Esikhathini esingaphansi kwesonto esedlule sikufundile lokho Umkhumbi omusha weViking Ocean Cruises, ongumkhumbi wesithupha ohamba ngemikhumbi yawo, uzobizwa ngeViking Jupiter. Lesi sikebhe sizokwakhiwa ngo-2018, sizoqala ukuhamba ngonyaka ozayo, futhi ngamamitha angama-227 ubude namamitha angama-28 ububanzi, kuzoba nethuba lokuhlalisa kahle abagibeli abangama-930.
Ekhasini lenkampani yokuthumela usuvele uyabona izikebhe ezihlongozwayo zokugibela iViking Jupiter, phakathi kwazo okugqame kakhulu eNyakatho Yurophu naseMedithera naseNingizimu South Crossing enhle kakhulu, uhambo lwezinsuku ezingama-22 olusuka ethekwini laseBarcelona lubheke eBuenos Aires.
Ngaphandle kwale mikhumbi emibili Umkhumbi obizwa ngeNingizimu Melika kanye namachweba aseChile uyamakethwa. Kuyinto a Ukuwela izinsuku eziyi-18 kusuka enhlokodolobha yase-Argentina uye eValparaíso. Ngale ndlela, inkampani yokuthumela impahla iViking Cruises isiqinisekisile leli chweba laseChile njengechweba lesisekelo lomkhumbi walo omusha.
Ukuqhubeka nomqondo walolu hambo oluhle kakhulu ngeSouthern Cone, okuyi izosuka ngoDisemba 4, 2019 isuka eBuenos Aires (uma ungacabangi ukuthi nganginephutha, kuthatha ngaphezu konyaka ukuthi iqale) ulibangise eMontevideo, ukusuka lapho izobuyela khona endaweni yase-Argentina, ePuerto Madryn.
Ngemuva kwalokho izoqhubeka ibheke eziqhingini zaseMalvinas, ukusuka lapho ukuya echwebeni eliseningizimu ye-Ushuaia. Ngemuva kwalokho izofinyelela ogwini oluseningizimu yeChile, nge ukuma ePunta Arenas, lapho kuhlelwe khona ukuhambela izindawo ezikhangayo ze-Antarctic, kufaka phakathi i-Amalia glacier, ongayithola ngaphansi kwegama elithi Skua Glaciar, etholakala eBernardo O'Higgins National Park.
Ngemuva kokujikeleza ama-fjords iViking Jupiter izomisa ethekwini Imbobo yeMontt, kusuka lapho kuhlelwe khona ukuhambela esiqhingini saseChiloé, ngemuva kokuqhubeka nokuzula uhambo luphela eValparaíso. Abagibeli besikebhe abafisa kangaka bangahamba baye ezivinini zeCasablanca Valley noma eSantiago.