Viking Aton

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 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’s newest ship for the Nile River — the 82-guest Viking Aton — was “floated out” last week, marking a major construction milestone and the first time the ship has touched water.

Viking has reported a groundswell in interest for its Egypt river cruise program. Sales have spiked 25% in recent weeks after the cruise company announced in late January a new addition to its fleet – Viking Aton.

Viking has unveiled details of a fleet expansion in Egypt, with Viking Aton, a new state-of-the-art river vessel to launch in 2022.