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
8y 3d#1
archer1204
8y 3d#2
Hey rach does it say what you do whe you get to greenland its on my list
rachelandgromit to archer1204
8y 3d#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
8y 3d1#4
Hmm not much luck finding brochures for excursions on this itinerary, this was the only thing I found here
archer1204 to rachelandgromit
8y 3d#5
Oh right so there is no excursions included unlike some other cruises
rachelandgromit
8y 3d1#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
8y 3d#7
Looks alright , i don't fancy Harwich too much though.
rachelandgromit to apocalypsenow
8y 3d#8
There is one from Hull for a couple of hundred pounds more pp.
jrandrews72
8y 3d#9
Which then has Harwich as its first stop
jrandrews72
8y 3d#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
8y 3d#11
Shows outsides as £1939 for me?
rachelandgromit to ILOVEKRISPYKREMES
8y 3d#12
It does now for me. I wonder if they got the 9 and 3 mixed up?
pidgeofcdf
8y 3d#13
Very small ship and over 50 years old. Not for me, however some people do like it
Jinkz
8y 3d1#14
I'd imagine, stop me if i'm wrong, the outside cabin is cheaper because it's colder?
rachelandgromit to Jinkz
8y 3d1#15
Looks like it may have been a pricing error. Outside cabins are generally always more expensive than insides.
SCOUSEKEVIN to Jinkz
8y 3d#16
I also think its because of that lol
kensington143
8y 3d#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
8y 3d#18
I've been to Alaska, it depends what wildlife you are looking for?
kensington143
8y 3d#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
8y 3d#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
8y 3d#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
8y 3d#22
If you don't mind me asking how much did you pay for the Antarctica cruise? I'd love to go there
apocalypsenow
8y 2d#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!