This looks an unusually great value trip for July 2018 to some lovely places and is also ideal for those in teaching jobs etc as I believe it falls in half term (the ship is adults only). Strangely, an outside cabin is cheaper than an inside which makes this especially good value. Departs and returns to Harwich so great for those who don't like to fly.
The itinerary looks really good too, visiting some lovely places in Iceland and the west fjords too in Akureyri. Peak summer weather so near 24hrs of daylight.
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rachelandgromit
2 Mar 17#1
archer1204
2 Mar 17#2
Hey rach does it say what you do whe you get to greenland its on my list
rachelandgromit to archer1204
2 Mar 17#3
Nope, but you can organise your own excursions I would guess. It's on mine too after I did Antarctica.
Let me see if I can find the list of excursions.
rachelandgromit
2 Mar 171#4
Hmm not much luck finding brochures for excursions on this itinerary, this was the only thing I found here
archer1204 to rachelandgromit
2 Mar 17#5
Oh right so there is no excursions included unlike some other cruises
rachelandgromit
2 Mar 171#6
No, we had them included in Antarctica but that is because you have to as they are wet landings and you can't get outside companies to do tours as you are so isolated. It was also more than double this cost.
apocalypsenow
2 Mar 17#7
Looks alright , i don't fancy Harwich too much though.
rachelandgromit to apocalypsenow
3 Mar 17#8
There is one from Hull for a couple of hundred pounds more pp.
jrandrews72
3 Mar 17#9
Which then has Harwich as its first stop :wink:
jrandrews72
3 Mar 17#10
Awesome cruise and #1 on my wish list of cruises.. Now to persuade the wife who does not like cruising that this is what we are going to do next year. Thanks OP !
ILOVEKRISPYKREMES
3 Mar 17#11
Shows outsides as £1939 for me?
rachelandgromit to ILOVEKRISPYKREMES
3 Mar 17#12
It does now for me. I wonder if they got the 9 and 3 mixed up?
pidgeofcdf
3 Mar 17#13
Very small ship and over 50 years old. Not for me, however some people do like it
Jinkz
3 Mar 171#14
I'd imagine, stop me if i'm wrong, the outside cabin is cheaper because it's colder?
rachelandgromit to Jinkz
3 Mar 171#15
Looks like it may have been a pricing error. Outside cabins are generally always more expensive than insides.
SCOUSEKEVIN to Jinkz
3 Mar 17#16
I also think its because of that lol
kensington143
3 Mar 17#17
I've never considered Greenland (did Norway up to Northern Cape in Midsummer 2015). Always wanted to do Alaska for the wildlife - anyone know if this would be as good?
rachelandgromit to kensington143
3 Mar 17#18
I've been to Alaska, it depends what wildlife you are looking for?
kensington143
3 Mar 17#19
Whales - Orca especially. Birds. Anything really. The Alaskan cruises do tend to talk about wildlife sightings. I'm enjoying photography as a new hobby, so anything interesting I can capture in the lens!
rachelandgromit to kensington143
3 Mar 17#20
Saw some whales in Alaska, in particular in Juneau. The best was Antarctica by far, lots of whales, several different breeds of penguins, birds, seals etc etc. The wildlife was truly amazing. Flocks of literally thousands of king penguins in South Georgia, it was exactly like something out of Frozen Planet.
I don't have access to my pics at the moment, but this was exactly as it was.
If you can time your trip with the hatching season like we did, baby penguins are the cutest!
kensington143
3 Mar 17#21
We cruised from Buenos Aires to Los Angeles last March including the Falklands. The wildlife was truly amazing. It definitely "makes" the cruise for me so just wondered about Greenland as it cuts out the long haul flights which my husband hates and is considerably cheaper than Alaska.
bbgun24
3 Mar 17#22
If you don't mind me asking how much did you pay for the Antarctica cruise? I'd love to go there
apocalypsenow
7 Mar 17#23
If the itinery doesn't involve observing anything in a bikini then it's a no from me.
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The itinerary looks really good too, visiting some lovely places in Iceland and the west fjords too in Akureyri. Peak summer weather so near 24hrs of daylight.
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Let me see if I can find the list of excursions.
I don't have access to my pics at the moment, but this was exactly as it was.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1393379/King-Penguin-colony-South-Georgia-Stunning-pictures-worlds-largest-cr-che.html
If you can time your trip with the hatching season like we did, baby penguins are the cutest!