Nicko Cruises News

May 7, 2025 – It took five weeks to prepare nicko cruises' only ocean-going vessel, VASCO DA GAMA, for the future. The 219-meter-long cruise ship was launched by Holland America Line as the "Statendam" in January 1993. Subsequent measures have already been implemented that have had a positive impact on the ship's sustainability..

April 3, 2025 – Traveling to foreign countries is one thing. Foreign languages ​​are another. Language barriers can often significantly slow down travel experiences in individual cases. In order to offer its international guests even more flexibility and comfort on cruises in the future, the Stuttgart-based cruise company nicko cruises will be using AI-supported translation software for organized shore excursions. elysium®.

January 23, 2025 – Traveling on paddle steamers on American rivers is an unforgettable experience. The Stuttgart-based cruise company nicko cruises offers a total of six river cruises on the Mississippi with the paddle steamer AMERICAN SPLENDOR in 2025 and 2026.

April 4, 2024 – The kClassy singer, television presenter and successful author Hera Lind accompanies the guests of the classic cruise ship VASCO DA GAMA on a total of four trips from Tahiti to Rio de Janeiro from January 4th to March 7th.

March 6, 2024 - On the occasion of the International Tourism Exchange in Berlin, the Stuttgart cruise company nicko cruises is presenting its highlights for the current year as well as new products for 2025 and 2026.

November 22, 2023 – nicko cruises, the Stuttgart-based cruise company, is introducing an improved and simpler tariff structure with two booking options in the current season.

November 3, 2023 – In spring 2024, nicko cruises offers its guests on the VASCO DA GAMA an exclusive gourmet and cultural cruise with star chef Johann Lafer and the Swiss star chef Cornelius Speinle. The route of the twelve-day cruise: Malta via the Cyclades, Cyprus, Crete, Peloponnese and Sicily to Malta.

September 6, 2023 - This coming weekend, the Free and Hanseatic City will provide insights into the fascinating world of cruising with the brilliantly staged Hamburg Cruise Days. Over the course of three days, hundreds of thousands of visitors see seven ocean-going cruise ships and two river ships. A highlight of the event is the Blue Port.

May 9, 2023 - The Stuttgart nicko cruises inform that the ocean-going expedition ship WORLD VOYAGER leaves the fleet. This highly regrettable measure is justified by the fact that the minimum number of participants for expedition trips cannot be achieved in the long term. The ship is moving to sister company Atlas Ocean Voyages within Mystic Holding. The last cruise of the WORLD VOAGERS on the German market will take place from September 9th to 13th, 2023.

At the ITB, the Berlin Tourism Fair, the Stuttgart cruise company nicko cruises presented its new products for the 2024/25 season. We are talking about the expansion of the fleet of river boats, new routes and a new world tour with the comfortable deep-sea ship VASCO DA GAMA.

December 14, 2022 – nicko Cruises WORLD VOYAGER is expected in Bridgetown/Barbados today. Four additional passengers have been on board since leaving Cape Verde. They are shipwrecked people who were rescued yesterday by the expedition ship, which can carry a maximum of 200 passengers.

September 28, 2022 – “Escape the bad weather and rising energy costs; Overwinter on VASCO DA GAMA.” With these words, nicko cruises advertises long-term vacationers on the VASCO DA GAMA. The Stuttgart cruise company makes tempting offers for ship vacationers.

September 6, 2022 - From the end of September to the end of March, there is a high probability of being the best time to see the northern lights (Aurora Borealis) north of the Arctic Circle. At the best Northern Lights time nicko cruises' VASCO DA GAMA sails in October 2022 twice from Kiel to the North Cape. In their luggage, fellow travelers have a “Northern Lights Guarantee”.

Aug 10, 2022 - The Stuttgart-based cruise expert nicko cruises Schiffsreisen GmbH will have its ocean-going ship Vasco da Gama circumnavigate the world between October 2023 and April 2024. A “big” and a “small” world trip as well as individual stages and routes can be booked.

May 16, 2022 – On its 14-day journey from Lisbon to Hamburg, the WORLD VOYAGER from nicko cruises today made an originally unplanned stopover on the German high seas island of Heligoland.

March 9, 2022 – AIDA Cruises, TUI Cruises and others are avoiding Russian ports because of the war against Ukraine. Nicko cruises, the Stuttgart provider of ocean and river cruises, is also reacting to the current warlike developments between Russia and Ukraine with detours. All guests affected by the plan changes have now been informed about the alternative routes in the Baltic Sea.

March 3, 2022 - 183 days, 90 ports, 40 countries and five continents: In the 2023/24 season, the Stuttgart cruise company nicko cruises is sending its flagship VASCO DA GAMA on a world tour. The catalog for the trip around the world is now available online and will be available in printed form next week.

January 26, 2022 – nicko cruises' WORLD VOYAGER is currently traveling to dreamlike Caribbean destinations. At the beginning of March the ship moved to Europe. Several cruises to certain Canary Islands and Madeira are on the itinerary list in March and April. The shipping company points out special entertainment for two of the upcoming Canary Islands trips.

December 16, 2021 - The VASCO DA GAMA 2022/23 program includes classic destinations on the western and northern European coasts as well as on the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean and the Baltic states, but also special travel destinations such as Cape Verde and West Africa. If you want to get a taste of the cruise air and get to know the ship, you will get your money's worth with the short trips along the North and Baltic Sea coasts

November 11, 2021 - The new nicko cruises catalog provides for highly attractive sea voyages by WORLD VOYAGER in the 2022/23 season. The excellent expedition ship from the Stuttgart provider calls at destinations in Western and Northern Europe. The Mediterranean, the archipelagos of the Canary Islands, the Azores and Cape Verde are also on the list of routes. Goals are In addition the Caribbean, Central America, Svalbard, Greenland and Iceland.

October 5, 2021 - The Stuttgart cruise company nicko cruises is introducing the 2G rule on rivers and seas. The travel provider justifies this measure by saying that a large majority of guests want 2G as a security factor. In addition, the new regulation improves planning security the operational processes on board the ships.

September 15, 2021 - It couldn't have been worse for the WORLD VOYAGER, the small, fine cruise ship from nicko cruises. The expedition and cruise ship, which can hold a maximum of 200 passengers, is moored in the port of Hamburg. Several crew members are infected with the corona virus.

August 26, 2021 - The Vasco da Gama, nicko cruises' ocean-going ship, was scheduled to call at Visby port on Gotland / Sweden at 13pm today. An hour before the planned arrival, the approximately 00 guests on board the ship learned that this destination had been removed from the route list. 

August 18, 2021 - In July of this year, VASCO DA GAMA started its service with Baltic Sea cruises for the Stuttgart-based nicko cruises. Today another cruise in the Baltic Sea area starts from the Ostseekai in Kiel. Top destinations are Copenhagen, Stockholm and Tallinn. The 12-night trip ends in Bremerhaven.

July 7, 2021 - The corona situation is forcing cruise lines to react quickly to developments caused by pandemics. Nicko cruises made this experience again. Instead of completing two cruises from / to Funchal, three mini-cruises in the Baltic and North Sea are on the program for now. The trips start on July 20th.

June 30, 2021 - After the successful debut of the WORLD VOYAGER in the Canary Islands and the Azores, the VASCO DA GAMA, the second ocean-going ship of the established river shipping company, will start its service for German-speaking guests on July 13. The maiden voyage leads from Kiel to Denmark, Sweden and the Estonian Tallinn.

May 18, 2021 - The ongoing corona situation prompts the Stuttgart-based nicko cruises to reroute the World Voyager trip planned for May 28, 2021. The trip was originally supposed to lead from Lisbon to Hamburg. Since many ports on Europe's west coast are currently still closed, World Voyager is being rerouted to the Azores.

March 3, 2021 - The cruise operator nicko cruises Schiffsreisen GmbH is investing a double-digit million euro amount in the conversion of the ocean-going ship VASCO DA GAMA, which was previously operated by CMV. The cruise ship named after the Portuguese navigator and explorer will be in the Lisnave shipyard near Lisbon visually and technically prepared for the requirements of the Stuttgart cruise operator.

March 21, 2018 -The newest ship in the TransOcean cruise fleet is called Vasco da Gama. Cruise guests, travel agents, members of tour operators and the ClubColumbus as well as the media were able to choose from four suggested names. 2.452 people voted and 45,76 percent of the participants voted for Vasco da Gama.