Viking Orion recently returned down under for her second Australian season, sailing from Bali on the 17-day Komodo & The Australian Coast itinerary and arriving in Darwin on 15 December 2019.
Travelling onboard this beautiful ship was a group of lucky Australian agents, sampling the Viking Difference for the very first time.
They had the opportunity to soak up the luxury and experience the all-veranda ship’s destination, inspired dining, the most high-tech planetarium at sea and the world class spa facilities.
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The Famil
L to R at Manfredi’s on Viking Orion: Ben Piper (Viking), Holly Nation & Luke Nation (Dream Maker Travel), Leon Burke, Greg Cooke (Helloworld Waurn Ponds), Keira Spencer (Viking), Cathy Barnett (Helloworld Cooroy) & Peter Barnett.
The group took part in multiple included shore excursions on a voyage of discovery from Bali to Lombok and Komodo Island in Indonesia before arriving in Darwin.
From the top end, the itinerary explores the east coast of Australia, including Thursday Island, Cairns, the Whitsundays and Brisbane to arrive in Sydney and Auckland, her seasonal home ports, where she will be based for over three months.
The ship
The intimate and thoughtfully created Orion has room for 930 guests (in 465 balcony staterooms) and boasts eight restaurants, two pools, and a massive Nordic-inspired spa (with sauna, steam room, and even a snow grotto!)
The Orion is Viking’s first ship with an Explorers’ Dome, “a planetarium-like theater” for special presentations and comes with a few space-themed extras, in a nod to both the ship’s name and its godmother, the astronaut Dr. Anna Fisher.
The sailings
Good news cruise lovers, Viking Orion will sail into Sydney on 27 December 2019.
Meanwhile, sister ship Viking Sun will arrive in Hobart on 7 February 2020, the first of eight Australian destinations during her epic 245-day Ultimate World Cruise, which visits six continents, 51 countries and 111 ports over eight months.
When Viking Sun reaches Australian waters, she’ll mark day 160 of her Guinness World Record-setting voyage from London to London, with 10 Australian guests sailing the full itinerary.
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