Tagged: International Expeditions

Last year’s fire on International Expeditions’ La Estrella Amazonica is garnering attention in the consumer media as a lawsuit ignites controversy over a law limiting cruise ship liability. (travelagentcentral.com)

After a Nebraska couple died last year aboard a ship in Peru, which was chartered by an Alabama company, advocates are rallying for legislation to change laws protecting cruise lines. (al.com)

A Peruvian Navy report on the deaths of a Gretna couple during a cruise on the Amazon has confirmed the worst fears of their family, their two daughters say. (omaha.com)

The 12-day “India: Kaziranga & Brahmaputra River” will include a cruise on the 58-passenger Mahabaahu. Guests will sail along India’s Kaziranga National Park — known for one-horned rhinos, hoolock gibbons and South Asian river dolphin — in the Assam region of the country. (travelweekly.com)

International Expeditions has confirmed that the vessel La Estrella Amazonica has been cleared to resume operations following an April 10 fire that affected a single cabin and led to the fatalities of the two guests in that cabin. (travelagentcentral.com)

Two tourists, aged 74 and 72, have died following a fire in their cabin onboard a Peruvian Amazon cruise in the country’s Tahuayo region. (cruisecritic.com)