Viking introduced on Thursday that its latest Nile River ship, Viking Amun, was floated out on the shipyard. A vessel’s float out is a significant building milestone, marking the primary time it touches water.
The float out ceremony came about on the Massara shipyard in Cairo. The vessel is now transferring to the ultimate stage of building at an outfitting dock for extra work — together with inside build-out. Set to debut in September, Viking Amun will be a part of the corporate’s rising fleet of Nile River ships and can function Viking’s fashionable 12-day Pharaohs & Pyramids itinerary.
“We are very proud of our growing fleet in Egypt, which we consider to be by far the most elegant vessels on the Nile,” stated Torstein Hagen, Chairman and CEO of Viking. “Egypt is one of the world’s most captivating destinations, and we look forward to introducing even more curious travelers to this extraordinary region in the coming years.”
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About Viking Amun
Holding as much as 82 friends in 41 staterooms, the brand new Viking Amun is impressed by Viking’s different river and ocean ships. An similar sister ship to Viking Osiris, Viking Aton, Viking Sobek, and Viking Hathor, Viking Amun has a number of options which are acquainted to Viking friends reminiscent of a particular sq. bow and an indoor/outside Aquavit Terrace.
Other vessels in Viking’s Egypt fleet embrace Viking Ra and MS Antares. In addition to Viking Amun, the road plans to welcome 5 new ships to Egypt within the subsequent two years, which can deliver its complete to 12 vessels on the Nile River by 2027.
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Pharaohs & Pyramids Itinerary
During the 12-day Pharaohs & Pyramids itinerary, vacationers start with a three-night keep at a first-class resort in Cairo, the place they will go to iconic websites such because the Great Pyramids of Giza, the necropolis of Sakkara, the Mosque of Muhammad Ali or the Grand Egyptian Museum.
Guests then fly to Luxor, the place they go to the Temples of Luxor and Karnak earlier than boarding a Viking river ship for an eight-day roundtrip cruise on the Nile River, that includes visits to the tomb of Nefertari within the Valley of the Queens and the tomb of Tutankhamen 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 High Dam in Aswan and a go to to a colourful Nubian village, the place friends can expertise a conventional elementary college.
The journey concludes with a flight again to Cairo for a ultimate night time within the historical metropolis.
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