UNIQUE RIVER CRUISES & TOURS EXPLORING THE WORLDS JEWISH COMMUNITIES

 

What Makes us Special?

 

The Only All-Jewish River Cruise

 

Having our very ship creates a unique sense of community as we travel together with like-minded individuals, creating special connections with fellow passengers. In-depth Jewish exploration & Shabbat onboard becomes a special and memorable experience, bringing us all together for a magical event with friends, old and new. 

 

The Perfect Luxury Vacation

 

After more than 30 years of operating Jewish land tours and the very first to begin operating large cruise programs, we have created the perfect luxury vacation. We achieve and maintain the highest standards of luxury, education and quality.  No more sitting in a large hotel, moving from point to point, packing and unpacking, and going from restaurant to restaurant with an ever-changing level of quality. Now you will wake each morning, eager to explore a new city or town filled with history and heritage.

 

Imagine yourself watching the river from your balcony, taking you to new places, revealing charming landscapes and unforgettable places. Meanwhile, you can sit back in total relaxation.  The elegant comforts and personal service aboard your JExpedition River Cruise create an oasis of inspiration and calm. Experience wonderful, relaxing, luxurious world travel with the sheer ease of river transport.

 

All-Inclusive Luxury

 

JExpeditions River Cruises includes it all.  Unlike many large cruise programs with numerous add-on costs for excursions, amenities, activities, drinks and Internet, we include everything on a JExpedition River Cruise. From the minute you arrive to the minute you depart the ship, we will take care of you. All of our cruises include our own specially developed shore excursions, exploring both Jewish and secular sites, educational programming and lectures, special guests and entertainment.  Every ship is a luxury 5-star vessel complete with high-end amenities and accommodations, as well as exceptional service from your JExpedition River Cruise management team.

 

Exceptional Service

 

The JExpedition River Cruise team accompanies each cruise to ensure every detail is perfect. Our team is made up of only the highest quality guides, educators, rabbinic and cruise directors.

 

Non-Stop Jewish Education, Activities and Adventure – All Included

 

From morning until night, we have every moment programed. We offer unique land excursions, fabulous entertainment, and informative education lectures from world-class historians, speakers and special guests. Our cruises have something for everyone.

 

• Land tours:  Every cruise includes our famous land tours.  JExpeditions River Cruises has spent years preparing and perfecting each destination we travel, searching for hidden and off-the-beaten-path places, points of interest and peoples (Jewish communities) not found in any guide book or on standard tours.

 

Unlike any other tour or cruise program, we combine both Jewish (where available) and secular sites.Not only do we explore each region’s Jewish history and heritage, but we immerse ourselves in it.Over the years in Jewish travel, we have cultivated our access to local Jewish communities and their leaders along the rivers we travel. This provides our guests with unique insight and a connection to fellow Jews across the globe, making for a memorable and once-in-a-life-time travel experience.

 

• Moving Experiences:  We develop our programs—not just as a tour vacation, but also as a life-affirming experience. From emotional ceremonies with Jewish war veterans on Omaha Beach, paying tribute to the fallen Jewish heroes of D-Day and WWII on Frances Seine River, to a tribute to the great Simon Wiesenthal with the leaders of the Wiesenthal Center at Mauthausen along the Danube, to visiting schools and interacting with the children of Cambodia and Vietnam along the Mekong River in our powerful and meaningful tikun olam programming, we guarantee a travel experience like no other that will create memories to last a lifetime. 

 

• Education:  Our education program takes place both on and off the boat. Our special guests, speakers and guides on each cruise offer guests an in-depth, unique, and entertaining insight into the history and heritage of the places we explore.  Instead of just a quick tour or brief overview found on other tours and cruise programs, our mission is to supply our guests with the opportunity to create a connection and true understanding of each destination we explore.

 

• Activities & Entertainment:  From bus and walking tours to bike rides, hikes, shopping, cooking classes, symphonies, comedies, sing-a-longs, and religious programming, which are all included, our programming is consistently filled with variety and options.

 

 

A Typical Day aboard a JExpedition River Cruise:

 

8:00: Breakfast

9:30: Morning tour program

12:30: Lunch

14:00: Afternoon tour program

16:30: Tea time in the lounge/free time to explore the port of call/ lecture program

19:00: Dinner

20:45: Lecture program

21:30: Evening Entertainment

 

Creating A Jewish Community

 

Providing a ship just for our guests results in a truly unique travel experience.  Almost instantaneously, we become a community of like-minded Jewish individuals on a journey of exploration, discovery and growth.  From meaningful Jewish history & heritage education and tour touring, to Shabbat programming, onboard entertainment, delicious meals (kosher style available) and relaxation time with old and new friends, guests can experience what a JExpedition River Cruises are all about. 

 

 

Experience: More than 30 years in the Jewish Travel & Cruise Business

 

When you choose JExpeditions River Cruises, you choose the most established Jewish tour operator with more than 30 years’ experience. We develop and run each program using only our in-house staff of travel experts and mangers.  We do not sell or buy other company’s products.  As a fully established tour operator, we comply with the highest level of certification as a fully licensed, insured and bonded U.S. tour operator, so your well-being and investment is always protected. 

 

Numerous Jewish tour programs are run by travel agents or non-licensed individuals—many of whom do not have the experience, expertise or certification to run such operations or to handle the issues that may occur.  When you choose a JExpedition River Cruise, you choose an established tour company with offices in Seattle, Los Angeles, Dublin, Prague and Israel that have the expertise and foundation to provide guests with piece of mind, as well as an amazing travel experience!

 

Join us for a once in a lifetime river cruise & tour vacation!