Environmentally-Friendly Ship Design
Their river cruise fleet has been thoughtfully designed with eco-friendly elements. These include energy-saving LED lights, special insulated windows that reduce energy needs for heating and cooling, power locks to plug into a port’s power supply instead of running generators, solar heating systems, water treatment plants that provide microfiltration and recycling of all water used on board. AmaMagna also has an innovative 10-engine configuration designed to reduce fuel consumption and solar panels have been installed on all stateroom balconies. In addition, the Zambezi Queen uses a water jet propulsion system that protects the Chobe riverbed, water-saving taps and showers, biodegradable detergents and soaps, and a five-stage water purification plant.
A Greener Onboard Experience
To reduce overall plastic consumption, we use paper straws (upon request), refillable glass water bottles in all staterooms, and hand out recyclable tetra-pak water containers for excursions across the fleet (where available). They have lessened unnecessary food waste from large-scale buffets by serving a la carte lunches on board their European fleet. For their personal audio devices used on excursions, they are proud to partner with Quietvox, which utilizes biodegradable rice paper bags and rechargeable batteries. In addition, their luggage tags and handy travel wallets are both made from recycled plastic bottle material and are now delivered to guest staterooms on board their ships in Europe, reducing their carbon footprint. The usage of their innovative myAmaCruise app and electronic travel documents has also significantly reduced paper consumption both pre-cruise and on board.
