River Cruise Companies

Below is a complete list of all the major river cruise companies in the world, sorted by the number of river cruise itineraries offered. To view itineraries, dates and rates -- and every special promotion available -- click any company name.

Globus Founded in: 1928 Cruises offered:  Amazon, European, Mekong, Nile, Yangtze # of itineraries: 159 Quality level: First Class	Avalon Waterways Founded in: 2003 Cruises offered:  European, Nile, Yangtze # of itineraries: 138 Quality level: First Class
Uniworld River Cruises Founded in: 1976 Cruises offered:  European, Nile, Yangtze # of itineraries: 106 Quality level: First Class	AMA WATERWAYS Founded in: 2002 Cruises offered:  European, Mekong # of itineraries: 98 Quality level: First Class
Viking River Cruises Founded in: 1977 Cruises offered:  European, Mekong, Nile, Yangtze # of itineraries: 71 Quality level: Deluxe and First Class	Gate 1 Travel Founded in: 1981 Cruises offered:  Amazon, European, Nile, Yangtze # of itineraries: 71 Quality level: First Class
Scenic Tours Founded in: 1987 Cruises offered:  European, Nile # of itineraries: 34 Quality level: Deluxe	Abercrombie & Kent Founded in: 1962 Cruises offered:  Amazon, European, Nile, Yangtze # of itineraries: 34 Quality level: Luxury
Insight Vacations Founded in: 1978 Cruises offered:  Nile # of itineraries: 32 Quality level: Deluxe	Tauck World Discovery Founded in: 1925 Cruises offered:  European, Nile, Yangtze # of itineraries: 31 Quality level: Deluxe
Trafalgar Founded in: 1947 Cruises offered:  European, Nile, Yangtze # of itineraries: 26 Quality level: First Class	Pacific Delight Tours Founded in: 1971 Cruises offered:  Yangtze # of itineraries: 14 Quality level: Deluxe
General Tours Founded in: 1947 Cruises offered:  Amazon, European, Mekong, Nile, Yangtze # of itineraries: 10 Quality level: First Class	Brendan Vacations Founded in: 1969 Cruises offered:  Amazon, Mekong, Nile, Yangtze # of itineraries: 10 Quality level: First Class
Cruise West Founded in: 1973 Cruises offered:  Columbia, European, Mississippi # of itineraries: 9 Quality level: Deluxe	Gap Adventures Founded in: 1990 Cruises offered:  Amazon, Nile, Yangtze # of itineraries: 8 Quality level: First Class and Budget
Collette Vacations Founded in: 1918 Cruises offered:  European, Nile, Yangtze # of itineraries: 7 Quality level: First Class and Deluxe	Monograms Travel Founded in: 2003 Cruises offered:  Amazon, Mekong # of itineraries: 5 Quality level: First Class
Intrepid Travel Founded in: 1989 Cruises offered:  Nile, Yangtze # of itineraries: 5 Quality level: Budget	Blount Founded in: 1966 Cruises offered:  Mississippi # of itineraries: 5 Quality level: Deluxe
African Travel Founded in: 1976 Cruises offered:  Nile # of itineraries: 4 Quality level: Deluxe	SITA Tours Founded in: 1933 Cruises offered:  Nile, Yangtze # of itineraries: 3 Quality level: First Class and Deluxe
Maupintour Founded in: 1951 Cruises offered:  Mekong, Nile, Yangtze # of itineraries: 3 Quality level: Deluxe	Lindblad Expeditions Founded in: 1979 Cruises offered:  Amazon, Nile # of itineraries: 3 Quality level: Deluxe
Cosmos Founded in: 1962 Cruises offered:  Nile # of itineraries: 3 Quality level: Budget	Trafalgar CostSaver Founded in: 1947 Cruises offered:  Nile # of itineraries: 1 Quality level: Budget
Perillo Tours Founded in: 1945 Cruises offered:  European # of itineraries: 1 Quality level: Deluxe	Contiki Founded in: 1964 Cruises offered:  Nile # of itineraries: 1 Quality level: Budget
CIE Tours Founded in: 1932 Cruises offered:  European # of itineraries: 1 Quality level: First Class

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