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Viking Tonle vs Wilderness Explorer

The verdict

Which should you choose?

Viking Tonle is an intimate Viking River Cruises ship carrying 80 passengers. Wilderness Explorer is an intimate Un-Cruise Adventures ship carrying 74 passengers, in service since 1976. Viking Tonle has no Bliss scores or specs yet, so the verdict rests on the figures we do hold.

Choose Viking Tonle if you want more crew per passenger: it has a crew member for every 1.4 passengers (vs 2.8).

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Specifications

marks the better figure where more, or less, is plainly better.

Viking TonleWilderness Explorer
Cruise line Viking River Cruises Un-Cruise Adventures
Ship size Intimate Intimate
Maiden voyagenewer highlighted — 1976
Last refurbishedmore recent highlighted — 2012
Gross tonnage — 910
Passengers 80 74
Crew 58 26
Passengers per crew memberfewer is better 1.4 (better) 2.8
Space per passengergross tons per passenger; more is roomier — 12.3
Decks — 4
Length — 186 ft
Beam — 38 ft
Speed — 13 mph
Cruiseable ratingout of 10 — 8 / 10
Cruises on sale 2 —
Upcoming sailings 77 —
Cruise lengths 14 nights —
Fares fromlower highlighted $7,299 —

Bliss scores

How they rate, out of 10

Cruiseable rates ships out of 10 on ten parts of a cruise holiday.

Viking Tonle has no Bliss scores yet.

  • Active Wilderness Explorer: 10.0
  • Adventure & nature Wilderness Explorer: 10.0
  • Cultural Wilderness Explorer: 5.0
  • Dining Wilderness Explorer: 6.0
  • Entertainment Wilderness Explorer: 5.0
  • Family friendly Wilderness Explorer: 6.0
  • Party Wilderness Explorer: 5.0
  • Romantic Wilderness Explorer: 7.0
  • Spa & fitness Wilderness Explorer: 6.0
  • Staterooms Wilderness Explorer: 5.0

Un-Cruise Adventures

Wilderness Explorer

To complement the wild, natural surroundings of Wilderness Explorer from Un-Cruise Adventures, the interior of the 74-guest expedition ship has been designed with a Pacific Northwest feel, including the nautical-themed main lounge.

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