The continued reputation of AmaWaterways’ Soulful sailings – distinctive to the award-winning, luxurious river cruise line – has allowed for an enlargement of the choices for 2025 and 2026. Becoming a member of the 2025 line up (already stellar with cruises in Egypt, France, Colombia and Portugal) is the Better of Holland & Belgium. That is the primary Soulful Expertise that features the celebrations of Kwanza and New 12 months’s, crusing round-trip from Amsterdam on December 27, 2025.
In 2026 there are three further sailings, with two as new Soulful itineraries, added to the already scheduled France and Egypt choices. Attractive Douro, first achieved in 2025, is on June 13, and the 2 new ones are Riches of the Mekong on October 11 and the Swiss Alps & Rhine Castles Christmas on Dec 15.
Each Soulful Expertise crusing presents real experiences and excursions that commemorate Black heritage and tradition with choose excursions and experiences. Complementing AmaWaterways’ famend heat and personalised onboard service, in addition to domestically impressed eating, friends can anticipate nightly leisure whereas surrounded by fellow vacationers who share their enthusiasm for uncovering Black tradition. Fares talked about are inclusive of particular saving provides and are primarily based upon availability.
2025 Better of Holland & Belgium
This new-for-2025 seven-night Soulful Expertise on AmaStella is unique-among-the-unique of Soulful cruises because it spans the vacations of Kwanzaa and New 12 months’s. Company rejoice Kwanzaa with each day themes honoring Kwanzaa’s seven ideas, nightly Kinara candle-lighting ceremonies, and cultural programming together with an Amsterdam cultural tour.
Different tour highlights embrace the island metropolis of Hellevoetsluis and its medieval harbor city, iconic working De Hoop windmill and charming wharf homes, exploring the castles and distinctive structure of Brussels and the culinary delights of Antwerp. An elective two-night pre-cruise in Amsterdam can also be accessible. The December 27, 2025 crusing has fares beginning at USA $3,039 and CAD $4,117 per individual, double, with the Vacation Triple Financial savings provide via March 31, 2025.
2026 Attractive Douro
The timing of this Soulful Expertise (June 13 to June 23) permits for the celebration of Juneteenth (June 19) with a number of themed occasions and programing. The cruise kicks off with three nights in Lisbon, a metropolis that was house to a major inhabitants of free Africans and was the positioning of Europe’s first African neighborhood.
The seven-night crusing alongside Portugal’s Douro River on board the 102-passenger AmaDouro, the place friends are handled to unique Brazilian and African meals tastings and genuine Portuguese delicacies and port wines throughout two shoreside dinners at native wine estates, often called quintas. All whereas taking within the mournful sounds of fado music. Fares begin at USA $4,949 and CAD $6,522.
Riches of the Mekong
Operating from October 11 to 25 this crusing contains one in every of AmaWaterways’ latest land extension – the four-night Central Vietnam Land Extension the place Soulful friends take pleasure in a deep dive into a few of the nation’s most intriguing areas. The crusing focuses on Vietnam and Cambodia’s connections to Black historical past because the AmaDara sails alongside the Mekong River.
Including to the cruise are the land highlights: two days within the UNESCO World Heritage Web site of Hoi An and the chance to do a hands-on Vietnamese delicacies cooking class; a cease on the famend Museum of Cham Sculpture in Da Nang, and two days in Hue, for a royal dinner at Historical Hue, and visits to the awe-inspiring tomb of Emperor Ming Mang, Hue Historic Citadel, the Thien Mu (Heaven Fairy Woman) Pagoda and the Khai Dinh Tomb. All coupled with one pre-cruise evening in Temple-rich metropolis of Siem Reap and two post-cruise nights in Vietnam’s vibrant and culturally wealthy metropolis of Ho Chi Minh. Restricted time Fares begin at USA $5,032 and CAD $6,744.
Swiss Alps & Rhine Castles Christmas
This Christmas Markets cruise with Kwanzaa celebrations begins on December 15 with the seven-night Basel to Amsterdam cruise that gives a number of Black cultural connections alongside the Rhine River route, earlier than ending with two nights publish cruise in Amsterdam the place friends take pleasure in an Amsterdam cultural tour and extra. Different highlights alongside AmaVenita’s route embrace France’s oldest Christmas Market in Strasbourg and open-air wine gardens, and the Christmas Market of Drosselgasse, the cultural coronary heart of Rüdesheim. All alongside the river are cities and villages brimming with stunning decor, glittering Christmas timber and vacation spirit. Costs start at USA $4,299 and CAD $6,071 through the Triple Vacation Financial savings occasion via March 31.
For extra info or to order an AmaWaterways river cruise and land package deal, contact your most well-liked Journey Advisor, name 1.800.626.0126 or go to AmaWaterways.com.
About AmaWaterways
Household-owned and operated for 23 years, AmaWaterways provides unparalleled river cruise experiences with 31 custom-designed ships crusing Europe’s main rivers; Southeast Asia’s Mekong River; Africa’s Chobe River; Egypt’s Nile River and Colombia’s Magdalena River (2025). Co-founded by pioneering river cruise executives Rudi Schreiner, Kristin Karst and Jimmy Murphy, the corporate was not too long ago voted “Greatest River Cruise Line” by the world’s main cruise critiques web site Cruise Critic, and is famend for its heat and welcoming crew; revolutionary and sustainable ship design; wellness actions (together with a large selection of included small group shore excursions that includes biking and mountaineering choices); and award-winning, domestically sourced delicacies paired with complimentary positive wine.
Trendy, spacious, and tastefully adorned, most AmaWaterways ships welcome a median of simply 150 friends and have onboard facilities resembling a surprising Foremost Lounge, specialty Chef’s Desk restaurant, hair and therapeutic massage salons, Solar Deck strolling monitor and heated outside swimming swimming pools with swim-up bars. AmaWaterways leads the river cruise business in innovation, highlighted by the launch of the revolutionary AmaMagna. The corporate additionally provides quite a lot of themed sailings and model relationships, with sailings geared in the direction of energetic vacationers and households, in addition to group and constitution choices. www.amawaterways.com
