Douro River cruise in Portugal

Planet

We are dedicated to making a positive impact on the world through our commitments to celebrating diversity, giving back to local communities and reducing our impact on the environment. Whether it’s learning about new cultures, supporting local economies or striving to reduce paper waste and eliminate single-use plastics on board and ashore, we believe that, together, we can make the world a more positive place – one river at a time.
The ship is very compact and only carries a maximum of 30 passengers per voyage, which allows for smaller engines and therefore lower carbon emissions.
From the design of our ship to the green measures we’ve taken on board and in our shoreside offices, we continue to innovate and explore new ways we can enhance our efforts in sustainable tourism. our river cruise ship has been beautifully and thoughtfully designed with eco-friendly elements. These include energy-saving LED lights, special insulated windows that reduce energy needs for heating and cooling, power locks to plug into a port’s power supply instead of running generators, solar heating systems, water treatment plants that use a membrane technology to provide microfiltration and recycling of all water used on board.

People

While on shore, we developed culturally immersive, small group excursions; Special Interest Tours, focusing on the local flavours and produce, and we have several local produce tasting sessions on our cruises.

We use the highest-quality, locally sourced food and wine, supporting many small producers to maintain their traditional farming methods. This also help to keep food miles to a minimum. Every passenger can do their bit to increase the environmental nature of their voyage. Simple things like recycling and not wasting food whilst aboard as well as reusing towels are great ways to help out.
By using a river boat we can spread the financial benefit of tourism along the river.

The slower pace of river cruising means you have more free time in port and can step right off into the heart of the city, town or village and explore, thus putting money back into the local economy.