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Viking River Cruises offers a unique and immersive travel experience that is perfect for curious travelers who want to explore the world in comfort and style. With its immersive shore excursions, comfortable accommodations, high-quality cuisine, and world-class service, Viking River Cruises is an excellent choice for those seeking a truly unforgettable travel experience.


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Viking Ships

  • MS Antares

    MS Antares

    The Viking-operated MS Antares is a classic ship, your floating oasis as you immerse yourself in ancient Egypt. Specifically built to navigate the Nile, she is a spacious, state-of-the-art vessel with a refined, understated ambiance. Her spa facilities, Sun Deck, pool and revitalizing amenities provide a serene haven from which to explore this culturally rich destination offering the ultimate in comfort and relaxation.

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  • Viking Aegir

    Viking Aegir

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran and Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, this new vessel offer state-of-the-art engineering, design and luxury. The Viking Longships - Viking Aegir - provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe's most remarkable destinations.

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  • Viking Alruna

    Viking Alruna

    Explore the Viking Longship Alruna deck plans each with award-winning, state-of-the-art. Offering a wide variety of comfortable staterooms and hotel-style amenities, and spacious features such as al-fresco dining areas, cocktail lounges, and scenic observation decks.

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  • Viking Alsvin

    Viking Alsvin

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, patented design and luxury. The Viking Longships -Viking Alsvin- provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations. 

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  • Viking Astrild

    Viking Astrild

    Viking Astrild was built specifically to navigate the Elbe River. Boasting many of the same popular design elements of the Viking Longships, these vessels feature state-of-the-art engineering, a patented corridor design and deluxe accommodations with streamlined Scandinavian interiors. In addition, the ships feature customized hulls and engines specially designed to navigate this historic river.

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  • Viking Atla

    Viking Atla

    This new vessel offers state-of-the-art engineering, patent pending design and luxury. The Viking Longships provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations.

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  • Viking Aton

    Viking Aton

    Viking Aton is a brand new sister ship to Viking Osiris, the most upscale ship in Egypt. Specifically built to navigate the Nile, she is a state-of-the-art vessel—designed in the clean, elegant Scandinavian aesthetic for which Viking is known.

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  • Viking Baldur

    Viking Baldur

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, patent pending design and luxury. The Viking Longships - Viking Baldur - provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations.

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  • Viking Beyla

    Viking Beyla

    Viking Beyla feature state-of-the-art engineering, a patented corridor design and deluxe accommodations with streamlined Scandinavian interiors. In addition, the ships feature customized hulls and engines specially designed to navigate this historic river.

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  • Viking Bragi

    Viking Bragi

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, design and luxury. Provides guests with more ways to personalize their trip from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations.

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  • Viking Buri

    Viking Buri

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, patent pending design and luxury. The Viking Longships - Viking Buri - provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations. 

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  • Viking Delling

    Viking Delling

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, patent pending design and luxury. The Viking Longships -Viking Delling- provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations.

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  • Viking Egdir

    Viking Egdir

    Viking Egdir showcases innovative engineering, streamlined design and understated elegance for the most comfortable European river cruise experience.

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  • Viking Egil

    Viking Egil

    Viking Longships Egil showcases innovating engineering, streamlined design and understated elegance for the most comfortable river cruise experience. Offering Exceptional accommodations aboard the newest, most deluxe river cruise fleet with a choice of stateroom, each offers understated elegance and sweeping river views.

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  • Viking Einar

    Viking Einar

    Viking Einar offer you a choice of stateroom category. From spacious Veranda Staterooms and French Balcony Staterooms with a sliding glass door, to two-room Veranda Suites, each offers understated elegance and sweeping river views.

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  • Viking Eir

    Viking Eir

    Viking Longship Eir offers an airy ambiance with plenty of big-ship amenities. Verandas are full-sized. Suites, mirroring hotel accommodations, each offer two rooms. The Aquavit Terrace, an indoor-outdoor casual eatery, is a dedicated alternative restaurant. State-of-the-art engineering, with hybrid engines, solar panels and even an organic herb garden.

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  • Viking Embla

    Viking Embla

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran and Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, this new vessel offer state-of-the-art engineering, design and luxury. The Viking Longships - Viking Embla - provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe's most remarkable destinations.

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  • Viking Fjorgyn

    Viking Fjorgyn

    Viking Fjorgyn sailing the most popular itineraries, award-winning Viking Longship showcasing innovative engineering, streamlined design and understated elegance for the most comfortable river cruise experience available.

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  • Viking Forseti

    Viking Forseti

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, design and luxury. The Viking Longship - Viking Skadi provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes thanks to their patent pending design*, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe's most remarkable destinations.

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  • Viking Freya

    Viking Freya

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran and Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, design and luxury. The Viking Longships-Viking Freya provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe's most remarkable destinations.

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  • Viking Gefjon

    Viking Gefjon

    Award-winning state-of-the-art Viking Longships Gefjon, offers a wide variety of comfortable staterooms and hotel-style amenities, and boasts innovative and spacious features such as al-fresco dining areas, cocktail lounges, and scenic observation decks.

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  • Viking Gersemi

    Viking Gersemi

    Viking Gersemi sailing the most popular itineraries, award-winning Viking Longships showcase innovative engineering, streamlined design and understated elegance for the most comfortable river cruise experience available.

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  • Viking Gullveig

    Viking Gullveig

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, patent pending design and luxury. Viking Gullveig provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations. 

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  • Viking Gymir

    Viking Gymir

    Unpack just once on our small, state-of-the-art ships, enjoy your spacious stateroom, and spend more time immersed in your destination. See why Viking is the world’s leader in river cruising.

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  • Viking Hathor

    Viking Hathor

    Viking Hathor, specifically built to navigate the Nile, she is a state-of-the-art vessel—designed in the clean, elegant Scandinavian aesthetic for which Viking is known.

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  • Viking Heimdal

    Viking Heimdal

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, patented design and luxury. The Viking Longships -Viking Heimdal- provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations. 

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  • Viking Helgrim

    Viking Helgrim

    Viking Helgrim built exclusively to sail Portugal’s Douro River. From spacious Veranda Staterooms and French Balcony Staterooms with a sliding glass door to two-room Veranda Suites, each offers understated elegance and sweeping river views. Our exquisite Veranda Suites boast private verandas and separate living rooms.

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  • Viking Hemming

    Viking Hemming

    The Viking Hemming vessel is based on the award-winning Viking Longships, offering state-of-the-art engineering, an innovative corridor configuration, deluxe accommodations and Viking's signature Scandinavian decor. With more ways to personalize your trip, you can choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations where you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Portugal and Spain's most remarkable destinations. 

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  • Viking Herja

    Viking Herja

    Viking Herja, award-winning Viking Longships showcase innovative engineering, streamlined design and understated elegance for the most comfortable river cruise experience available.

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  • Viking Hermod

    Viking Hermod

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, patent pending design and luxury. The Viking Longships - Viking Hermod - provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations. 

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  • Viking Hervor

    Viking Hervor

    Viking Hervor, step inside the award-winning, state-of-the-art sister ships. Unpack just once and enjoy spacious stateroom, and spend more time immersed in your destination.

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  • Viking Hild

    Viking Hild

    Viking Hild, award-winning Viking Longships showcase innovative engineering, streamlined design and understated elegance for the most comfortable river cruise experience available.

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  • Viking Hlin

    Viking Hlin

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, patented design and luxury. The Viking Longships provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations. 

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  • Viking Idi

    Viking Idi

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, patent pending design* and luxury. The Viking Longships - Viking Idi - provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations. 

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  • Viking Idun

    Viking Idun

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran and Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, design and luxury. The Viking Longships-Viking Idun-provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe's most remarkable destinations.

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  • Viking Ingvi

    Viking Ingvi

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, patented design* and luxury. The Viking Longships -Viking Ingvi- provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations. 

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  • Viking Jarl

    Viking Jarl

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, this new vessel offer state-of-the-art engineering, patent pending design and luxury. The Viking Jarl provides guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations.

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  • Viking Kadlin

    Viking Kadlin

    State-of-the-art Viking Longships Kadlin offers a wide variety of comfortable staterooms and hotel-style amenities, and boasts innovative and spacious features such as al-fresco dining areas, cocktail lounges, and scenic observation decks.

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  • Viking Kara

    Viking Kara

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, this new vessel offers state-of-the-art engineering, patented design and luxury. The Viking Longship - Viking Kara - provides guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations. 

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  • Viking Kari

    Viking Kari

    Viking Kari, thoughtfully engineered to get you closer to your destination, providing unprecedented levels of comfort, including spacious staterooms with full-size verandas, and the largest river-view suites sailing the Seine River.  

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  • Viking Kvasir

    Viking Kvasir

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, patent pending design* and luxury. The Viking Longships - Viking Kvasir - provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations. 

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  • Viking Lif

    Viking Lif

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, patent pending design* and luxury. The Viking Longships - Viking Lif - provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations. 

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  • Viking Lofn

    Viking Lofn

    Viking Longship Lofn integrates a patented corridor design and cutting-edge technology with comfortable amenities that reflect guest preferences and current travel trends. These new features include a revolutionary all-weather indoor/outdoor Aquavit Terrace that reinvents the onboard lounge experience by bringing the panoramic outdoor river scenery indoors with retractable floor-to-ceiling glass doors, allowing guests to enjoy the views and dine al fresco.

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  • Viking Magni

    Viking Magni

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, patent pending design* and luxury. The Viking Longships - Viking Magni - provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations.

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  • Viking Mani

    Viking Mani

    Viking Longship Mani has a cutting-edge technology with comfortable amenities that reflect guest preferences and current travel trends. Viking Mani has a patented layout that allows for two Explorer Suites - the largest river cruise suites in Europe. Additionally, Viking Mani has sustainability upgrades, such as onboard solar panels and organic herb gardens, and energy-efficient hybrid engines that also reduce vibrations for a remarkably smooth ride.

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  • Viking Mimir

    Viking Mimir

    Viking Longship Mimir offers a choice of stateroom categories with hotel-style amenities. From spacious Veranda Staterooms and French Balcony Staterooms with a sliding glass door, to two-room Veranda Suites, each offers understated elegance and sweeping river views. Viking Mimir boasts innovative and spacious features such as al-fresco dining areas, cocktail lounges, and scenic observation decks.

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  • Viking Mississippi

    Viking Mississippi

    Hosting 386 guests in 193 all outside staterooms, the new state-of-the-art Viking Mississippi is inspired by our award-winning Viking Longships® and ocean ships and will feature clean Scandinavian design, as well as public spaces that are familiar to guests but that have been reimagined for Mississippi River voyages. Purpose-built for the Mississippi, the ship’s cutting-edge design, expansive windows and comfortable amenities will make it the first truly modern cruise ship in the region.

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  • Viking Modi

    Viking Modi

    While you are aboard Viking Modi, you will enjoy myriad services, from ship-wide Wi-Fi and laundry services. Viking Modi has sustainability upgrades, such as onboard solar panels and organic herb gardens, and energy-efficient hybrid engines that also reduce vibrations for a remarkably smooth ride.

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  • Viking Njord

    Viking Njord

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran and Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, design and luxury. The Viking Njord provides guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe's most remarkable destinations.

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  • Viking Osfrid

    Viking Osfrid

    Viking Osfrid was custom built to sail Portugal's Douro River, with state-of-the-art engineering, deluxe accommodations and streamlined Scandinavian interiors. Like our Viking Longships, you can choose from a variety of stateroom classes, all with sweeping river views.

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  • Viking Osiris

    Viking Osiris

    Owned and operated by Viking, Viking Osiris is a brand new vessel, the most upscale ship in Egypt. Specifically built to navigate the Nile, she is a state-of-the-art vessel—designed in the clean, elegant Scandinavian aesthetic for which Viking is known.

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  • Viking Ra

    Viking Ra

    Float along the life-giving Nile on Viking Ra, enjoying the comfort and style of your elegant, intimate ship, and witness the monuments of ancient civilizations that once flourished on its banks.

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  • Viking Radgrid

    Viking Radgrid

    Viking Radgrid, state-of-the-art ship, enjoy your spacious stateroom, and spend more time immersed in your destination.

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  • Viking Rinda

    Viking Rinda

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, this vessel offer state-of-the-art engineering, design and luxury. The Viking Longships provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations. 

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  • Viking Rolf

    Viking Rolf

    Viking Longship Rolf showcases innovating state-of-the-art engineering, streamlined design and understated elegance for the most comfortable river cruise experience available.

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  • Viking Saigon

    Viking Saigon

    Designed to navigate the Mekong River, hosting just 80 guests, Viking Saigon offers understated elegance and has been built to reflect the clean, Scandinavian design principles for which Viking is known. Explore one of the world’s most scenic regions in comfort with outdoor verandas, hotel-style beds and public areas bathed in light, offering panoramic views of your surroundings.

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  • Viking Sigrun

    Viking Sigrun

    Viking Sigrun, a state-of-the-art ship, showcase innovative engineering, streamlined design and understated elegance for the most comfortable river cruise experience available.

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  • Viking Sigyn

    Viking Sigyn

    Viking Sigyn sailing the most popular itineraries, award-winning Viking Longships showcase innovative engineering, streamlined design and understated elegance for the most comfortable river cruise experience available.

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  • Viking Skadi

    Viking Skadi

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, design and luxury. The Viking Longship - Viking Skadi provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes thanks to their patent pending design, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe's most remarkable destinations. 

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  • Viking Skaga

    Viking Skaga

    Viking Skaga, sailing the Seine River on a state-of-the-art ship, enjoying your spacious stateroom, and spending more time immersed in your destination.

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  • Viking Skirnir

    Viking Skirnir

    Viking Skirnir expertly carved from steel, wood and stone, and your first - and lasting - impression is of being in a beautiful hotel. Panoramic windows, elegant lighting, original artworks - this beautiful ship reflect Viking's Scandinavian heritage in a style that is contemporary, yet warm and welcoming.

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  • Viking Sobek

    Viking Sobek

    Viking Sobek is one of the most upscale ships in Egypt. Specifically built to navigate the Nile, she is a state-of-the-art vessel—designed in the clean, elegant Scandinavian aesthetic for which Viking is known.

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  • Viking Tialfi

    Viking Tialfi

    Viking Longship Tialfi offers a wide variety of comfortable staterooms and hotel-style amenities, and boasts innovative and spacious features such as al-fresco dining areas, cocktail lounges, and scenic observation decks. Take advantage of wide array of amenities.

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  • Viking Tir

    Viking Tir

    Viking Tir sailing the most popular itineraries, award-winning Viking Longships showcase innovative engineering, streamlined design and understated elegance for the most comfortable river cruise experience available. Unpack just once on this state-of-the-art ship. Enjoy your spacious stateroom, and spend more time immersed in your destination.

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  • Viking Tor

    Viking Tor

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, design and luxury. The Viking Longships provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe’s most remarkable destinations. 

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  • Viking Torgil

    Viking Torgil

    This new vessel offers state-of-the-art engineering, an innovative corridor configuration, deluxe accommodations and Viking's signature Scandinavian decor. You can choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations where you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Portugal and Spain's most remarkable destinations.

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  • Viking Ullur

    Viking Ullur

    Viking Longship Ullur offer you a choice of stateroom category. From spacious Veranda Staterooms and French Balcony Staterooms with a sliding glass door, to two-room Veranda Suites, each offers understated elegance and sweeping river views.

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  • Viking Vali

    Viking Vali

    Viking Vali sailing the Rhine offer you a choice of stateroom category. From spacious Veranda Staterooms and French Balcony Staterooms with a sliding glass door, to two-room Veranda Suites, each offers understated elegance and sweeping river views.

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  • Viking Var

    Viking Var

    Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, design and luxury. The Viking Longship - Viking Skadi provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes thanks to their patent pending design*, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe's most remarkable destinations. 

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  • Viking Ve

    Viking Ve

    Viking Longship Ve, innovative standards in style, space and comfort with it's name inspired by Norse mythology, the Viking Longship represent a quantum leap in design, elegance and state-of-the-art engineering. Large suites and French balcony in the bedroom featuring floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors, deluxe amenities and high-definition in-room entertainment.

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  • Viking Vidar

    Viking Vidar

    Viking Vidar with patented designs for both stateroom configuration and the ship's bow, this vessel has received acclaim for it's cutting edge design, outstanding quality, and state-of-the-art engineering. You can look forward to the most spacious staterooms, with French balconies and full verandas and hotel-style beds throughout.

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  • Viking Vilhjalm

    Viking Vilhjalm

    Viking Vilhjalm offers guests unprecedented levels of comfort, including full verandas and the largest suites on the rivers of Europe. Experience personalized service, fine wines and delicious, regional cuisine. Hotel-style amenities, and spacious features such as al-fresco dining areas, lounges and scenic observation decks.

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  • Viking Vili

    Viking Vili

    Viking Longship Vili integrate a patented corridor design and cutting-edge technology with comfortable amenities that reflect guest preferences and current travel trends. With a revolutionary all-weather indoor/outdoor Aquavit Terrace that reinvents the onboard lounge experience by bringing the panoramic outdoor river scenery indoors with retractable floor-to-ceiling glass doors, allowing guests to enjoy the views and dine al fresco. 

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Learn More About Viking River Cruises

Viking is a leading small-ship cruise line founded in 1997 with a vision of destination-focused and culturally immersive travel, Viking has since grown into a renowned travel company with over 250 awards to its name. The company's operational office is based in Basel, Switzerland, and it provides curious travelers with destination-focused itineraries that include different shore excursions at every stop and an onboard and onshore enrichment program.

In the year 2000, Viking purchased Europe's KD River Cruises, which allowed the company to grow its fleet and acquire rights to prime docking locations in key European cities. In the same year, Viking established a sales and marketing office in Los Angeles, California, marking its entry into the American market. Today, Viking operates a fleet of state-of-the-art ships that have received numerous accolades from industry experts and travelers alike.

Viking's Europe river ships, the award-winning fleet of identical Viking Longships, offer a variety of stateroom categories and true two-room suites with full-size verandas. Onboard amenities include a restaurant, bar and lounge, library, and expansive sun deck. The ships feature al fresco dining on the revolutionary indoor/outdoor Aquavit Terrace, elegant Scandinavian design, and environmentally considerate features, such as solar panels, an onboard organic herb garden, and energy-efficient hybrid engines for a remarkably smooth ride. Europe river voyages range from 8 to 23 days, with itineraries featuring Europe's Rhine, Main, Danube, Seine, Rhône, Douro, Moselle, Elbe, Dordogne, Garonne, and Gironde Rivers.

In addition to its Europe river voyages, Viking also offers voyages on Egypt's Nile River and Southeast Asia's Mekong River. The company recently launched new destination-focused travel experiences on the Mississippi River in 2022, with sailings ranging from 8 to 15 days between New Orleans, Louisiana, and St. Paul, Minnesota. Viking's introduction to the Mississippi River is a significant investment in tourism and economic growth for communities along the river. Viking's new Mississippi River itineraries will feature scheduled ports of call in seven US states, including Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

Viking's commitment to cultural immersion and enrichment is evident in its onboard and onshore programs. Each journey includes a shore excursion in every port and an onboard and onshore enrichment program that provides deep immersion in the destination through performances of music and art, cooking demonstrations, informative port talks, and carefully selected guest lecturers. Viking's state-of-the-art ships feature elegant Scandinavian design, expansive windows, and comfortable amenities, making them the perfect vessels for destination-focused and culturally enriching travel experiences.

Viking's commitment to customer satisfaction is evident in its high customer satisfaction ratio and the numerous awards it has won based on user reviews. These awards include Travel + Leisure's World's Best award and Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice award for the #1 River Line and #1 Ocean Line. Viking also offers air services for its customers' convenience and provides opportunities for customization to ensure that each traveler's expectations and desires are met.

  • Viking was founded in 1997 and had the hope of offering destination-focused and culturally immersive travel experiences.
  • The company is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, and has a sales and marketing office in Los Angeles, California.
  • In 2000, Viking purchased Europe's KD River Cruises, which helped grow its fleet and provided access to prime docking locations in key European cities.
  • Each journey with Viking includes a shore excursion in every port and an onboard and onshore enrichment program for deep immersion in the destination.
  • Viking offers voyages on Europe's Rhine, Main, Danube, Seine, Rhône, Douro, Moselle, Elbe, Dordogne, Garonne, and Gironde Rivers.
  • The company also offers voyages on Egypt's Nile River and Southeast Asia's Mekong River.
  • Viking possesses a modern and sophisticated fleet of ships, which features the groundbreaking Viking Longships. These ships offer an array of stateroom categories and genuine two-room suites that include full-size verandas.
  • The Viking Longships feature al fresco dining on the Aquavit Terrace, elegant Scandinavian design, and environmentally considerate features.
  • For the year 2022, Viking introduced fresh destination-oriented travel experiences on the Mississippi River. These new voyages offer a range of 8 to 15 days of sailing between St. Paul, Minnesota, and New Orleans, Louisiana, and prioritize providing a unique and immersive travel experience for its passengers.
  • Viking is committed to sustainable travel and has implemented environmentally considerate features on its ships, such as solar panels and energy-efficient hybrid engines.
  • Viking sponsors TV programs like Masterpiece Theater, Sherlock, Downtown Abbey, and the National Geographic Channel's scripted series on the life of Albert Einstein called Genius.
  • Viking has received over 250 awards from industry experts and travelers alike, including being named the top River Line and the #1 Ocean Line by Condé Nast Traveler in 2022.

Top Reasons To Choose Viking River Cruises

  • Destination-Focused Itineraries:  One of the top reasons to use this company is its destination-focused itineraries. With each journey, travelers get to immerse themselves in the local culture and history of each destination they visit.
  • State-of-the-Art Ships:  This company operates a fleet of state-of-the-art ships that have received numerous awards since their launch. These ships are designed with comfort and luxury in mind, offering travelers a top-notch travel experience.
  • Scandinavian Design:  The ships feature elegant Scandinavian designs, offering travelers a stylish and comfortable environment to relax and unwind.
  • Al Fresco Dining:  The revolutionary indoor/outdoor Aquavit Terrace on the ships offers al fresco dining with stunning views of the surrounding landscape, providing a unique and memorable dining experience.
  • Two-Room Suites:  The company's fleet of identical Viking Longships offers a variety of stateroom categories and true two-room suites with full-size verandas, providing travelers with ample space and comfort.
  • Inclusive Shore Excursions:  Another great reason to use this company is its inclusive shore excursions. With every port visit, travelers get to experience guided tours and activities that are included in their trip, providing them with a hassle-free travel experience.
  • Prime Docking Locations:  The company has acquired rights to prime docking locations in key European cities, which means that travelers can easily access the city center and all its attractions
  • Mississippi River Voyages:  With the launch of new destination-focused travel experiences on the Mississippi River, this company provides modern river voyages on the largest and most modern ship in the region.
  • Sustainable Travel:  This company is committed to sustainable travel practices, such as using energy-efficient hybrid engines, having an onboard organic herb garden, and incorporating solar panels on their ships.
  • Enrichment Programs:  Viking provides both onboard and onshore enrichment programs that aim to immerse travelers in the destination's culture and history. These programs include a range of activities such as musical and artistic performances, cooking demonstrations, informative port talks, and lectures from guest speakers who are carefully selected for their expertise.
  • Commitment to Economic Development:  By bringing modern river voyages to the Mississippi River, this company has made a major commitment to tourism and economic development in many communities along the river, making it a great choice for travelers who want to support sustainable tourism.
  • Award-Winning:  With 250 awards to its name, this company is consistently recognized for its outstanding service and exceptional travel experiences. It has been voted the #1 River Line and the #1 Ocean Line by Condé Nast Traveler and named #1 for both Rivers and Oceans by Travel + Leisure.

Frequently Asked Questions About Viking River Cruises

  • What types of cruises does Viking offer?

    Viking offers a variety of cruise options, including river, ocean, and expedition voyages across the globe. Their river cruises in Europe, Egypt, and Southeast Asia are particularly popular, as are their newly launched Mississippi River cruises in the United States.

  • What is included in the price of a Viking cruise?

    Viking's cruise prices are all-inclusive, meaning they include accommodations, meals, shore excursions, onboard entertainment, enrichment programs, and complimentary Wi-Fi. Alcoholic beverages and some optional excursions may incur additional charges.

  • What is the typical age range of passengers on a Viking cruise?

    Viking attracts a wide range of travelers, but their river and ocean cruises tend to appeal most to adults 50 years and older. However, their expedition voyages and Mississippi River cruises may attract a slightly younger demographic.

  • What kind of activities are available on board a Viking ship?

    Viking offers a variety of onboard activities and entertainment, including cultural performances, cooking demonstrations, art exhibits, and lectures by guest speakers. There are also fitness centers, swimming pools, and outdoor walking tracks available on select ships.

Viking River Cruises Customer Reviews

Ratings based off 2,368 reviews about Viking River Cruises - currently showing 5 reviews with comments only
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Toni

If you're into Egyptian History, this is a Wonderful trip experience.

TG
Thomas
Reviewed on Dec 16, 2023

We are big Viking fans having sailed with them 10 times. The Christmas market sailings are always magical. Knowing what I know now I would not book a last sailing before they lay the ships up for winter. It seems some maintenance was simply deferred for their upkeep period instead of being addressed. For example, one of the two coffee stations was out of order the entire time and the second failed near the end of the voyage, It also seemed they were not fully staffed which led to a lot of wait time for meal service.

CM
C

Everything was great No complaints from me Service, food and people great

JL
Joyce

Viking had the best staff for attentiveness to every need. They supplied large umbrellas (rained every day) and gave out water for excursions. The guides for the excursions were local but English was easily understood and they were both knowledgeable and able to entertain. French balcony was perfect for fall trip.

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William

Viking may cost a little more, but they offer a complete package that is worry free.


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