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Viking River vs Silversea vs Explora Journeys cruises in August 2027

278 sailings on 3 lines · prices per person for the whole cruiseprices for two sharing a cabin, whole cruiseprices per person, per night, taxes & port fees included.

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278 Viking River and Silversea and Explora Journeys sailings leave in August 2027; 265 of them, on 3 lines, have a balcony cabin for sale. The lowest balcony price per night is $304 per person, on Explora Journeys' EXPLORA IV (14 nights from Copenhagen, Aug 6, $4,260 for the cruise). Running below their usual balcony price this month: Viking River (13% under). Running above it: Explora Journeys (13% over). Prices per person with taxes and port fees, read from the booking page Nov 15, 2026.

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Viking Aegir · Regensburg
Viking Atla · Regensburg
Viking Gefjon · Budapest
Viking Mississippi · New Orleans
Viking Ve · Amsterdam
Viking Lif · Amsterdam
Viking Eldir · Budapest
Viking Vali · Budapest
Viking Modi · Nuremberg
Viking Skirnir · Basel
Viking Tir · Amsterdam
Viking Vili · Budapest
Viking Mimir · Amsterdam
Viking Gullveig · Regensburg
Viking Kvasir · Antwerpen
Viking Rota · Amsterdam
Viking Haki · Budapest
Viking Baldur · Budapest
Viking Magni · Amsterdam
Viking Egdir · Budapest
Viking Gymir · Amsterdam
Viking Ve · Budapest
Viking Gefjon · Amsterdam
Viking Vidar · Budapest
Viking Eldir · Amsterdam
Viking Vali · Amsterdam
Viking Tir · Budapest
Viking Vili · Amsterdam
Viking Mimir · Budapest
Viking Rota · Budapest
Viking Haki · Amsterdam
Viking Mississippi · Saint Paul
Silver Spirit · Stockholm
Silver Ray · Fusina (Venice)
Silver Dawn · Stockholm
Silver Muse · Tokyo
Silver Shadow · Nice
Silver Endeavour · Longyearbyen
Silver Cloud · Broome
Silver Muse · Seoul (Inchon)
Silver Origin · San Cristobal
Silver Shadow · Lisbon
Silver Nova · Fusina (Venice)
Silver Ray · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Silver Endeavour · Reykjavik

Striped: 13 sailings have no balcony price listed in the last two weeks. The bar shows the cheapest cabin that is priced (or, where none is, the lowest fare in the Cruisebound catalog); tap it for that sailing.

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Viking River vs Silversea vs Explora Journeys cruises in August 2027: the lines compared (balcony cabins)

Cruise lineSailingsShipsLowest price, whole cruiseTypical per nightAgainst its usual
Viking River21558 $2,899 Viking Sjofn, Aug 23, 7 nights $550 ▼ 13% under
Silversea3412 $5,150 Silver Whisper, Aug 26, 7 nights $975 typical (+1%)
Explora Journeys163 $3,995 EXPLORA II, Aug 9, 7 nights $807 ▲ 13% over

Per person, taxes and port fees included, read from the booking page Nov 15, 2026. “Against its usual” is the middle of this line’s sailings here, each compared with the same cabin on other dates of the same sailing, else the same ship or line at that length.

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