Viking’s Newest Egypt Ship Floated Out in Cairo

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 serious development milestone, marking the primary time it touches water.

The float out ceremony occurred on the Massara shipyard in Cairo. The vessel is now shifting to the ultimate stage of development at an outfitting dock for extra work — together with inside build-out. Set to debut in September, Viking Amun will be part of the corporate’s rising fleet of Nile River ships and can function Viking’s in style 12-day Pharaohs & Pyramids itinerary.

“We’re very happy with our rising fleet in Egypt, which we take into account to be by far essentially the most elegant vessels on the Nile,” stated Torstein Hagen, Chairman and CEO of Viking. “Egypt is without doubt one of the world’s most fascinating locations, and we sit up for introducing much more curious vacationers to this extraordinary area within the coming years.”

(Photograph courtesy of Viking)

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 equivalent sister ship to Viking Osiris, Viking Aton, Viking Sobek, and Viking Hathor, Viking Amun has a number of options which can be acquainted to Viking friends akin to a particular sq. bow and an indoor/outside Aquavit Terrace.

Different vessels in Viking’s Egypt fleet embrace Viking Ra and MS Antares. Along with Viking Amun, the road plans to welcome 5 new ships to Egypt within the subsequent two years, which can carry its whole to 12 vessels on the Nile River by 2027.

viking amun float out — (Photograph courtesy of Viking)

Pharaohs & Pyramids Itinerary

Throughout the 12-day Pharaohs & Pyramids itinerary, vacationers start with a three-night keep at a first-class lodge in Cairo, the place they will go to iconic websites such because the Nice Pyramids of Giza, the necropolis of Sakkara, the Mosque of Muhammad Ali or the Grand Egyptian Museum.

Friends 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 Excessive Dam in Aswan and a go to to a colourful Nubian village, the place friends can expertise a standard elementary college.

The journey concludes with a flight again to Cairo for a remaining evening within the historical metropolis.

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