AmaWaterways:
AmaWaterways is known for its active excursions, including guided bike tours. If fact, AmaWaterways is considered the leader in bicycling options for their river cruise passengers.
AmaWaterways has partnerships that include: Backroads Tours
Backroads Tours and AmaWaterways even have full ship charters available
Scenic River Cruises:
Scenic offers e-bike options on all of their river cruises. For ease of exploring, Scenic provides a GPS unit for each of their cycling guests to find special points of interest along their routes. They provide guided bike tours in addition to other active excursions.
Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection:
Uniworld includes complimentary bicycles on their ships for guests to explore at their leisure. They also offer guided bike tours in select ports.
*Unique to Uniworld is their custom, opulent decor.
Avalon Waterways:
Avalon Waterways provides cruisers with the opportunity to explore ports of call by bike. They have partnerships with local bike tour operators to enhance the biking experience.
In our experience, Avalon Waterways provides more active overall cruising options than their nearest competitors.
Avalon Waterways is corporate owned, under the same umbrella as Globus and Cosmos Tours, with multiple bicycling land vacation offerings.
Emerald Waterways:
EmeraldACTIVE is the brand's program that includes biking and hiking options. They offer guided bike tours suitable for various fitness levels.
Emerald is a "4-star cousin" to Scenic Waterways.
VBT is a major bike tour and river cruise option partner with Emerald Waterways.
Tauck River Cruises:
Tauck often includes biking as part of their shore excursions, with options suitable for different activity levels. They provide guests with complimentary bicycles onboard.
Viking River Cruises:
Viking offers a variety of shore excursions, including guided bike tours. Viking no longer provides bikes onboard for passengers to use independently in port.
CroisiEurope:
CroisiEurope includes bike rentals on some of their river cruises. They have partnerships with local bike tour operators for guided excursions. While most of the staff also speak English, many of the travelers are European, with French the most common language of the guests.
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