WILDLIFE & EXPEDITION CRUISES Most small ships have excellent nature and wildlife programs and knowledgeable expedition leaders to take passengers on hikes or in zodiacs to find wildlife in the area. And most also practice "green ethics", careful to not disturb the environment , and giving back to the places where they visit, either buying local goods, giving employment to local people, having ship physicians give care to villages, or helping with schools or other projects. The following are known for their off-the-beaten-path adventure, expedition and wildlife cruises and cruises that focus on nature and the environment. Whether you want whale watching, birding, Alaska, Antarctica, the Amazon, or the Galapagos, these ships with their nature guides will take you there.                             Click on the cruise company name to link to more details of their cruises.

ALASKA COASTAL QUEST Southeast Alaska MISTY FJORD Passenger Capacity: 10 (11) ALASKAN DREAM CRUISES BARANOF DREAM, ADMIRALTY DREAM, ALASKA DREAM Passenger Capacity: 49-78 ALL ABOARD YACHT CHARTERS Alaska, west coast U.S. CLASSIC YACHT DISCOVERY Passenger Capacity: 10-12 AMAZON CLIPPER CRUISES Amazon River AMAZON CLIPPER PREMIUM Passenger Capacity: 32    AMERICAN SAFARI CRUISES Alaska, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Northwest, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama SAFARI SPIRIT, SAFARI ESCAPE Passenger Capacity: 12 SAFARI QUEST, EXPLORER Passenger Capacity: 22, 35 ANGERMEYER CRUISES Galapagos Islands MARY ANNE, SAGITTA Passenger Capacity: 16 AURORA EXPEDITIONS AQUA EXPEDITIONS Amazon AQUA                                               Passenger Capacity: 24 BAJA EXPEDITIONS   Mexico, Sea of Cortez DON JOSE Passenger Capacity: 14-20 BLUEWATER ADVENTURES Alaska, Canada Islands ISLAND ROAMER; ISLAND ODYSSEY  Passenger Capacity: 16, 15 SNOW GOOSE Passenger capacity: 12 BOAT COMPANY Alaska LISERON  Passenger Capacity: 20 MIST COVE Passenger Capacity: 24 CANODROS SA Galapagos Islands GALAPAGOS EXPLORER II Passenger Capacity: 100 COMPAGNIE FLUVIALE DU MEKONG TOUM TEAV Passenger Capacity: 20  CRUCEROS AUSTRALIS   Chilean and Argentine Patagonia MARE AUSTRALIS, VIA AUSTRALIS, STELLA AUSTRALIS Passenger Capacity: 129, 136, 210 CRUCEROS DE AVENTURA Mexico Sea of Cortez PACIFIC MONARCH Passenger Capacity: 60 DISCOVERY VOYAGES   Alaska DISCOVERY Passenger Capacity: 12 DUEN SAILING ADVENTURES Alaska, British Columbia, Canada islands DUEN Passenger Capacity: 8 adults or 15 trainees   ECOTOUR EXPEDITIONS Amazon River and tributaries TUCANO Passenger Capacity: 18 FANTASY CRUISES ISLAND SPIRIT Passenger Capacity: 34 NW Coast GALAPAGOS INC Galapagos Islands CORAL 1,  2 Passenger Capacity: 20 GALAPAGOS LEGEND Passenger Capacity: 90 GALAPAGOS NETWORK   Galapagos Islands ERIC, FLAMINGO, LETTY Passenger Capacity: 20 G.A.P.  ADVENTURES Worldwide, mostly Arctic and Antarctic EXPEDITION Passenger Capacity: 120      GUIDELINER CHARTERS Scotland islands GUIDELINER Passenger Capacity: 10 HEBRIDEAN ISLAND CRUISES                                                            Scotland, Ireland, England, Scandinavia HEBRIDEAN PRINCESS Passenger Capacity: 49 INNERSEA DISCOVERIES    Alaska WILDERNESS DISCOVERER, WILDERNESS ADVENTURER Passenger Capacity: 49 INTERNATIONAL EXPEDITIONS Amazon LA AMATISTA,  LA TURMALINA Passenger Capacity: 29, 28 LA TURQUESA Passenger Capacity: 46  ISLAND ESCAPE CRUISES New Zealand ISLAND PASSAGE Passenger Capacity: 22 KATERRE EXPEDITION ECOTOURISM Amazon River JACARE-ACU, AWAPE Passenger Capacity: 16, 8 LATIN TRAILS Galapagos Islands ANAHI Passenger Capacity: 16 LATITUD SUR Amazon and tributaries SELVA VITA Passenger Capacity: 10 LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS Alaska, Arctic, Baja, Galapagos,  San Juan Islands,  British Isles, Scandinavia, Latin America,  South Pacific ISLANDER Passenger Capacity: 47 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ENDEAVOUR Passenger Capacity: 110 TRITON Passenger Capacity: 40 POLARIS Passenger Capacity: 80 SEA BIRD; SEA LION Passenger Capacity: 70   SEA VOYAGER Passenger Capacity: 64     MANATEE AMAZON EXPLORER Ecuador MANATEE AMAZON EXPLORER Passenger Capacity: 30        MAPLE LEAF ADVENTURES Canada, Alaska MAPLE LEAF Passenger Capacity: 10 METROPOLITAN TOURING Galapagos Islands, Amazon ISABELA II Passenger Capacity: 40 SANTA CRUZ Passenger Capacity: 90 MOTHERSHIP ADVENTURES West coast of Canada COLUMBIA III Passenger Capacity: 12 NORTHWEST NAVIGATION CO. Pacific Northwest, Alaska DAVID B Passenger Capacity: 6 OCEAN ADVENTURES -- GALAPAGOS Galapagos Islands ECLIPSE Passenger Capacity: 48 ATHALA Passenger Capacity: 16 OCEANWIDE EXPEDITIONS Antarctica, Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, Falklands PROFESSOR MOLCHANOV Passengers: 54 GRIGORIY MIKHEEV Passengers: 46 ORION EXPEDITION CRUISES Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, Papua New Guinea,  Melanesia, Tasmania, Southeast Asia ORION Passenger Capacity: 106 PACIFIC CATALYST II Alaska, Northwest US, Western Canada CATALYST Passenger Capacity: 11 PANAMA MARINE ADVENTURES Panama and the Panama Canal DISCOVERY Passenger Capacity: 24      POLAR STAR EXPEDITIONS Antarctica, South America, Great Britain, Azores, Scandinavia, Greenland, Canada POLAR STAR Passenger Capacity: 105  POLARQUEST Norway, Russia, Svalbard ORIGO Passenger Capacity: 24 QUARK EXPEDITIONS Arctic, Antarctic SEA SPIRIT    Passenger Capacity: 114 PROFESSOR MULTANOVSKIY Passenger Capacity: 49 KAPITAN KHLEBNIKOV Passenger Capacity: 108 CLIPPER ADVENTURER    Passenger Capacity: 122 QUASAR NAUTICA   Galapagos LAMMER LAW, GRACE Passenger Capacity: 16 EVOLUTION Passenger Capacity: 32 REGENT SEVEN SEAS CRUISES Amazon, Antarctica, Arctic, Northwest Passage, Alaska, Greenland,  South Pacific, Central and South America SEVEN SEAS NAVIGATOR    Passenger Capacity: 490 SAIL THE SAN JUANS   San Juan Islands, Gulf Islands of Canada NORTHWIND Passenger Capacity: 6 SEADREAM YACHT CLUB    SEADREAM I, SEADREAM II  Passenger Capacity: 110 SEARCHER NATURAL HISTORY TOURS   Sea of Cortez SEARCHER Passenger Capacity: 24 SEA VOYAGER EXPEDITIONS  Cruises of Central and South America, including Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama and the Panama Canal SEA VOYAGER Passenger Capacity: 60  SILHOUETTE CRUISES Seychelles TRANS NIUGINI TOURS   Sepik River, Papua New Guinea SEPIK SPIRIT Passenger Capacity: 18 VALUE WORLD TOURS Russia, Ukraine ALEXANDER VAMPILOV Passenger Capacity: 32 VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKI, MARSHAL KOSHEVOI, KAMA QUEEN                       Passenger Capacity: 272, 262. 265 VIAGGIO LUXURY YACHT Alaska, U.S. Pacific Northwest, British Columbia VIAGGIO Passenger Capacity: 6   WANDERBIRD EXPEDITION CRUISES Alaska, East coasts of U.S. and Canada WANDERBIRD Passenger Capacity: 12 WESTWIND TUGBOAT ADVENTURES   British Columbia and west coast  islands PARRY, UNION JACK Passenger Capacity: 12; 8 WILD ALASKA CRUISES Alaska Inside Passage PERSEVERANCE Passengers: 8-12 WINDSTAR Caribbean, Central America WIND STAR, WIND SPIRIT Passenger Capacity: 148 WIND SURF Passenger Capacity: 308

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