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Hamburg Cruise Days – nicko cruises represented with two ships

Hamburg Cruise Days – nicko cruises represented with two ships

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.

Expedition ship WORLD VOYAGER is leaving nicko cruises

Expedition ship WORLD VOYAGER is leaving nicko cruises

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.

nicko cruises: new products for the 2024/25 season

nicko cruises: new products for the 2024/25 season

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.

nicko cruises - WORLD VOYAGER saves four shipwrecked people

nicko cruises - WORLD VOYAGER saves four shipwrecked people

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.

nicko cruises: Winter break 2022/23 on the VASCO DA GAMA

nicko cruises: Winter break 2022/23 on the VASCO DA GAMA

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.

nicko cruises gives a Northern Lights guarantee for trips to Norway

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”.

nicko cruises: affordable world tour with the VASCO DA GAMA

nicko cruises: affordable world tour with the Vasco da Gama

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.

WORLD VOYAGER makes a stopover on Heligoland

WORLD VOYAGER makes a stopover on Heligoland

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.

nicko cruises reroutes river and ocean-going vessels

nicko cruises reroutes river and ocean-going vessels

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.

Round the world with the cruise ship VASCO DA GAMA

Round the world with the cruise ship VASCO DA GAMA

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.

WORLD VOYAGER – Entertainment on the expedition ship

WORLD VOYAGER – Entertainment on the expedition ship

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.

VASCO DA GAMA 2022/23 - nicko cruises presents new cruises

VASCO DA GAMA 2022/23 - nicko cruises presents new cruises

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

WORLD VOYAGER offers many cruise highlights in 2022/23

WORLD VOYAGER offers many cruise highlights in 2022/23

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.

nicko cruises: The 2G rule will apply in the future on rivers and at sea

nicko cruises: The 2G rule will apply in the future on rivers and at sea

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 of the operational processes on board the ships.

Cruise ship WORLD VOYAGER: crew members infected with corona

Cruise ship WORLD VOYAGER: crew members infected with corona

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.

Vasco da Gama cannot call at Visby

Vasco da Gama cannot call at Visby

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. 

nicko cruises: VASCO DA GAMA starts next Baltic Sea cruise

nicko cruises: VASCO DA GAMA starts next Baltic Sea cruise

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.

Expedition ship WORLD VOYAGER comes to Kiel in July

Expedition ship WORLD VOYAGER comes to Kiel in July

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.

nicko cruises: VASCO DA GAMA's maiden voyage from Kiel

nicko cruises: VASCO DA GAMA's maiden voyage from Kiel

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.

nicko cruises are rerouting World Voyager to the Azores

nicko cruises are rerouting the World Voyager to the Azores

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.

nicko cruises invests millions in VASCO DA GAMA

nicko cruises invests millions in VASCO DA GAMA

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.

MS Vasco da Gama - the newest ship of the TransOcean cruises

MS Vasco da Gama - the newest ship of the TransOcean cruises

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.

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