Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

7-Night Memphis to Louisville Cruise Adventure

Viking River · Viking Mississippi · from Memphis

$6,499 per person · next sails Nov 2, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Memphis (MEM)

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

Open-jaw · fly into MCO, home from DEN · $730 for two est.
Your voyage · 7 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, the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Days 1–2
Memphis Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early.
Day 3
The rich and varied landscape along the Mississippi River is characterized by wide floodplains
⚙ Curating The rich and varied landscape along the Mississippi River is characterized by wide floodplains’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 4
Paducah
⚙ Curating Paducah’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 5
Nestled on the banks of the Ohio River
⚙ Curating Nestled on the banks of the Ohio River’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 6
Owensboro
⚙ Curating Owensboro’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 7–8
Louisville Disembark
Disembark in the morning.
Home

Fly home from Louisville (SDF)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into MCO, home from DEN · 2 travelers $730 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Memphis · River~$217
Cruise fare7 nights · Viking River · 2 guests$12,998
Shore excursionscurating your ports now — real prices land as each is ready…
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$14,125
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, being curated for your ports right now; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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