Viking Cruises continues to develop and the cruise line celebrated the float out of their latest river ship that can debut this summer time.
Viking Hathor touched water for the primary time because the ship strikes to the ultimate stage of development. The ship will debut this summer time and sail Viking’s widespread 12-day Pharaohs & Pyramids itinerary in Egypt.
The ship is at present below development on the Massara shipyard in Cairo. The vessel has moved to an outfitting dock the place the inside of the ship will likely be accomplished.
“Egypt is an exceptional vacation spot, and we’re happy with the continued curiosity for our Nile River voyages. Our friends are pondering people who find themselves curious concerning the world—and Egypt, with its cultural treasures and historical antiquities, stays on the prime of the journey record for a lot of of them,” stated Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking. “With the float out of the Viking Hathor, we look ahead to welcoming extra friends to expertise this unbelievable area.”
Viking Hathor will carry 82 friends in 41 cabins and is impressed by the cruise line’s award profitable ocean and river ships. She would be the third in her class after Viking Osiris and Viking Aton.
The 12 day itinerary begins with a 3 evening resort keep in Cairo the place friends can go to the pyramids and lots of the world famend museums. They then fly to Luxor to go to the Temples of Luxor and Karnak earlier than boarding the ship for the cruise a part of the journey.
The cruise is an eight evening roundtrip voyage on the Nile River that options visits to the tomb of Nefertari within the Valley of the Queens and the tomb of Tutankhamun within the Valley of the Kings, and excursions to the Temple of Khnum in Esna, the Dendera Temple advanced in Qena, the temples at Abu Simbel and the Excessive Dam in Aswan, and a go to to a colourful Nubian village.
After the cruise, friends fly again to Cairo for one evening when the 12 day journey will finish.
By 2025, Viking can have six ships crusing on the Nile River.
