Viking's gleaming, three-month old flagship makes its first stop in New Zealand.
It would take someone who really loves holidaying on the high seas — and who has a lot of annual leave up their sleeve — to take on this epic cruise.
Viking Cruises has revealed details of what will be the longest cruise in history: a continuous, eight-month journey thattakes in 59 countries and 113 ports in every continent of the globe — except for Antarctica.
With 930 passengers on board, the Viking Sun will leave London on August 31, 2019 and circumnavigate the globe for a marathon 245 days, including 22 overnight calls, news.com.au reports.
The Viking Sun will circumnavigate the world, heading west from London, on the record-breaking journey. Image / Supplied
Heading west from London, the ship will work its way around Great Britain and then call into Iceland, Greenland and Canada, before heading along the east coast of the United States, the Caribbean and around South America.
Then, the Viking Sun will cross the Pacific and reach New Zealand, which includes stops at Auckland and Dunedin. It will then hit up a pretty big variety of Australian destinations, including Thursday Island, Cairns, Whitsundays, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart.
It then moves up through Asia, over to the Middle East and northern Africa, through the Mediterranean, and back to London on May 2, 2020.
The voyage is almost twice as long as Viking's 2017 world cruise, which was a comparatively brief 141 days (four and a half months).
Prices start at $126,718 for a "Veranda" room and go all the way up to $368,246 for the exclusive "Owner's Suite" — which has already sold out.
Passengers will enjoy all the perks. Photo / Supplied
But willing passengers will get plenty of bang for their buck.
As well as getting to visit about a third of the world's countries in a single trip, passengers can enjoy perks, including unlimited Wi-Fi, a 7500-litre infinity pool and a Nordic spa with a "snow grotto".
The Viking Sun cruise ship arriving in New Zealand earlier this year. Photo / Supplied
They can also benefit from the ship's resident historian, who will offer lectures on art, history and other subjects that correspond to the next destination.
