More ways to see the Amazon
Radisson Seven Seas Cruises (0238 068 2280, www.rssc.com) has a 15-day sailing from Tenerife to Manaus on 10 November, from £3,150pp, with flights, tips and some drinks; also a 12-night Manaus-Fort Lauderdale fly/cruise, departing 16 February, from £3,895pp.
Fred Olsen Cruises (01473 742424, www.fredolsencruises.co.uk) has round-trip fly/cruises from Barbados on 21 November (and 27 March ) from £2,045pp (inside twin). Book six months ahead and save 30 per cent.
GO WITH THE FLOW: GREAT RIVER TRIPS
The Yangtze from Shanghai to Beijing with Page and Moy (08700 106 400, www.page-moy.co.uk): 15-day fly/cruises depart 7, 14, 21 and 28 September; 5, 12, 19 and 26 October and 2 November; from £1,765pp.
The Neva-Volga from Moscow to St Petersburg with Travel Renaissance (01372 744455, www.travelrenaissance.com): 11-day fly/cruises depart 11 August, 1 and 22 September, from £1,545pp.
The Irrawaddy through Myanmar Orient Express (020 7805 5100; www.orient-express.com) has eight-day roundtrips from Mandalay starting at £1,960pp cruise-only (flights via Singapore or Bangkok to Yangon on request).
