Special-interest cruise directory: as part of our annual directory issue, Cruise Travel is pleased to present this exclusive guide listing companies offering cruises of special interest

Cruise Travel, Jan-Feb, 2004

Scores of companies worldwide offer offbeat cruises experiences--everything from a European river voyage to an Antarctic expedition, from backwater jungle explorations to luxury yacht sailing. As part of our annual Directory Issue, Cruise Travel has detailed these offerings in the following guide to cruises of special interest. Company names, arranged alphabetically, are followed by addresses and types of cruises offered. For more information, write the company directly for brochures, schedules, and rates, or contact your travel agent.

ABERCROMBIE & KENT INTERNATIONAL 1520 Kensington Road Oak Brook, IL 60523 www.abercrombiekent.com

A wide variety of both inland and ocean cruises worldwide, plus Explorer II expedition voyages, including Antarctica; riverboat and barge cruises in Asia, Europe; Nile, Yangtze, Ayeyarwady river cruises; Galapagos Islands cruises; Sea Cloud tall-ship sailings.

AMAZON NATURE TOURS Post Office Box 128 Jamestown, RI 02835 www.amazon-nature-tours.com

Nature cruise-tours of the Amazon River about the motor-yacht Tucano.

AMERICAN SAFARI CRUISES 19101 36th Avenue West/Suite 201 Lynnwood, WA 98036 www.amsafari.com

Luxury motor-yacht cruising to Alaska, Pacific Northwest, Columbia/Snake Rivers, California Wine Country, Sea of Cortez, Costa Rica.

ANNEMARIE VICTORY ORGANIZATION 136 East 64th Street New York, NY 10021 www.annemarievictory.com

Sea Cloud, Sea Cloud II tail-ship charters on cultural cruises to Mediterranean and Caribbean; River Cloud, River Cloud II cultural European cruises.

AVALON WATERWAYS 5301 South Federal Circle Littleton, CO 80123 www.avalonwaterways.com

European river cruises.

(THE) BARGE LADY 101 West Grand Avenue/Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60610 www.bargelady.com

Barge cruises worldwide.

BC FERRIES 1112 Fort Street Victoria, BC V8V 4V2 Canada www.bcferries.com

British Columbia coastal cruises.

CHINA REGAL CRUISES 300 East 40th Street New York, NY 10016 www.chinaregalcruises.com

Yangtze River cruises.

FRANCE CRUISES 3039 Southwest Seaboard Avenue Palm City, FL 34990 www.FranceCruises.com

Barge cruises in France.

FRED. OLSEN CRUISE LINES 5412 Lyndale Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55419 www.fredolsencruises.co.uk

Worldwide itineraries on the cruise-liners Black Prince, Black Watch, and Braemar.

FREIGHTER WORLD CRUISES 180 South Lake Avenue/Suite 335 Pasadena, CA 91101 www.freighterworld.com

General sales agent representing passenger-carrying freighter lines and special-interest cruise companies worldwide.

FRENCH COUNTRY WATERWAYS Post Office Box 2195 Duxbury, MA 02331 www.fcwl.com

Luxury barge cruises in France.

GENERAL TOURS 53 Summer Street Keene, NH 03431 www.generaltours.com

A wide variety of small-ship cruises worldwide, including Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, Australasia.

GEOGRAPHIC EXPEDITIONS 2627 Lombard Street San Francisco, CA 94123 www.geoex.com

Adventure travel worldwide including Galapagos Islands and Central America small-ship cruising, Arctic and Antarctic expedition cruising.

GREAT LAKES CRUISE COMPANY 3300 Washtenaw Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48104 www.greatlakescruising.com

Great Lakes cruising on the Orion.

HERITAGE CRUISE LINES LTD, 84 Sunnidale Road Barrie, ON L4N 1G9 Canada www.heritagecruise.com

Georgian Bay/Lake Huron cruises on the Georgian Clipper.

KALOS GOLF 1504 East Franklin Street/Suite 200 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 www.KalosGolf.com

European inland and ocean cruises specially designed for golfers.

MAINE WINDJAMMER ASSOCIATION 251 Jefferson Street/MS06 Waldoboro, ME 04572 www.sailmainecoast.com

Maine coastal tall-ship cruises.

MARINE LINK TOURS Box 451 Box 451 Campbell River, BC, V9W 5C1 Canada www.marinelinktours.com

Freight-boat tours of British Columbia coast.

MARIS USA LTD. 215 Main Street Westport, CT 06880 www.freightercruises.com

Freighter-passenger cruises and special-interest voyages worldwide.

MAUPINTOUR 10650 West Charleston Boulevard Summerlin, NV 89135 www.maupintour.com

European cruise-tours on inland waterways.

METROPOLITAN TOURING/ADVENTURE ASSOC. 13150 Colt Road/Suite 110 Dallas, TX 75240 www.metropolitan-touring.com

Galapagos Islands cruises.

NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION EXPEDITIONS 11100 Wildlife Center Drive Reston, VA 20190 www.nfw.org

Wildlife-oriented cruise-tours to Central and South America.

NEKTON DIVING CRUISES 520 Southeast 32nd Street Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 www.nektoncruises.com

Bahamas, Belize overnight dive cruises.

OCEAN CLUB CRUISES 405-A Atlantis Road Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 www.oceanclubcruises.com

Two-/three-night Mirage I Bahamas cruises.

OLIVIA 4400 Market Street Oakland, CA 94608 www.olivia.com

Vacation travel, including cruises, designed for lesbians, their families and friends.

ONTARIO WATERWAYS CRUISES INC. Box 6 Orillia, ON L3V 6H9 Canada www.ontariowaterwaycruises.com

Rideau Canal/Trent Severn Waterway cruises.

PACIFIC DELIGHT TOURS 205 East 42nd Street/Suite 1908 New York, NY 10017 www.PacificDelightTours.com

Yangtze River cruise-tours; Swan Hellenic Europe, South America cruises.

PETER DEILMANN CRUISES 1800 Diagonal Road/Suite 170 Alexandria, VA 22314 www.deilmann-cruises.com