Why a Barge?
Give us 4 to 10 days and we’ll give you a whole new way of looking at America!

For an insider’s view of America, there’s no better vacation than a RiverBarge Excursion. There’s never been a craft quite like the R/B River Explorer, the only floating hotel barge traveling America’s inland waterways. Designed for adventure and exploration, but with your comfort and safety in mind, the R/B River Explorer offers the opportunity to unpack and get comfortable in spacious staterooms while traveling America’s rivers and inland waterways. With attractive and expansive public areas, excellent meals, exciting shore activities and recreational opportunities, a RiverBarge Excursion gives you a chance to go from rivers to shores, sharing America’s stories.

From the moment you step aboard, you’ll be pleased with the relaxed approach of a unique barging vacation. We visit six exciting river regions on the Lower and Upper Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee, Illinois and Kanawha rivers as well as the Atchafalaya River Basin and along the Inland Texas-Louisiana Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

R/B River Explorer
The R/B River Explorer, America's only floating hotel barge.

R/B River Explorer
Enjoy watching the ever changing scenery from the open air Sky Deck

R/B River Explorer
Enjoy incredible scenery that can only be seen from the decks of the R/B River Explorer

riverbarge \riv-er, bärj\ n : a large flat-bottomed vessel purposely built for navigation on rivers and inland waterways.

excursion \ik-sker-zhen\ n : a trip taken solely for pleasure.


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