RiverBarge Excursions Schedules 2009 Program
RiverBarge Excursions, which this year is celebrating 10 years of "Sharing America's Stories," has announced its 2009 program America's inland waterways. Among the options is "The Route of Jean Lafitte" Feb. 12-19. The eight-day adventure includes an overnight stay in Galveston and explores the Inland Gulf Intracoastal Waterway with a passage through Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. The cruise will visit Corpus Christi and San Antonio as well as a first-time, two-night stay in Brownsville. Fares start at $2,849 for accommodations on Royal Deck and $3,029 on Platinum Deck.
A new addition to the schedule in 2008, the Barge and Bus trips were such a hit they are included again in 2009. Passengers can join the trip after the June 25-30 Cincinnati roundtrip cruise for three days at French Lick Resort in Indiana. The land tour includes the French Lick Winery, West Baden Springs Hotel and a train ride on the Indiana Railway. Accommodations are provided by the French Lick Springs Hotel. The Cincinnati cruise is priced from $2,179 while the French Lick add-on is $625 double occupancy. On the first Nashville-to-Chattanooga trip July 7-14, the River Explorer will barge the farthest on the Tennessee River it has ever gone with a first-time visit to Chattanooga, Tenn. The cruise begins in Nashville and travels on the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers to Savannah and Shiloh, Tenn. and Florence and Guntersville, Ala. before concluding with an overnight stay in Chattanooga. Fares start at $2,859.
The first "Explorer Reunion" trip barges from Chattanooga to St. Louis July 14-23. Each year, RiverBarge hosts a trip to bring guests back together for a one-of-a-kind excursion. The "Explorer Reunion" trip will begin with an overnight stay in Chattanooga and travel on the Tennessee, Cumberland, Ohio, Upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers with host landings in Guntersville, Ala., Florence Ala., and Grafton, Ill. Fares start at $3,469. Prices are per person, based on double occupancy. Platinum Deck staterooms have a small balcony. For more information, call Riverdiscounts 800-640-4899