• Introduction
• 1. Amazon
• 2. Danube
• 3. Hudson and St. Lawrence Seaway
• 4. Mekong
• 5. Mississippi
• 6. Murray
• 7. Nile
• 8. Seine
• 9. Volga and Russian Waterways
• 10. Yangtze

Murray

The “Mighty Murray” is to Australia what the Mississippi is to the United States. Stretching from its mountain source in Victoria to near Adelaide in South Australia, it, combined with the Darling River that feeds it, comprise Australia’s longest river (and the seventh longest in the world). Navigated since ancient times by Aboriginal tribes, then European explorers and traders, it is today most trafficked by recreational houseboats and historic paddle steamers. Sample the river’s bounties aboard an authentic paddle wheeler, Captain Cook Cruises’ well-appointed, 60-stateroom PS Murray Princess, from the historic town of Mannum, situated about 50 miles east of Adelaide (connections are available). Their four-night “Outback Heritage Cruise” combines historic and nature-based activities like nature walks, vineyard tastings, and aboriginal history talks, on a river route marked by locks, old river port towns, and dramatic Australian outback scenery marked by towering cliffs, red gum forests, and wildlife sightings ranging from kangaroo to egret. Cruises run year-round.

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