Involved Holidays launches river cruise collection

Involved Holidays is offering river cruises for the first time to complement its range of walking holidays in 2027.

The tour operator’s new River Cruise Collection features two 2027 itineraries, each with one departure date, exploring southern France and the imperial cities along the Danube.

The all-inclusive river cruises, along the Rhône and Saône in Provence and along the Danube from Vienna to Budapest, aim to extend the operator’s portfolio of relaxed guided walking trips with a product offering a similar ‘slower pace’ holiday on water.

The seven-night ‘Sailing through Southern France: the Rhône and Saône’ features a cruise from Lyon to Avignon, with excursions into the wetlands of the Camargue and the Roman ruins of Vienne and Arles. Departing on July 13, 2027, prices start from £2,499 on Rhone Princess.

The seven-night ‘Imperial Cities of the Danube: Vienna to Budapest’ departs on July 26 on Beethoven, from £2,599. It follows the Danube includes three historic capitals, a Baroque monastery, the Wachau wine region and the Hungarian Puszta (plains).

Both are offered on an all-inclusive basis, with flights, transfers and guided excursions included as standard. No single supplements apply on either itinerary.

Involved Holidays managing director Steve West said: “Our River Cruise Collection is a genuinely new chapter for Involved Holidays.

“We’ve built our reputation on relaxed, guided exploration on foot, and these itineraries bring exactly that same spirit to the water – unhurried, all-inclusive and with no single supplement, so solo travellers get the same experience as everyone else on board.”

He added: “Provence and the Danube are both destinations our clients already know and love from our walking holidays, so this gives agents a natural way to introduce existing customers to a new style of travel with us, as well as a strong hook for reaching new audiences altogether.”

In addition to its new river cruises, the operator offers more than 40 small group hiking holidays, with average walks of between five and nine miles.