VIKING has taken delivery of its two new river ships, Viking Honir, which will sail the Rhine, Main and Danube rivers, and Viking Thoth, which will sail the Nile (CW 12 May). The delivery ceremony for Honir took place in Basel, while Thoth was presented at Massara shipyard in Cairo....
VIKING has taken delivery of its two new river ships, Viking Honir, which will sail the Rhine, Main and Danube rivers, and Viking Thoth, which will sail the Nile (CW 12 May).
The delivery ceremony for Honir took place in Basel, while Thoth was presented at Massara shipyard in Cairo.
Chairman & Chief Executive Torstein Hagen said the cruise line is proud to welcome the two new ships to its growing fleet.
“With the arrival of these elegant new ships, we are pleased to offer even more curious travellers the opportunity to explore some of the world’s most iconic waterways in Viking comfort,” Hagen said.
With a capacity for 190 guests, Honir will spend her inaugural year sailing popular itineraries including ‘Passage to Eastern Europe’, ‘Rhine Getaway’ and ‘Christmas on the Rhine’.
Meanwhile, Thoth is specifically built to navigate the Nile, and will sail on Viking’s ‘Pharaohs & Pyramids’ itinerary.
She can host 82 passengers in 41 staterooms.
Viking is expected to take delivery of 23 additional river ships by 2028.
The cruise line also welcomed another river ship, the three-deck Viking Tonle, into its fleet last month (CW 17 Sep), which will sail exclusively on the Mekong.
Tonle, which carries 80 passengers, will operate Viking’s popular 15-day ‘Magnificent Mekong’ itinerary, which visits Hanoi, Vietnam; Siem Reap, Kampong Cham, and Phnom Penh in Cambodia; and Tan Chau, Sa Dec, Cai Be, and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. JM
