Viking announced its newest ship for the Nile River—the 82-guest Viking Amun—was floated out on Thursday, marking a significant construction milestone and the first time the vessel has touched water.

Viking chairman and founder Torstein Hagen attended the Viking Aton float out at the Massara shipyard in Cairo. Photo Credit: Viking The newest Viking ship, slated to set sail in Egypt later this year ...

In her 1878 travelogue A Thousand Miles Up The Nile, Amelia Edwards writes: “A donkey ride and a boating trip interspersed with ruins, does in fact, sum up in a single line the whole experience of the ...

Earlier this month, Travel Agent journeyed to Egypt for the christening of Viking’s two new, 82-passenger river vessels—Viking Sobek and Viking Hathor. They’re identical sister ships to the Viking ...

AmaWaterways also has one key difference when it comes to crew: every ship has a wellness host. Wellness hosts are part ...

Viking Holdings (NYSE:VIK) announced on Thursday that its newest ship for the Nile River was floated out. The 82-guest Viking Amun achieved a major construction milestone by touching water for the ...

Viking has opened bookings for 2024 dates aboard its newest ship slated to sail the Nile River next year due to continued demand for Egypt. Travelers can now book the company's 12-day Pharaohs & ...

Viking® (www.viking.com) has named its newest river ships, the Viking Hathor and the Viking Sobek, with a special celebration in Luxor, Egypt on 5 November. The Hon. Edward Herbert served as ...

While the same tombs and temples are there to admire after thousands of years, and remote river scenery is much the same as it has been for millennia, Egypt’s Nile cruise experience has changed. It’s ...

Following a celebration and naming ceremony in Aswan, Egypt, Viking added its fourth river ship in the country, Viking Aton. The ship was named for its godfather, Richard Riveire, principal of an ...

Viking Cruises has reached a major milestone: 100 ships now sailing across the globe. The cruise line celebrated this achievement with a simultaneous naming ceremony for nine new river ships across ...