the Irrawaddy you cruise the Road to Mandalay, made famous in Rudyard Kipling’s epic poem. Go in high style with Belmond (previously the Orient Express), which has five levels of staterooms and hits the main stops as well as less frequented ones like tranquil Bhamo. Ama Waterways also offers three river trips for 2014, which let you start in either Yangon or Mandalay, with stops to take in Minhla’s historic forts, pottery-making demonstrations in Yandabo, city tours of Mandalay, and a dozen other exciting sights.
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5. Volga River
The mighty Volga’s banks bend to touch 11 of the 20 major cities in Russia.
Uglich and Yaroslavl have beautiful white stone churches. The settlements of UNESCO-designated Kizhi Island date to the 15th century, and the bookend cities of St. Petersburg and Moscow are obvious cultural treasures in their own right.
Consider Exeter International’s Volga Dream, where acclaimed musicians serenade you with renditions of Tchaikovsky and chefs prepare both Russian and European delicacies. With fewer than 100 passengers aboard, the day excursions are personally curated experiences.
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6. The Seine
Beginning or ending the Seine in Paris, you’ll alight in ports like Normandy, with the Cathédrale Notre Dame and lovely Honfleur with its rows of medieval houses. Those on a budget should consider Croisi Europe, which does a six-day journey for $216 per person per night — meals and wine included, as well as guided tours in every town. The catch? Your cabin is only 120 square feet. However, the cruise usually has a high number of French travelers, so there’s an upside of working on your language skills gratis.
Want to step it up? Viking’s got multiple Seine cruises planned for 2015, with its newest ships including green features like hybrid engines and solar panels. You’ll enjoy the vistas from 270-degree, wrap-around private verandas.
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7. Mekong River
You can ride the Mekong from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, all the way to Siem Reap, Cambodia. Trips stop at small towns, where you will meet locals and visit temples, fishing villages, and textile weavers — you'll even take part in volunteer opportunities. Capping each end, you get the excitement of big city life in Ho Chi Minh and the action of hiking and history of Angkor, Cambodia.
On the eight-day journey on the AMA Waterways Lotus, all cabins are over 260 square feet, with balconies, for around $250 per person, per night. The Indochina Suite is 624 square feet, with a massive sun deck, king-size bed, and whirlpool bathtub.
Travel Indochina has 19 years of experience on the Mekong, and it offers a downstream cruise through Southern Laos aboard its converted traditional rice barge, the Vat Phou. You embark in Huei Thamo to visit the hidden forest temple of Oum Moung and the exotic 4,000 Islands region, with a stop at Khong Island to connect with traditional Laotian life.
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8. Rhine River
Like the Danube, the Rhine is a fantastic way to see Europe, saving you potentially thousands on hotel costs. This river begins in the Swiss Alps and winds down through the lush German countryside, to towns like Speyer, where you’ll stop for the famous Imperial Cathedral catacombs and the Technik Museum, housing a collection of airplanes, classic cars, and locomotives. Strasbourg, France, invites you to dine at quaint bistros on the promenade before heading to Germany’s Black Forest. The hardest aspect of the Rhine might be choosing between all the options and trip itineraries.
Luckily, there are companies devoted to helping you clear a path. Rhine River Cruises (a division of Vacations to Go) is akin to Kayak.com for river cruises. It works with individual companies to help you access incredible deals and itineraries.
Or, go directly to the source with a company like Avalon Waterways, which even offers a great Christmas season cruise.
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9. Zambezi River
Africa’s biggest attractions — Victoria Falls and exotic, big game wildlife — are bucket-list destinations for millions. You can experience both on the storied Zambezi. For nearly 300 miles, the river forms a border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, creating both Victoria Falls and the Batoka Gorge, which equals an unparalleled playground for river rafting, fishing, kayaking, and water sports. Tauck has a great option, which includes in-Africa airfare and the chance to take a selfie from inside a great white shark cage. You’ll visit Victoria Falls and Zambia’s famous national park before heading to Botswana.
For a trip focused on Botswana’s portion of the Zambezi, check out the Zambezi Queen. Here, the river cuts through Chobe National Forest, which has one of the largest African elephant populations on Earth. You’ll also see buffalo, antelope, leopards, and lions, and relax in incredible luxury. The 14-suite ship has floor-to-ceiling windows in every cabin, a plunge pool, and haute cuisine.
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10. Yangtze River
There’s the Xiling Gorge, the Three Gorges Dam, the Wu Gorge, and the Qutang Gorge along the mystical Yangtze, with jaw-dropping beauty at a landscape carved over millions of years. Victoria Cruises is an American-based operator in the region, with trips every month of the year. The Chongqing to Shanghai trip, for example, includes a shore excursion to Fengdu to visit the “Ghost City,” sightseeing at all the gorges, and a day excursion to the “Mountain of the Nine Lotuses,” which is one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism. You can reserve a main deck cabin for the seven-day cruise for only around $230 per person per night.
Willing to pay roughly $900 per night for a shorter, four-day cruise? You want the Yangtze Explorer for your floating home. The “Suite” level cabins sport giant king-size beds and sitting areas, and the swank Mandarin Suite comes with a private sun deck.
Source: YahooTravel
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