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Hurtigruten, formly known as the Norwegian Coastal Voyage, recognized its tourist potential from the early days. What better way to experience the Land of the Midnight Sun and Northern Lights? Such remote wonders as the Lofoten Islands with their red and gold cabins, white sand beaches and spectacular peaks, the Trollfjord with its narrow rocky gateway, and Finnmark with its wild landscape and indigenous Sami people were now readily accessible to travelers.
Today, thousands of people come from across the globe to sail what has been called "The World's Most Beautiful Voyage" and to explore Norway's coastal communities and meet their inhabitants. (They're easy to chat with; just about everyone in Norway speaks English!)
Passengers are dazzled by an ever-changing landscape of sapphire fjords and snow-capped peaks, quaint farms nestled amidst verdant hills and bustling fishing villages hugging the rugged coast. If they like, they may also venture inland to see historic sites and unusual museums. By the time their journey is over, they will have glimpsed the sweep of Norwegian history from the Vikings to modern times.
Norway's majestic, unspoiled landscape has earned it the ranking of the world's top destination by National Geographic Traveler magazine. And the Hurtigruten heads the Lonely Planet Guide's Blue List for classic voyages. Yes, this is indeed a trip for sophisticated travelers, for those who have experienced the best the world offers. Which may be why passengers so often end up making lasting friendships with those they meet on board.
NEW TOUR FOR 2012! - NORWEGIAN VOYAGER
12 Day Semi-escorted Tour Oslo to Oslo incl. 5 nights on Hurtigruten Coastal Voyage Cruise
Kirkenes to Bergen followed by 5 nights fully escorted tour incl. Geirangerfjord |
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FULL CRUISE MAP:
FULL CRUISE ITINERARY: (Optional tour rates are in US$ p.p., 2011 rates)
Day 1: Bergen
Bergen is the capital of Norway's fjord district. We recommend you arrive a couple of days prior to your cruise to allow time to enjoy this Gateway to the Fjords. You board the Hurtigruten this evening.
Day 2: Maloy–Torvik–Alesund–Molde–Kristiansund
When you awake, the ship will be crossing the open Stadthavet and heading for Torvik. En route, you'll stop in the beautiful Art Nouveau town of Alesund. (Between April 15 and September 14, all ships call at Geiranger in the Geirangerfjord, a UNESCO World Heritage site, to see the beautiful Brudesloret, Friaren, and the Seven Sisters waterfalls.) After a call at Molde the ship will navigate the Hustadvika, a belt of islets and skerries, before docking at Kristiansund.
Optional northbound shore excursions available:
1.
Geiranger–Alesund 4/16 - 5/31, 4 1/2 hours, $105
2. Geiranger-Molde 6/01 - 9/15, 7 1/2 hours, $185
3. Art Nouveau Tour (Walking tour of Alesund) 1/01 - 4/16 & 9/16 - 12/31, 2 hours, $35
Day 3: Trondheim–Rorvik
The ship arrives early this morning in ancient Trondheim, where you'll have time to explore this jewel of a city, Norway's first capital. Walk the charming streets, sit by the peaceful harbor, or cross the old city bridge to see the restored wooden buildings and the great gothic cathedral of Nidaros. From Trondheim, the ship sails on to Rorvik, where the southbound and northbound coastal ships meet.
Optional northbound shore excursions available;
1. Nidaros Cathedral & Ringve (Trondheim City Sightseeing) 4/17 -10/2, 3 hours, $64
2. Trondheim with Nidaros Cathedral 1/01 - 4/16 & 10/03 - 12/31, 2 hours, $56
3. Trondelag Folk Museum 5/01 - 9/30, 2 hours, $47
Day 4: Ornes–Bodo–Stamsund–Svolvaer
Today you'll cross the Arctic Circle. On your portside, the globe on the island of Vikingen serves as a marker. There are spectacular sites ahead: islands and skerries with majestic rock formations, whose origins are the stuff of legend. After Bodo, the ship heads out to open sea for the Lofoten Islands with their picturesque cabins on stilts and weathered wooden racks with drying cod. In the evening, she'll navigate the narrow Raftsund Strait, passing the looming crags of the Trollfjord.
Optional northbound shore excursions available;
1. Glacier Adventure (Svartisen) 5/01 - 9/30, 6 hours, $160
2. Saltstraumen Safari 4/01 - 10/31, 2 hours, $139
Day 5: Harstad–Finnsnes–Tromso–Skjervoy
This morning you'll pass the medieval Trondenes church before calling at Harstad for breakfast. Afterward, you'll sail across the Vagsfjord past the great island of Senja with its diverse countryside of farmland, pine trees, and plunging peaks. Later you'll stop at Tromso, the “Paris of the North.”
Optional northbound shore excursions available;
1. The Arctic Capital Tromso (City Sightseeing, including Polaria) All Year 2011, 2 1/2 hours, $64
2. Dogsledding, Tromso 1/01 - 4/30 & 11/1 - 12/31, 3 1/2 hours, $169
3. Scenery & Huskies, Tromso (Wilderness Center) 6/01 - 8/31, 3 1/2 hours, $68
Days 6–7: Hammerfest–Havoysund– Honningsvag–Kjollefjord–Mehamn– Berlevag–Kirkenes
Finnmark's landscape is austere in its beauty, teeming with wildlife. Watch for rookeries of puffins and gannets along the cliffs and pods of orca hunting for herring. After calling at Honningsvag, the capital of the North Cape, the ship heads east toward the pretty fishing villages of Kjollefjord, Mehamn, and Berlevag. On the seventh day, you'll arrive at Kirkenes, the journey's northern terminus and turning point. Optional nortbound shore excursions available for both days:
1. North Cape tour, All year 2011, 3 hours, $124
2. Bird-watching Safari, 5/01 - 8/31, 3 hours, $160
3. A Taste of Lappland, 5/10 - 9/10, 2 1/2 hours, $105
4. Russian Border Trip, All year 2011, 2 hours, $54 @
5. Riverboat Safari, 6/01 - 9/30, 2 1/2 hours, $135 @
6. Snowmobile Safari (Kirkenes Barents), 1/01 - 5/05 & 12/15 - 12/30, 2 1/2 hours, $186 @
7. Snowhotel visit, 1/01 - 5/01 & 12/15 - 12/30, 2 1/2 hours, $73 @
@ Tours can also be included on request for clients taking southbound cruise only. However, it requires a minimum 1 night stay in Kirkenes. Call for quote including hotel.
If you are taking the northbound cruise only, 7 days/6 nights, disembarkation is in Kirkenes.
Day 7: Kirkenes–Vardo–Batsfjord–Berlevag
If you are taking the southbound cruise only, 6 days/5 nights, embarkation is in Kirkenes.
After a few hours docked at Kirkenes, the ship will depart upon the southbound half of her voyage, calling during the day at ports passed at night on the trip northward. Crossing Varangerfjord, Norway's only east-facing fjord and a fabled bird-watching site, you'll arrive in Vardo, the easternmost point of the country. Next the ship will round the Varanger peninsula, where archaeologists excavated a community believed to date from 9000 BC. In the evening, the ship calls at Batsfjord, which also boasts the remains of a Stone Age settlement, and Berlevag. Look out for the Tanahorn mountain, which long ago was a Sami sacrifice site.
Day 8: Honningsvag–Havoysund– Hammerfest–Oksfjord–Skjervoy–Tromso
The ship arrives at Honningsvag in the early morning. After calling at Havoysund, she will stop for 1 1/2 hours in Hammerfest, the world's most northerly town. Despite its remote location, it was the first Norwegian town to have electric street lighting and its own power station. She then heads south to Oksfjord, whose glacier calves directly into the sea. After crossing open water, the ship calls at the old trading post of Skjervoy. You'll dock in Tromso just in time to savor its nightlife.
Optional southbound shore excursions available;
1. Breakfast at North Cape, 5/08 - 10/07, 6 hours, $160
2. Arctic Energy, 1/01 - 3/15 & 11/15 - 12/31, 1 hour, $52
3. Midnight Sun Concert, 01/01 - 3/15, 4/22 - 9/30 & 11/15 - 12/31, 1 1/4 hours, $64
Day 9: Harstad–Risoyhamn–Sortland– Stokmarknes–Svolvaer–Stamsund
The island groups of Lofoten and Vesteralen have some of the most stunning scenery on this journey. Before your arrival, you'll see the captain skillfully maneuver the ship through the shallow waters of the Risoyrenna Channel, where sand banks are visible through the green water on both sides of the channel. The ship will negotiate the narrow Raftsund Strait leading into the breathtaking Trollfjord, before arriving in Svolvaer and Stamsund. Later, the ship heads east across Vestfjord toward Bodo.
Optional southbound shore excursions available;
1. A Taste of Vesteralen (Harstad to Sortland), All year 2011, 4 1/4 hours, $84
2. Lofoton Islands (Svolvaer-Henningsvaer-Stamsund), 4/01 - 9/08, 3 hours, $88
3. Sea Eagle Safari, 4/01 - 10/05, 2 hours, $112
Day 10: Ornes–Nesna–Sandnessjoen– Bronnoysund–Rorvik
From Ornes, you'll travel through crystalline waters, filled with spawning cod from January to April, and go by lush agricultural fields. Nearly every towering peak you'll see is associated with a local legend. Crossing the Arctic Circle once again, you'll pass the idyllic island of Sandnessjoen. On the approach to Bronnoysund, which you reach this afternoon, you'll spy the mythical Seven Sisters Mountains. Make sure you're on deck when the ship departs Bronnoysund—you'll be impressed by the captain's steady hand! Today's last port of call will be Rorvik.
Optional southbound shore excursions available;
1. On request
Day 11: Trondheim–Kristiansund–Molde
Arrive in Trondheim early, with time to visit Norway's largest medieval church, Nidaros Cathedral, and the restored Archbishop's Residence. You'll then sail out through the beautiful Trondheimsfjord, past Hitra, island of deer, and lonely Grip. At day's end, you'll call at Molde, before arriving in Alesund late in the evening in time for a stroll on shore.
Optional southbound shore excursion available;
1. Trondheim With Nidaros Cathedral (Trondheim City Sightseeing), All year 2011, 2 hours, $56
2. Sverresborg Trondelag Folk Museum, 5/01 - 9/30, 2 hours, $47
Day 12: Torvik–Maloy–Floro–Bergen
During the night, the ship will call at Torvik, Maloy, and Floro. The World's Most Beautiful Voyage is drawing to a close. Yet still ahead lies mile after mile of spectacular west Norway scenery: holly trees on Svanoy, the mouth of Sognefjord, and the beautiful archipelago on the approach to Bergen.
Sailing Schedule
If no arrival/departure time is listed below then port call is approximately 45 min. or less.
Sailing schedule is subject to change without notice.
| Northbound Itinerary |
| Day 1 |
Jan-Apr 14
Sep 15-Dec
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Apr 15-Sep14 |
| Bergen (Depart) |
10pm |
8pm |
| Day 2 |
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| Floro |
4:45am |
2:15pm |
| Maloy |
7:30am |
4:30am |
| Torvik |
10:45am |
7:30am |
| Alesund |
12pm-3pm |
8:45am-9:30am |
| Geiranger* |
- |
1:30pm |
| Alesund |
- |
6pm-6:45pm |
| Molde |
6:30pm |
10pm |
| Kristiansund |
11pm |
- |
| Day 3 |
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| Kristiansund |
- |
1:45am |
| Trondheim |
6am-12pm |
8:15am-12pm |
| Rorvik |
9:15pm |
9:15pm |
| Day 4 |
Jan 1-Dec 31 |
| Bronnoysund |
1am |
| Sandnessjoen |
4:15am |
| Nesna |
5:30am |
| Ornes |
9:30am |
| Bodo |
12:30pm-3pm |
| Stamsund |
7:30pm |
| Svolvaer |
9-10pm |
| Day 5 |
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| Stokmarknes |
1am |
| Sortland |
3am |
| Risoyhamn |
4:30am |
| Harstad |
6:45am-8am |
| Finnsnes |
11:45am |
| Tromso |
2:30pm-6:30pm |
| Skjervoy |
10:45pm |
| Day 6 |
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| Oksfjord |
2:15am |
| Hammerfest |
5:15am-6:45am |
| Havoysund |
9:45am |
| Honningsvag |
11:45am-3:15pm |
| Kjollefjord |
5:45pm |
| Mehamn |
8pm |
| Berlevag |
10:45pm |
| Day 7 |
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| Batsfjord |
1am |
| Vardo |
4:15am |
| Vadso |
8:15am |
| Kirkenes (Arrive) |
10am |
| Southbound Itinerary |
| Day 7 |
Jan 1- Dec 31
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| Kirkenes (Depart) |
12:45pm |
| Vardo |
4pm-5pm |
| Batsfjord |
8:30pm |
| Berlevag |
10:30pm |
| Day 8 |
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| Mehamn |
1:15am |
| Kjollefjord |
3:30am |
| Honningsvag |
6:15am |
| Havoysund |
8:30am |
| Hammerfest |
11:15am-12:45pm |
| Oksfjord |
3:45pm |
| Skjervoy |
7:45pm |
| Tromso (Arrive) |
11:45pm |
| Day 9 |
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| Tromso (Depart) |
1:30am |
| Finnsnes |
4:45am |
| Harstad |
8:30am |
| Risoyhamn |
11am |
| Sortland |
1pm |
| Stokmarknes |
3:15pm |
| Svolvaer |
6:30pm-7:30pm |
| Stamsund |
9:30pm |
| Day 10 |
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| Bodo |
1:30am-4am |
| Ornes |
7:15am |
| Nesna |
11:15am |
| Sandnessjoen |
1:30pm |
| Bronnoysund |
5pm |
| Rorvik |
9:30pm |
| Day 11 |
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| Trondheim |
6:30am-10am |
| Kristiansund |
5pm |
| Molde |
9:30pm |
| Alesund (Arrive) |
Midnight |
| Day 12 |
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| Alesund (Depart) |
12:45am |
| Torvik |
2:15am |
| Maloy |
5:45am |
| Floro |
8:15am |
| Bergen (Arrive) |
2:30pm |
* NOTE ! Geiranger Fjord is ONLY visited on departures from Bergen (northbound) in period
4/15 - 9/14.
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