Living in Toronto, we have the privilege of having the great expanse of Lake Ontario at our southern horizon. But how many of us have ever explored the rest of our neighbouringGreat Lakes?

If the answer is never, there's some good news for well-moneyed travellers looking for an alternative to sunny country-bound tours: a new cruise that winds from Lake Ontario all the way west to Lake Michigan.

瑞士的公司Viking Cruiseshas announced that, starting in 2022, they'll be conducting an eight-stop tour calledNiagara & the Great Lakesthat will traverse every Great Lake except for Lake Superior.

Theluxury shipsgoing on the voyage have actually have yet to be built. A 665-foot-long vessel called the Viking Octantis is slated to be finished in January 2022, while a second ship called Viking Polaris is expected to launch in August that same year.

The new cruise will hit eight different stops and cover four Great Lakes. Photo via Viking Cruises.

When they are complete, half of the cruises will start in Toronto, winding south throughWelland Canaland hittingNiagara Fallsbefore traversing the entirety of Lake Erie to get to霹雳角.

From there, voyagers are Michigan bound, stopping by Detroit before travelling north toAlpena, where they'll be able to kayak overshipwrecks in Thunder Bay.

There'll be a day of exploring the car-freeMackinac Island, the tour's most northern destination, before exploring theSleeping Bear Dunesof Traverse City via Lake Michigan. The final destination will be Milwaukee, Wisconson.

As of now, there are only eight dates available running from April 30, 2022 to September 24, 2022, and only four them start in Toronto. Prices will range from $7,595 to $9,395 a ticket.

Lxury cruises (which are responsible for一个staggering amount of terrestrial and aquatic pollution) might seem like a counterintuitive way to explore the Great Lakes—the Earth's largest group of freshwater lakes—but if you're going to hop on a giant vessel, might as well explore some of your own country while you're it.