Bergen, Norway, On Transit
On the northbound voyage from Bergen to Kirkenes, you will visit some of the world’s most beautiful fjords, cross the Arctic Circle and sail around the North Cape plateau, at the very top of Europe, during the daytime.
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We have carefully planned out each day to give you the best possible experience. From exploring historic landmarks to tasting delicious local cuisine, each day is packed with adventure and excitement. Join us as we take you on a journey through some of the most fascinating destinations in the world.
Board the Havila Cruise between 17:00 - 19:30 hrs. as the ship sails at 20:30 hrs. (Self Transfer)
Dinner on the cruise
CHOOSE YOUR EXPERIENCE FOR TODAY
OPTION1.
WINTER CRUISE TO THE WORLD HERITAGE AREA OF GEIRANGER
(1 February.-31 May)- Short walk with a guide to the boat that takes you on a fjord cruise to Geiranger. Three hours fjord cruise, 2.5 hours in Geiranger and three hours journey back to the coastal cruise ship in Ålesund. Warm lunch on the way to Geiranger, hot drink, and snack on the way back. Bus in Geiranger, walk along the waterfall for those who would like to. Wear warm clothes and good shoes.
Winter/Spring Season: (1 February - 31 May)
Disembarkation port: Ålesund
Embarkation port: Ålesund
Time: 9:45 - 20:00
Meal: Warm lunch. Hot drinks and a snack in the afternoon.
OPTION 2.
ART NOUVEAU WALK
One stormy winter night in 1904, a fire raged through Ålesund. By morning, 850 houses were in ruins and more than 10,000 people were homeless. In the course of a record-breaking three years, the town rose from the ashes. This is how Ålesund became an art nouveau city with a rare architectural expression.
Direction: Northbound
Disembarkation port: Ålesund
Embarkation port: Ålesund
Time: 10:30-12:30
Meal: None
OPTION 3.
KAYAKING IN ÅLESUND
If you have dreamt of giving kayaking a go, now's your chance. Even if you have never kayaked before, you can enjoy a completely safe and unique experience of the art nouveau city from the water. We kayak in sheltered waters in Brosundet and the inner harbour area.
Disembarkation port: Ålesund
Embarkation port: Ålesund
Time: 10:15 -13:00
Meal: None
OPTION 4.
HIKING AT SUKKERTOPPEN
Just as Rio de Janeiro has its Sugarloaf Mountain, Ålesund also has its Sugar Top. On the approach to the city, we see the cone-shaped mountain that has given it the name Sukkertoppen.
Disembarkation port: Ålesund
Embarkation port: Ålesund
Time: 10.30 - 13.00
Meal: None
OPTION 5.
ATLANTERHAVSPARKEN AQUARIUM
The Atlanterhavsparken Aquarium is one of Northern Europe's largest saltwater aquariums. Its location right on the seashore means that the wildlife in the Atlantic Ocean and fish and sea creatures in the aquarium seem to blend into one.
Disembarkation port: Ålesund
Embarkation port: Ålesund
Time: 13:45 - 17:00
Meal: A warm fish cake made of wolffish.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
OPTION 1
TRONDHEIM BY VINTAGE TRAM
Get on the world's northernmost tram, and travel 8.8 km on narrow tracks from the center of Trondheim out into the suburbs, and then take the bus for the last stretch to Lian.
Disembarkation port: Trondheim
Embarkation port: Trondheim
Time: 09:45 - 12:3
Meal: None
Season: All year around
OPTION 2
HISTORICAL CITY WALK IN TRONDHEIM
You can experience the highlights of Trondheim in just a few hours in the morning. A five-kilometre walk takes you through 1,000 years of history, from a mediaeval city and pilgrimage destination to a technological capital.
An approximately five-kilometre walk. The excursion is not suitable for wheelchair users or people with mobility problems. The visit to Nidaros Cathedral lasts for 30–45 minutes.
Disembarkation port: Trondheim
Embarkation port: Trondheim
Time: 09:45 - 12:15
Meal: None
Season: All year round
OPTION 3.
TRONDHEIM AND THE NIDAROS CATHEDRAL
Ports: Kristiansund - Trondheim - Rørvik
Trondheim with its small-town charm and colorful, old wooden houses from the 17th century, is also home to modern sports facilities, educational and research institutions and a lively nightlife.
Disembarkation port: Trondheim
Embarkation port: Trondheim
Time: 09:45 - 12:30
Meal: None
Season: All year round
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Between Trondheim and Tromsø you get to experience the Coast of Helgeland, the beautiful archipelago of Lofoten and the Arctic capital Tromsø. Now we travel further to the Arctic Circle, and continue on to the Arctic regions, crossing the Arctic Circle. This means the midnight sun in summer, while a winter day is only a shade less dark than at night and possibly the Northern Lights in the evening. Nature encounters with majestic sea eagles, including the world's strongest and most powerful tidal current and the largest glacier in northern Scandinavia. In the evening, the fishing villages of Lofoten, steep hills and Vikings await.
CHOOSE YOUR EXPERIENCE FOR TODAY
OPTION 1
FEAST WITH THE VIKING CHIEFTAIN
Join us on a visit to the home of the Viking chieftain in an 83-metre long house, and banquet in true Viking style.
Guests can walk freely around the exhibition.
Disembarkation port: Stamsund
Embarkation port: Svolvær
Time: 19:15-21:50
Meal: Dinner with mead/non-alcoholic alternative
Season: All year round, seasonal entertainment (not available 24.12-26.12, 31.12)
OPTION 2
EXPERIENCE BODØ AND SALTSTRAUMEN (Season: All Year) Bodø is the next largest town you visit in the Arctic landscape. Be sure to visit here and also the world's strongest tidal current, Saltstraumen. Bus with audio guide. Wear comfortable shoes and warm, windproof clothing.
Disembarkation port: Bodø
Embarkation port: Bodø
Time: 13:05 - 15:10
Meal: None
Season: All Year
OPTION 3
TASTE THE ARCTIC OUTDOOR BOON4
Living close to the nature and the changing seasons is a part of life in the north. Come along with us on an walk on white beaches and experience the arctic outdoor.
Disembarkation port: Bodo
Embarkation port: Bodo
Time: 13:05-15:10
Meal: Hot tea
Season: All year round
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
The journey continues through narrow fjords and past wooded mountains to Tromso, a town characterized by hunting and fishing, polar expeditions, and adventure. Now we have also reached the land of the Sami, a native of Norway. Meeting their reindeer is a unique experience that you will remember as soon as you hear about Sami culture.
CHOOSE YOUR EXPERIENCE FOR TODAY
OPTION 1
DOG SLEDDING AND HUSKIES
Warm clothes and boots will be provided, so you can just sit back and enjoy the ride while the huskies have fun pulling you and the sled through the Arctic landscape.
Disembarkation port: Tromsø
Embarkation port: Tromsø
Time: 14:30-18:00
Meal: Coffee/tea and cake
Season: Winter-spring (1 Dec - 4 May)
OPTION 2.
REINDEER SLEDDING AND SAMI VISIT (SEASON: WINTER, SPRING (01 NOV - 30 APR) )
Join a sleigh ride, take part in feeding the reindeer and visit the Sami in a gamme hut. The guides meet you at the quay and accompany you to the bus for about a 25-minute drive. Photographs and feeding the reindeer. Reindeer sledding - We recommend comfortable shoes and warm clothes. Winter overalls can be borrowed on-site. The Sami are the indigenous people of the North. They have their own language, their own culture, and their own "country" which you won't find on any traditional map, but which extends from Norway, through Sweden, and into Finland and Russia.
Disembarkation port: Tromsø
Embarkation port: Tromsø
Time: 14:30-18:00
Meal: Snacks and hot drinks
Season: Winter, spring (01 Nov - 30 Apr)
OPTION 3.
EXCLUSIVE HUSKY TOUR TOSN10
Enjoy the Arctic while mushing your own husky team to Breivikeidet, where you get to taste locally produced food and beverage
Disembarkation port: Tromsø
Embarkation port: Tromsø
Time: 14:30-18:00
Meal: Hot drinks, biscuits and a taste of locally produced food and drinks
Season: Winter (Dec. 15 - Mar. 31)
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
OPTION 1.
VISIT THE NORTH CAPE PLATEAU (Season: All Year Round)
As far north as you can get - by land and sea. For many, the visit to the North Cape is a high point and a goal for voyages along the Norwegian coast. Up here in the polar landscape, nature is at its harshest and most desolate, but between bare plains and rugged cliffs, people cling on and reap nature's bounty. People come here from around the world to experience being so far north. The iconic globe has become the symbol of the North Cape and is also a popular photo stop.
Disembarkation port: Honningsvåg
Embarkation port: Honningsvåg
Time: 11:30-14:30
Season: All year round
OPTION 2
NORTH CAPE PLATEAU ATV WINTER SAFARI HVGN4
Join a fast-paced and fun excursion through the Arctic landscape on Magerøya, a peninsula that juts out into the Arctic Ocean.
Disembarkation port: Honningsvåg
Embarkation port: Honningsvåg
Time: 10:55-13:30
Meal: Hot drink (coffee, tea, or broth)
Season: Winter (1 Oct - 30 Apr)
OPTION 3
HOT & COLD ON THE TOP OF THE WORLD HVGN7
Release your endorphins in the world’s northernmost fishing village! Warm up inside a brand-new Lapland-inspired sauna before immersing yourself in the refreshing water.
Disembarkation port: Honningsvåg
Embarkation port: Honningsvåg
Time: 11:15-14:00
Meal: Waffles and hot drink
Season: All year round
OPTION 4
SNOWMOBILING UNDER THE POLAR SKY KJDN2
Release your endorphins in the world’s northernmost fishing village! Warm up inside a brand-new Lapland-inspired sauna before immersing yourself in the refreshing water.
Disembarkation port: Mehamn
Embarkation port: Mehamn
Time: 16:40-19:15
Meal: None
Season: Winter, spring (15 Dec - 30 Apr)
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
At Snowhotel 365, stay in the unique gamme cabins and enjoy the restaurant all year round. The cabins are inspired by the traditional hunting and fishing huts (“Gammes”) that you find in the wilderness of Lapland - the Sami areas of the Arctic.
You are now as far east on your voyage as you can go.
09:00 Hrs: Disembark from the cruise and transfer to the Snowhotel 365, where everything is made of ice and snow.
10:00 Hrs: Check in the Snowhotel 365
Today, we encourage you to access and experience the Snowhotel, Sauna, visit the Reindeer farm, husky farm and play with 140 huskies and puppies, watch a movie on Arctic Region in the Movie Time lounge and take a Bike and a cycling around the beautiful landscape around you.
Amenities: Warm cabin with a studio, bathroom with shower, and toilet.
Inclusions: breakfast and three-course dinner in our unique farmhouse restaurant Låven, with a fantastic view of the fjord.
Luggage service
In the winter season, you may live the dream and spend a magical night in a world of snow and ice, or go husky sledding, king crab fishing, or snowmobile driving under the Northern lights.
CHOOSE YOUR EXPERIENCE FOR TODAY
OPTION: 1
ORIGINAL KING CRAB SAFARI - DEPARTURE 13:00
The Red King Crab is not only the biggest but also the most delicious shellfish you will ever have the chance of tasting. This tour is by Snowmobile, and you will ride in the sled.
Departure : 13:00
Duration : 3 hours
Starting point : Snowhotel Kirkenes
Meal : Fresh king crab meal
Transfer :Transfer to and from your hotel in Kirkenes
OPTION: 2
HUSKY EXPERIENCE - WINTER 13:00
Our huskies are ready to run! Join them for an arctic dog sledding experience in the wilderness, surrounded by snow-covered landscapes and frozen fjords. This tour includes transfer to/from.
We start dog sledding already on October 20th, with snow saved from last winter season. On this tour, you are driven by our dog musher – 2 people per sled. Our driver will pick you up at your hotel in Kirkenes, and take you on a 15-minute ride to the Snowhotel Kirkenes camp outside Kirkenes. The tour is approximately 6 km and goes along the fjord and through classic arctic, lightly forested wilderness.
Departure : 13:00
Duration : 1 hour (ca 1 h of dogsledding)
Starting point : Snowhotel Kirkenes
Transfer : Snowhotel Kirkenes if you are staying with us, and tour is from Kirkenes
EVENING EXCURSIONS
OPTION: 1
HUNTING THE NORTHERN LIGHTS BY BUS 21:00
Northern Lights is perhaps the most beautiful natural phenomenon you will ever have the opportunity of seeing—an explosion of green fluttering like a veil across the arctic sky.
When you look up at the Aurora, you realise how small you are in the vastness of nature. Sometimes the lights are in plain sight - sometimes, we must hunt them. On this Aurora Express tour, we will make sure you get the chance of witnessing this beautiful sight.
Departure : 21:00
Duration : 3 Hours
Starting point : Kirkenes city centre
Meal : Hot juice and biscuits
19:00 Hrs: Three-course dinner
Overnight in Gamme Northern Light cabin
Transfer to Kirkenes Airport
Detailed personal itinerary
Kirkenes - Kirkenes
In case client wishes to prepone /postpone his or her travel dates, we request you to kindly reach us 15 days prior to journey date via e-mail/SMS..
The customers can prepone /postpone their tour once without any additional charges (if intimated before 15 days of travel date in written). However postponing & preponing second time will attract additional charges.
Also note that few service providers (Hoteliers, Transporter etc.) may apply postpone/prepone charges even after meeting above requirement. In such cases postpone/prepone charges will deducted from the advance amount deposited.
In all prepone or postpone scenarios, the services and the costing will be subject to availability of Hotel/Volvo and season/off season time.
We do not accept any changes in plan within 15 days of travel date. However in rare cases like adverse climatic conditions or strikes, package can be postponed which will be intimated to you beforehand.
The validity to utilize your Advance payment in prepone/postpone scenarios is 1 Year from the date of advance payment.
The advance payment and the invoice Number allotted to you, are transferable i.e. you can pass on your booking to any of your friends/ relatives. (Please Note: In order to transfer your booking you must meet the above terms and conditions first).
If you Cancel your Holiday
30 days or more before date of departure : 25% of total cost
29 - 20 days before date of departure : 50% of total cost
19 days or less before date of departure : 100% of total cost
