In the planning for the 2027 season, Viking River Cruises has scheduled two new itineraries along North America’s principal inland waterways, to be operated aboard its large riverboat, Viking Mississippi.
The longer of the two is a 15-day course advancing upriver from New Orleans toward Louisville, Kentucky. This voyage, designated "Bayous, Blues & Bluegrass", is scripted to make waypoints at a succession of ports along the Mississippi: first the quartet of New Orleans, Darrow, St. Francisville and Baton Rouge in Louisiana, then the Mississippi stops at Natchez, Vicksburg and Greenville, before arriving at Memphis, Tennessee, where the river’s axis shifts toward the Ohio. The final segment of the schedule unfolds along the Ohio River’s reach, visiting Paducah, Henderson, Owensboro and finally Louisville after five days on those waters.
A second, 8-day itinerary, runs between Memphis and Louisville. This is a shortened version of the longer route, tracing the rivers’ general line without retracing the southerly start at New Orleans.
Viking’s 2027 river voyages along the Mississippi and Ohio are now open for reservations and include these new passages, along with a suite of previously announced programs. Among those is a 22-day Mississippi River Odyssey from New Orleans northward beyond the Ohio confluence, along with other 8-day itineraries covering various portions of the Mississippi.