As if Egypt wasn’t enchanting enough, your clients can now discover its secrets from the comfort of the brand-new Viking ship specifically built to navigate the mighty Nile River, Viking Aton.

Viking Aton offers a wide variety of staterooms for your client’s selection. From Deluxe staterooms to the abundance of extra perks and amenities in Viking’s spacious Explorer Suites, there’s no finer way to travel.

Purpose-built to navigate the Nile and sail Viking’s bestselling Pharaohs & Pyramids itinerary, the new, state-of the-art Viking Aton is inspired by Viking’s award-winning river and ocean ships with the elegant Scandinavian design for which Viking is known. Viking Aton joins Viking Osiris, which launched in 2022. In addition to Viking Aton and Viking Osiris, identical sister ships Viking Hathor and Viking Sobek, are under construction and will be delivered in 2024 and 2025, respectively.

Viking recently named its newest river ship, Viking Aton, with a special celebration in Aswan, Egypt. The ship’s ceremonial godfather, Richard Riviere, designer of Viking’s award-winning river, ocean and expedition vessels and founding Principal of internationally acclaimed interior design firm Rottet Studio, offered a blessing of good fortune and safe sailing for the ship. Viking Aton, an identical sister ship of Viking Osiris, is a state-of-the-art vessel specifically built to navigate the Nile and will sail Viking’s popular Pharaohs & Pyramids itinerary.

Viking hosted its final Viking Vor Training Night of the season last Wednesday night in Newcastle, attracting more than 100 travel advisors from the region to Ryde’s Newcastle for an evening of laughter, learning and loads of prizes.

Viking has named its newest river ship, Viking Aton, with a special celebration in Aswan, Egypt. The ship’s ceremonial godfather, Richard Riveire, designer of Viking’s award-winning river, ocean and expedition vessels and founding Principal of internationally acclaimed interior design firm Rottet Studio, offered a blessing of good fortune and safe sailing for the ship—an evolution of the naval tradition dating back to thousands of years.

Viking hosted its top travel advisors in Melbourne to a special French-themed soirée on Wednesday 5 July, to celebrate their magnifique accomplishments and say merci for their continued valued partnership.

Viking has this week rolled out its 2023-2025 Expedition brochure featuring its state-of-the-art expedition vessels Viking Octantis and Viking Polaris. The brochure highlights Viking’s latest expansion into the Arctic region and additional departure dates on popular voyages.

Viking treated a group of trade partners for an exclusive preview of the new multi-sensory experience Monet in Paris, at the global opening in Brisbane.

Viking has introduced its biggest incentive in the travel industry to date which will see one travel advisor win $10,000 in Rewards by Viking points.

Viking has revealed details of three new summer season expedition voyages in the Arctic, debuting in July 2025. Ranging from 13 to 27 days, the itineraries aboard Viking Octantis will explore the polar north in Canada and Greenland, with two of the three voyages visiting the Canadian High Arctic.

Viking has released 99 new departure dates for its Egypt river voyage in response to strong demand. With the current seasons almost sold out, Viking’s highly popular 12-day Pharaohs & Pyramids itinerary now has increased availability in 2024 and 2025.