Travel should be more than just a trip — it should be a doorway to cultural insight and personal enrichment. That is why Viking®’s itineraries are designed to help you explore and engage with your destination through its food, culture, countryside and customs.
Included shore excursions and carefully curated optional tours provide the perfect overview of must-see cultural and historic highlights. But The Viking Way® of exploration goes beyond the expected and iconic, offering Local Life, Working World and optional Privileged Access® experiences. While you’re on board, enrichment programs bring local culture and history to life, complementing your time ashore.
The Viking® Difference
Viking offers you extraordinarily well-designed cruises that bring you closer to the cultures of the world. Sail into the heart of your destination, where new discoveries are just a short walk from your ship. They have fine-tuned the art of exploring the world in comfort. From their Viking Longships® on Europe’s rivers to their elegant sister ships on the world’s great oceans and seas, Viking’s award-winning vessels have been thoughtfully engineered by nautical architects to bring the outside in. Graceful staterooms and suites were designed with your comfort and serenity in mind, and light-filled public spaces inspire and refresh you throughout your journey.
Rivers, Oceans and Beyond
Viking is not only the world’s leading river cruise line, it’s also the world’s best ocean cruise line. Their river fleet of more than 80 state-of-the-art ships sails the waterways of Europe, Southeast Asia, Egypt and the Mississippi. And their elegant ocean vessels cruise across Scandinavia and Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand, Asia, Alaska, North and South America, Africa and beyond.
Also in 2022, Viking launched their expedition voyages, with their new, Polar-class 378-guest sister ships, Viking Octantis® and Viking Polaris®, with voyages to Antarctica and the Great Lakes.
Award Winning
Viking’s destination-focused approach to river and ocean cruising has earned them a place in the industry as the world’s leading small-ship cruise line. In 2021, Viking was named both the #1 Ocean Cruise Line and the #1 River Cruise Line in Condé Nast Traveler’s and Travel + Leisure’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards — a feat repeated in 2022, where they scored higher than all other cruise lines in both categories in the same year. They also received 11 first-place honors in Cruise Critic’s 9th annual Cruisers’ Choice Awards, sweeping all major categories, including the newly added Best for River Cruises category.
To sail with Viking, call your travel agent today.
