Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

14-Night Saint Paul to New Orleans Cruise Adventure

Viking River · Viking Mississippi · from Saint Paul

$13,499 per person · next sails Jul 27, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Saint Paul (MSP)

Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.

Open-jaw · fly into MSP, home from MSY · $834 for two est.
Your voyage · 14 nights, day by day

Day by day — the unforgettable thing at every port

Your whole sailing in order: the day you board, every port it calls — each with the single bucket-list experience there and the operator who runs it — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Saint Paul Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early.
Day 2
Barn Bluff Summit Hike · $50 for two with Visit Red Wing (City of Red Wing Parks & Trails)how to make it yours → ·
Day 3
Grandad Bluff · $80 for two with Explore La Crosse (official CVB)how to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Mines of Spain & Julian Dubuque Monument · $10 for two with Iowa DNR – Mines of Spain State Recreation Area (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Straddling the confluence of the Mississippi and Rock Rivers
⚙ Curating Straddling the confluence of the Mississippi and Rock Rivers’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 6
Burlingtonport guide →
Shelburne Farms · $30 for two with Shelburne Farms (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Hannibal History & Architecture Guided Walking Tour · $30 for two with Hannibal Tour Company (official)how to make it yours →
Day 8
Missouri Botanical Garden · $36 for two with Missouri Botanical Garden (Official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Teeming with a wide variety of birdlife and a breathtaking array of picturesque landscapes—including deep-green forests
⚙ Curating Teeming with a wide variety of birdlife and a breathtaking array of picturesque landscapes—including deep-green forests’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 10
Private Memphis Music Tour Led by a Working Musician · $500 for two with Rock 'n' Roll Tours Memphishow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Greenvilleport guide →
Falls Park on the Reedy · $210 for two with Greenville Glides (Segway & Guided Tours)how to make it yours → ·
Day 12
USS Cairo Gunboat & Museum · $20 for two with Vicksburg National Military Park – USS Cairo Museum (NPS)how to make it yours → ·
Day 13
Natchez National Historical Park · $20 for two with Natchez National Historical Park (National Park Service)how to make it yours → ·
Day 14
Baton Rougeport guide →
★ Atchafalaya Swamp — how to make it yours →
Day 15
New Orleans Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near New Orleans

You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.

1 mi from New Orleans

Preservation Hall

1 mi from New Orleans

Frenchmen Street Live Music Venues

Home

Fly home from New Orleans (MSY)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into MSP, home from MSY · 2 travelers $834 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Saint Paul · River~$217
Cruise fare14 nights · Viking River · 2 guests$26,998
Shore excursions10 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$986
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$29,215
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above) — an open-jaw trip: out to the embark port, home from where you disembark; the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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