Venture Beyond the Iconic with Unique Viking Experiences

With more itineraries in more destinations worldwide, Viking offer behind the scenes insights and opportunities that set their ocean cruises apart. While you will experience all the iconic moments on a Viking cruise, such as visits to museums and landmarks, you will also go deeper and venture further.

On most itineraries Viking offer Local Life and Working World experiences to share once-in-a-lifetime moments with you. You will also have the chance to take part in Privileged Access tours, opening doors to places otherwise difficult to visit.

Local Life

As interesting and awe-inspiring as cathedrals and art galleries may be, every destination has more to offer beyond its classic icons. Viking want to immerse guests in the local life, to share new experiences and delight the senses. Select fresh ingredients at a Galician village market for a hands-on tapas workshop or enjoy an afternoon of good food and merriment as you learn traditional Orkney dancing.

Experience Hong Kong’s Buddhist heritage at Chuk Lam Sim Yuen monastery or visit a walled village and Market on the 15 day Far Eastern Horizons tour from Hong Kong to Tokyo. Alternatively, journey off the beaten track to the foothills of the Te Urewera National Park for an authentic Maori experience on the 15 day Australia and New Zealand trip that takes you from Sydney to Auckland.

Working World

Around the World, people go about their daily business of making a living, sometimes using skills handed down to them through generations. With Viking you can witness the world famous Lladro porcelain manufacturing in Valencia, or step backstage at the iconic Sydney opera House to see the dressing rooms and orchestra pit.

Immerse yourself of the La Rabida Cattle Ranch Encounter when you visit a traditional Uruguayan, family run working ranch on this glorious coastal location. This is just one of the 44 guided tours you can experience on the 2019 Viking World Cruise from Miami to London. Perhaps do some deep sea fishing with traditional Norwegian equipment to catch cod, pollock and mackerel, just like locals have for hundreds of years. Experience this Working World tour on the 15 day Into the Midnight Sun cruise that takes you from Bergen to London.

Privileged Access

Open doors to places and experiences otherwise difficult to find with Viking’s Privileged Access Tours. During a cooking lesson in the private estate of George and Anne Kokotos in the hills outside Athens, help prepare local dishes using organic vegetables from the farm’s garden. When on the Orkney Islands, experience a rare opportunity to be immersed in the true Highland Park whiskey distillery life.

Enjoy Rome with a private visit to the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel after hours and have the galleries to yourself on the 15 Day Cities of Antiquity and the Holy Land which takes you from Rome to Athens and includes 9 guided tours. Prefer to get up close and personal with nature? Take to the skies and fly deep into Alaska’s pristine wilderness. Travel by floatplane and land in a deep cut fiord for up-close views on the 23 day North Pacific Passage from Tokyo to Vancouver.

All Viking cruise itineraries are infused with insightful excursions curated just for you. Cruise with Viking to sample them for yourself.