A six-night cruise-and-stay holiday with Steppes Travel (01285 601050; steppestravel.com), including a three-night river cruise, one night’s glamping in the jungle, two nights in Quito and ...

“The River,” which premieres on ABC on Tuesday night, leaps back and forth from frightening to ridiculous so often that it might as well be performing double-Dutch jump rope.

The Grand Lady of the Waterways, The Jungle Queen, is ready to ignite the night. Polynesian performer: “Ah-hoo!” People have been howling about the Jungle Queen’s dinner cruise for a long ...