Here’s what the naming ceremony of the ships is like Have you ever stood in the shadow of history, feeling like an extra in a movie about ancient secrets and grand adventures? That’s exactly how I ...

Scheduled to debut in 2025, Viking’s new vessel, Viking Sobek, will join the company’s growing fleet as its sixth ship sailing the popular 12-day Pharaohs & Pyramids itinerary. The Viking Sobek is the ...

Set to debut in 2025, the Viking Sobek will join the company's growing fleet as its sixth ship sailing the 12-day Pharaohs & Pyramids itinerary. With Viking's 2024 Egypt season nearly sold out and ...

Viking's newest Nile River ship set to sail in October originally appeared on Come Cruise With Me. Fewer crowds, more Nile. That's what Viking promises for its river cruises in Egypt. As demand for ...

Viking’s fleet is growing: Today, the cruise line took delivery of its newest Nile River vessel, the Viking Hathor. "We are proud to welcome the Viking Hathor to our award-winning river fleet,” says ...

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 ...

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 taken delivery of the company's newest ship for the Nile River, the Viking Sobek. The delivery ceremony took place when the new ship was presented at Massara shipyard in Cairo. Viking has ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Founded in 1997 with just four vessels, Viking now operates more than 100 ships across its river, ocean, and expedition fleets.

As our ship slows to pass through the lock at Esna, 35 miles south of Luxor, the pirates strike. An organised squadron of bearded men wearing long Egyptian galabeyas, they row their wooden dinghies ...