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River Level Rhine

A question to forumers in Germany. We are doing an 8 day Rhine cruise from Amsterdam to Basel on 8th April this year. First time we have undertaken this type of trip. Hoping river levels are up, having read of low levels late last year disrupting cruises.

Posted by
12040 posts

It snowed pretty heavily in the Alps this year, so the levels should be fine.

Posted by
977 posts

Thank you Tom, our man on the ground in Germany! That's good news.

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977 posts

What an invaluable travel resource this forum is. Thank you

Posted by
23548 posts

But high water also causes problems - the boats cannot get under the bridges. You need average heights.

Posted by
977 posts

Yes, I have heard of high river levels being a problem. However, the boat on which we will be cruising, is one of the newest in the Uniworld fleet and apparently has been designed to cope with this situation.

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23548 posts

Costa has a couple of those new boats - it is called sinking.