Active Cruise Adventures

See the world while only unpacking once. Discover how we’ve reinvented the cruise.

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Unplugged

New! Unplugged Dates Now Available
For guests who prefer to ride acoustic bikes - not on e-bikes. Look for the Unplugged label.

Solo Room Savings

We’ve made it even easier to go solo or enjoy your own space on select dates with reduced private room fees.
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Active Cruise Adventures

The romance, comfort and convenience of cruising. The immersive thrill of active travel. We combine the best of both worlds like no one else does. Welcome to active cruising, the Backroads way.

Our cruises are lively, social experiences where a ship becomes your home away from home. As always, our itineraries—crafted with love by regional insiders—are the roadmap. And our signature support waits at every step of the way.

These trips are a world away from the typical mega-ship cruise experience. We travel aboard small, intimate vessels that serve as floating boutique hotels. On classic river cruise routes, like the Danube and the Rhine, we show you the best of European boat travel as you cycle along riverside bike paths. Meanwhile, on our active ocean cruises, you’ll island-hop in incredible luxury aboard vessels like Ponant’s Le Paul Gauguin in Tahiti and Silversea’s Silver Origin in the Galápagos.

No matter where you sail or what activity you choose—Hiking, Biking or Multi-Adventure—the star of the show is what waits ashore. Our ships are just utterly fabulous ways of getting there. And don’t they say it’s the journey, not the destination? Let us give that saying a whole new meaning. Lace up your boots. Grab your favorite cycling jersey. And don’t forget your sea legs. No one does cruising like we do.