Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

14-Night New Orleans to Louisville Cruise Adventure

Viking River · Viking Mississippi · from New Orleans

$13,498 per person · next sails Oct 26, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into New Orleans (MSY)

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

Open-jaw · fly into MSY, home from DEN · $650 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near New Orleans

Fly in at least a day early — every seasoned cruiser does, so a delay never costs you the ship. Here’s what’s worth that day, within reach of your port — not just the city you fly into.

1 mi from New Orleans

Preservation Hall

1 mi from New Orleans

Frenchmen Street Live Music Venues

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
New Orleans Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Days 2–3
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 3
Baton Rougeport guide →
★ Atchafalaya Swamp — how to make it yours →
Day 4
Natchez National Historical Park · $20 for two with Natchez National Historical Park (National Park Service)how to make it yours → ·
Day 5
USS Cairo Gunboat & Museum · $20 for two with Vicksburg National Military Park – USS Cairo Museum (NPS)how to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Greenvilleport guide →
Falls Park on the Reedy · $210 for two with Greenville Glides (Segway & Guided Tours)how to make it yours → ·
Day 7
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 8–9
Private Memphis Music Tour Led by a Working Musician · $500 for two with Rock 'n' Roll Tours Memphishow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 11
★ National Quilt Museum — how to make it yours →
Day 12
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 13
Green River Distilling Co. · $70 for two with Green River Distilling Co.how to make it yours → ·
Days 14–15
Louisville Disembark
Disembark in the morning.
After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Louisville

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

26 mi from Louisville · fly DEN

Breckenridge Beyond the Ski Runs: Alpine Lakes, Ghost Towns & 14ers

High Alpine Adventure Basecamp

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204 mi from Louisville · fly TEX

Telluride's Wild Heart: Jeep Passes, Ghost Towns & Alpine Foraging

San Juan Mountain Adventure

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Home

Fly home from Louisville (SDF)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into MSY, home from DEN · 2 travelers $650 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · New Orleans · River~$446
Cruise fare14 nights · Viking River · 2 guests$26,996
Shore excursions5 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$820
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$29,092
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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