Overview
Program Highlights:
- Onboard Host – Greg Nacco, Vice President of Business Development, Food & Wine Trails
- Optional 1-Night Pre-Cruise Portland Land Program curated exclusively for Food & Wine Trails guests
- Optional F&WT Shore Tours in select ports
- Exclusive onboard events for F&WT guests, including embarkation day meet & greet, wine tasting and wine-paired dinner
- $100 Shipboard Credit per stateroom
Cruise Highlights:
- Ground transfers and baggage handling between airport/vessel
- Entry fees to Parks & Preserves, daily adventure activities (guides, equipment, etc.)
- Premium Beer, Wine and Liquor, non‐alcoholic beverages onboard ship
- Deschutes River rafting trip, nature hikes, kayak & paddle boarding
- Onboard sommelier, and natural and cultural history guides
- Onboard expedition/heritage guides
Jump into the adventures of Food & Wine Trails’ Columbia River Wine Cruise. We are excited to offer you this extraordinary journey along the Columbia and Snake Rivers with our partners, UnCruise Adventures.
We invite you to join Food & Wine Trails’ Vice President of Business Development, Greg Nacco, sailing round-trip Portland, Oregon – following the path of Lewis & Clark aboard the intimate Wilderness Legacy. With just 88-guest capacity onboard ship, you’ll never feel crowded or encounter long lines, in fact UnCruise’s proud motto is “Social Distancing since 1996!”
Wine lovers and explorers will revel in adventure and tastings – we think Syrah tastes even better when sipped from the ship’s bow and overlooking the hills of the riverbank! The Columbia and Snake Rivers’ cut through dramatic landscapes forged by lava flows and ice age floods. you can hike, kayak, swim and whitewater raft your way through the Columbia Gorge, and when you’re ready to kick back, sip along with an onboard certified sommelier. Have your camera ready and keep your eyes wide open for diverse wildlife, such as white-tailed deer, mountain goat, bighorn sheep, the bald eagle, red-tailed hawk, antelope, osprey and more.
When it comes to viticulture and agriculture, there is no better place in the west. From the Columbia Gorge, white grapes outnumber red and produce exquiste Chardonnay and Gewürztraminer. Enjoy critically acclaimed Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot of Red Mountain and superb Syrah across the Walla Walla region.
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Cruise Line
UnCruise Adventures
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Ports of Call
Roundtrip Portland
Experts
Greg Nacco
Vice President of Business Development, Food & Wine Trails
Itinerary
Food & Wine Trails
Destination: Columbia & Snake Rivers
To & From: Roundtrip Portland, Oregon
Dates: August 28 – September 4, 2021
Length: 7 Nights
Ship: Wilderness Legacy
F&WT Optional 1-Night Pre-Cruise Program – In Development
Free Day to Explore Portland On Own
F&WT Onboard Event: Meet your fellow cruisers and join your host for After Dinner Cordials
UnCruise Included Events & Shore Tours: Visit Fort Clatsop Visitors Center; 1-mile easy hike or 7-mile hard charger hike to Fort to Sea Trail; Explore Astoria on own
UnCruise Included Events & Shore Tours: Bonneville lock and dam tour; Multnomah Falls hike; guided hike through Columbia Gorge area
UnCruise Onboard Event: “Best of Hood River Valley” wine tasting
UnCruise Included Events & Shore Tours: Morning cruising (Wallula Gap); Walla Walla Winery wine & food pairing; Gesa Power House Theater culinary delights
F&WT Optional Shore Tour: Wine Tasting & Lunch at Walla Walla Wineries
UnCruise Included Events & Shore Tours: Wake up at the mouth of the Palouse River. Kayaking, paddle boarding.
F&WT Onboard Event: Onboard Tasting Event to include locally produced craft beers, ciders and kombuchas
UnCruise Included Events & Shore Tours: Deschutes River Rafting; Columbia Hills State Park (for those not wanting to River Raft)
F&WT Onboard Event: Wine Pairing with Dinner
Uncruise Included Events & Shore Tours: The Dalles – hiking the Rowena Plateau; Opt for Tom McCall Nature Preserve Hike; Evening cruise of the Columbia River Gorge and Captain’s Dinner
F&WT Optional Shore Tour: Explore Hood River and Brewery Tour
F&WT Optional Land Programs
About The Ship
Click Here for ship’s deck plan
The one-of-a-kind Wilderness Legacy – or “whale whisperer” as many will tell you, is the fastest in the UnCruise fleet. Capable of 15 knots, she sails to the farthest reaches spinning yards of adventure along the way. Registered in the United States, she carries 86 guests and is a welcoming hub for souls looking for adventure.
Onboard Features: Sea Dragon (the launch pad for adventure): kayaks, paddle boards, inflatable skiffs, hiking poles; two on-deck hot tubs; fitness equipment and yoga mats; piano; DVD and book library; wine bar; and elevator
Cabin Features: TV/DVD player; hair dryer, bathrobes, conditioning shampoo, body wash; binoculars; reusable water bottles; in-room safe deposit box
Wilderness Legacy
Legacy Dining room
Dinner is served
Ship's Open Bridge
Explorer Stateroom w-twin beds
Explorer Stateroom w-queen bed
Jr. Commodore Suite
