High Country Cruises
Colorado's River Cruise Specialists

From the Rockies
to the Rhine.

European river cruises, planned start to finish by a Colorado advisor you can actually call. Nonstop flights from Denver, every detail handled — you just pack.

Complimentary planning · You never pay us a fee — the cruise lines do

Independently affiliated with Fora Travel Errors & Omissions insured Colorado owned & operated
Why a river, not an ocean

The unhurried way to see Europe

River cruising was made for travelers who want the good parts of Europe without the logistics, the crowds, or the repacking.

Unpack once

Your stateroom travels with you. Five countries, one closet, zero hotel changes and airport transfers in between.

160 guests, not 5,000

River ships feel like boutique hotels. No lines, no buffet stampede, and the crew knows your name by day two.

Dock in the heart of town

Step off the gangway and you're in Vienna, not a container port an hour away. Walk to the cathedral, stroll back for dinner.

Signature journeys

Three rivers worth crossing an ocean for

We plan one thing exceptionally well: Europe's rivers. These are the sailings our Colorado travelers ask for most.

2027 Early Bird

Christmas Markets on the Danube

Nuremberg Regensburg Passau Vienna Budapest

Mulled wine, carolers, and Europe's oldest Christmas markets — with your ship docked steps from the stalls. Late November through December.

from $3,899 pp7 nights · air additional

Castles of the Rhine

Basel Strasbourg Rüdesheim Koblenz Cologne

Forty castles in a single afternoon of sailing through the Rhine Gorge, plus Alsatian wine villages and half-timbered towns.

from $3,299 pp7 nights · air additional

Tulip Time in Holland & Belgium

Amsterdam Keukenhof Ghent Antwerp

Seven million bulbs in bloom, windmills turning, and Belgian chocolate that never survives the trip home. April only.

from $2,999 pp7 nights · air additional

Sample fares for illustration, per person, double occupancy. Current fares and promotions quoted during your planning call.

The Colorado difference

Planned from the high country, door to dock

  • Nonstop from Denver. We build your trip around DEN's nonstop Europe flights — no O'Hare sprints, no missed connections.
  • Everything handled. Flights, transfers, travel insurance, pre-cruise hotel nights, dinner reservations in Vienna — one call, one plan.
  • A real person, in your time zone. You'll have your advisor's direct line. If a flight cancels, we're awake and already fixing it.
  • River cruises only. We're not generalists. We know which stateroom category is worth it and which sailing to avoid in low water season.

Your gateway: Denver International

DEN FrankfurtNonstop
DEN MunichNonstop
DEN ZurichOne stop
DEN AmsterdamSeasonal

Frankfurt and Munich are the gateways for Rhine and Danube sailings. We confirm current schedules for your travel dates before booking.

How it works

Three steps to the gangway

A 15-minute call

Tell us who's traveling, when, and what a perfect trip looks like. No fee, no obligation — just a conversation.

We design & book it all

You'll get a complete proposal — sailing, stateroom, flights, transfers, insurance. Approve it and we book everything at the same price as booking direct, often with extra perks.

You cruise, we watch

We monitor fares, flights, and weather until you're home. Price drops get rebooked. Problems get solved before you hear about them.

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warm, professional, mountains or river behind ]
Your advisor

Meet Tasha

Tasha is a Colorado-based travel advisor, independently affiliated with Fora Travel, who planned enough custom trips to learn one thing: nothing makes her clients happier than a European river cruise done right.

"My job is simple — you should spend your energy deciding between the Rhine and the Danube, not comparing 40 stateroom categories at midnight."
Call Tasha — (720) 555-0148
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