Expedition Cruises Reviews

Quality of crew, except expedition leader, was outstanding...itinerary blasé...naturalists excellent, food outstanding...but knowing what we know now, would not recommend this itinerary to NZ. Fairly uninteresting...ship is outstanding, crew excellent...cabin service outstanding. This was the least interesting of any Lindblad/Nat Geo trip we've been on...hope they find better things to do with ...

We did an 8-day cruise in the Great Lakes Jul-Aug 2023 on Viking Octantis. This is an "Expedition" cruise and includes some science and nature aspects beyond the regular pleasure cruise. The itinerary was Milwaukee-Mackinac Island-Alpena-Detroit-Point Pelee-Welland Canal-Niagara Falls-Toronto. Several stops were really good and I wish they were longer: Milwaukee, Detroit, Niagara Falls, ...

The Viking Octantis is a beautiful ship and the crew was absolutely spectacular. There was enough to do, fantastic rooms, and the food was quite good and varied. The crew/staff is really what made this cruise memorable - from housekeeping to serving staff to bartenders - everyone was so kind and eager to please. However, we were disappointed in a few very important things: 1. The submarines ...

We chose the 18 night Cairns to Broome cruise as a way the see several key things in Australia: snorkel at the Great Barrier Reef; have meaningful experiences with several indigenous communities; see the Kimberley Region in all its glory. I sent a letter to the company president and to Guest relations which included the following points: • Very late itinerary change (April 7) severely ...

This was approximately our 40th cruise, one of the most, if not THE most expensive (per day), and definitely the most disappointing. We went to meet friends who have cruised with Ponant before; this was our first time. The ship is lovely and clean. Our cabin, though small, was adequate with surprisingly good storage space. The bed was comfortable, and our cabin steward was unobtrusive and ...

I notice that none of the other reviews talk about money. I'm therefore assuming this ship and itineraries are for people seeking to explore certain destinations and will pay whatever it takes to do so. In that case I would echo the other excellent reviews. However, almost everyone I spoke to on this 2 day ship visit, said that they had a great time, but they really had to think about if ...

This was our fourth Viking cruise but first expedition with our earlier experiences being river cruises. I would give the river cruises the highest possible rating which might be why this cruise did not live up to our expectations. First, the air transportation provided by Viking was abysmal. The flights involved many seemingly extra connections and in Chile, couples did not get seats next to ...

The pre-planning for this trip was a nightmare. They changed my outbound and return flights 3 times, gave me an 11 hr layover, and then changed my flights the day before I was supposed to leave, so I lost all my seat upgrades; And they refused to accommodate my request for the upgrades on the new flights. They treated me like I was stupid when I asked questions about meeting guides at airports ...

We’ve taken 10 cruises, the last five with Viking. We have only taken Viking in the last several years due to their overall excellence. We just returned from the Antarctic Explorer Cruise and this was not what we have come to expect from Viking. Our initial itinerary was change from when we boarded the ship. The six days in Antarctica called for zodiac landings; however, our destinations changed, ...

We chose this cruise because it was advertised as going deep into Antarctica to the Ross Sea and beyond to New Zealand .The ship itself is tremendous, first class all the way And the house keeping and kitchen staff were superb. I found the expedition staff not the same. I didn't think several were customer oriented and few had even been down in that area. The issue is with where we did not get. We ...