Viking Asia Cruise Reviews

Viking Kara was our home for a week. Here we are in Kinderdijk to see the windmills. Great tours
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Lunch on the deck was always a blast.
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Room 209
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Room 209
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Lovely boat but land portion needs work

Review for a Asia River Cruise on Viking Saigon

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Trixieng
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

This Mekong cruise, with my hubby, fit with other Asia travel plans. We are early 60s, in good health & walk 3-5 miles a day. The good: Hotels were mostly 5 star and had good breakfast buffets with extensive variety. Viking Saigon was beautiful with lovely, well appointed, large cabins and a good variety of food. Buses had AC and carried cold, bottled water, but not toilets (not ...
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Sail Date: August 2023

Cabin Type: French Balcony Stateroom


First Cruise Experience, Very Enjoyable

Review for a Asia River Cruise on Viking Saigon

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scheidhaus
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

We signed up for the cruise because a travel couple invited us to join them. Our normal travel experience is via guided hiking trips usually with an activity level of 3-4. We’d never been to Southeast Asia so the experience would be exciting. We’d never cruised at all and don’t care for very large groups nor low activity levels so it would be interesting to see how cruises fit into our ...
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Sail Date: November 2022


Part of Vikings tour of China and Tibet

Review for a Asia Cruise on Viking Emerald

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Donhiorth
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

The time on the riverboat was only a part of Viking's Roof of the World trip. It appears to be an older boat that has been refitted. The refit was done well, but the boat has issues with headroom and small steps at doorways compared to the European riverboats. My big complaint was with the food. It is an all chinese cooking staff. They have no idea how to cook western food and everything is ...
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Sail Date: April 2019


Be prepared

Review for a Asia Cruise on Viking Emerald

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TaxiGIrl2005
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

My 90 year old mother chose this trip after taking Prague to Paris with the grandaughters. Its was wonderful. After reading the reviews, I was concerned about the physical aspects of the trip & reviewers discussing the difficulty of the terrain & lack of access to those with disabilities. Keep in mind my mother walks at least a mile a day, rides an exercise bike regularly. She’s pretty salty for ...
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Sail Date: June 2018


Land and Cruise in China

Review for a Asia Cruise on Viking Emerald

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Andy200
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We had an excellent experience with this, our third Viking cruise. We had land-based stays in Shanghai, xian, and Beijing. The hotels, which Viking had arranged, were fabulous, especially the Wyndem Grande in Xian. The ship, the Emerald, is not owned byViking, but it was quite nice. The bed was not the most comfortable, but there were a lot of nice amenities on board. The food, in general, ...
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Sail Date: May 2017


Undiscovered China Cruise Tour

Review for a Asia River Cruise on Viking Emerald

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rayho94066
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

Both my wife and I had been to Beijing, Shanghai and Xi'an before, so our main interest is the Three Gorges and the Panda base in Chengdu. One caution, Viking told us luggage allowance is very limited, so I dropped extra lenses for my camera, removed warm layers for cold weather. Once we got there, first thing our tour escort told us was that we do not have to worry about luggage weight as we ...
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Sail Date: October 2016


A Fascinating Tour of an Important and Captivating Country

Review for a Asia Cruise on Viking Emerald

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DCTraveler2
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

this was a Yangtze River cruise. We had time in Shanghai before leaving--great museum, would have liked a bit more time to explore city sights. Transition to ship was smooth--all Viking staff were terrific--extremely professional and attentive to our needs. The ship staterooms were a bit tight, though comfortable enough. I liked the view from the ship and the various field trips. The workout ...
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Sail Date: May 2016


Highs and Lows of Viking Emerald

Review for a Asia Cruise on Viking Emerald

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laurachristy
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

We chose this cruise because we really enjoyed our Viking cruise in France, and the excursions covered a lot of sights we wanted to see. Unfortunately, this one didn't go as well as our French cruise. There were many problems on the Emerald: Moldy smell in many areas: rooms/hallways. Had to change rooms to the second alternative room, because the first alternative room also smelled moldy. ...
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Sail Date: April 2016


Sights, Sounds, and People of China

Review for a Asia River Cruise on Viking Emerald

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jimxxxbell
2-5 Cruises • Age 80s

We took the cruise to find out more about China and the people. It turned out to be a really great journey. Our escort was fantastic and had a lot of patience with the group. He spoke really good English and was detailed in his explanations of our tour. The crew of the ship and people we had contact with were all very friendly and helpful. We were treated very well during the whole ...
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Sail Date: April 2016


Arnold our tour guide was great he spoke perfect English.

Review for a Asia River Cruise on Viking Emerald

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rocky13
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

The cruise went to excellent ports, the tours were very informative and Arnold our tour guide throughout the cruise was excellent. He was very knowledgeable The junior suite was a good size. The food was good and the people that worked on the ship were very attentive. Everything was well organized and I would recommend this cruise to everyone including the extension to Hong Kong, China is a ...
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Sail Date: March 2016


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