Hurtigruten
Norway - Coastal Adventure & Whale Safari
Coastal Adventure and Whale Safari
Oslo •Tromsø • Sommarøy • Bergen
9 days 8 nights / Half board basis*
Join us on a unique and exciting whale safari, based in the remote island settlement of Sommarøy outside Tromsø. Explore the Arctic city of Tromsø before setting sail south for Bergen where one of your many highlights is the day sailing through the magnificent Vesterålen and Lofoten Islands.
Day 1
Fly to Tromsø (via Oslo) where you will be met and transferred to your centrally located hotel for an overnight stay.
Day 2
A local guide will join us for a morning visit to the Polaria museum before we board our small, fully equipped boat for our sea and whale safari. The trip ends in the small island community of Sommarøy where we spend the next two nights.
Day 3
Free day to explore, enjoy hotel facilities or optional fishing trips, sea safaris and boat excursions (booked locally).
Day 4
Private bus to Tromsø, free time to explore before boarding our southbound coastal vessel.
Day 5
The memorable sights of the Lofoten Islands will stay with us forever as the ship meanders gently through this stunning network of inlets and isles. Moving on we reach what is the highlight of the voyage for many, where we hope to make a detour into spectacular Trollfjord. Sailing through the beautiful, mountainous island chains, rising to 1,000 metres in places, we can see fishermen’s cabins built on stilts along the waterfront, whilst in the air around us fly a wide variety of seabirds such as puffins, kittiwakes, cormorants and sea eagles. This remarkable day is completed with an evening return to Svolvær and a farewell to the islands at Stamsund.
Day 6
There is further excitement today as the ship crosses the Arctic Circle. Sailing past the famed peaks of the dancing Seven Sisters mountain range, folklore merges with the facts of nature – look out for Torghatten, which still bears the hole made by Hestmannen’s arrow in one of Norway’s popular legends. The award-winning new museum at Rørvik celebrates the important part the sea has played in defining today’s Norway.
Day 7
We have an early arrival in the fascinating medieval city of Trondheim, where the Norwegian Explorer passengers leave the ship to follow their own itinerary (see pages 32 and 33). The voyage continues out of the Trondheimsfjord past Hitra Island to make brief calls at Kristiansund and Molde, known as the City of Roses and surrounded by 87 snow-capped mountains, before the midnight call at Ålesund and a last night at sea.
Day 8
The landscape becomes increasingly lush as the journey weaves through the islets and beautiful Bergen comes into view again. Disembark in Bergen where you will be transferred to your centrally located hotel.
Day 9
Depending on the time of your return flight you may have some free time to explore Bergen.
*Dinner is not included on Days 1 and 8.
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