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| Arrival at Oslo Airport and transfer to hotel. Rest of the day at leisure. Overnight at a centrally located hotel in Oslo. |
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| Breakfast at hotel. Then fly to Kirkenes in Northern Norway, right on the Norwegian –Russian border. Up on arrival, transfer to hotel for check in. Dinner and Overnight stay in Kirkenes. (B, D) |
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| Breakfast at hotel. Then take time to look at the small Arctic town before board on to Hurtigruten ship and start an exciting cruise along the Norwegian boarder. You will cross the Varanger fjord and dock again at Norway’s easternmost point, Vardo. From Vardo our journey continues around Varangerhalvoya before stopping at Batsfjord and Berlevag during the course of the evening. The voyage continues south alongside the coast of Finnmark. Lunch ,Dinner and overnight stay onboard. (B,L,D) |
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| Breakfast at hotel. Early morning, the ship makes a brief stop at Honningsvag at North Cape.(There is an excursion arranged by the ship to North Cape.) Later the ship set course to the southwest towards Hammerfest, world’s most northerly town. There you can visit the Polar Bear Society. The ship head south-west along the Soroysund sound with Norway’s fourth largest island, Soroya, on the starboard side. People have lived here since the stone Age. The ship makes a brief stop at Oksfjord, another place where local commerce is based on the fishing industry, before beginning the journey across Lopphavet. Skervoy is known as the first port of call of the Arctic ship farm after Firthiof Nansen’s 3-year long North Pole expedition in 1896. The route takes us south-west towards Tromso, where we arrive late in the evening. You have time to disembark in Tromso and even go on an excursion to a marvelous view of the Midnight Sun. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner served onboard. At night the ship docked at Tromso and Finnsnes. Overnight onboard. (B,L,D) |
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Breakfast Onboard. The ship departs at 8:30 am to spend the day in Vesteralen and Lofoten. As you sail out of Harstad, Trondenes church dating back to Viking times is on our port side. Then sail through the Loppsund sound before some precise maneuvering through the narrow and shallow Risoyrenna channel. The next port of call is Stokmarknes and make a quick detour to the famous Trollfjorden, only if time and weather permit.
The last stop for the day is Stamsund, a fishing station built into the rock, almost in defiance of nature. At night ship arrives in Bodo where you will disembark and go to your hotel. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner onboard the ship. (B,L,D)
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| Breakfast onboard. Then the journey from Ornes is both interesting and exciting. The ship passes through a narrow channel with lush agricultural land the coast. Mountains tower in the background and many of the peaks are steeped in local myths and legends. We cross the Arctic Circle again before arrival in Nesna and Sandnessjoen. We also cruise past the wild and beautiful Seven Sisters mountain formation before arriving at Bronnoysund in the afternoon. Lunch and Dinner onboard. The last port of call is Rorvik. Overnight onboard. (B,L,D) |
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| Breakfast onboard. Then visit Norway’s largest medieval church, the Nidaros Cathedral. Then the journey continues out through the beautiful Trondheim fjord, passing the islands Grip and Hitra with their large herds of deer. We then pass Smola before arriving in Kristiansund, famous for its dried cod. Today’s last port of call is Molde, which is also known as the City of Roses. Lunch and Dinner onboard. (B,L,D) |
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| Breakfast onboard. The final leg of the World’s most beautiful Sea Voyage is underway. Before disembarkation, you will see the holly trees on Svanoy, the mouth of the Sognefjord and finally the beautiful archipelago while approaching Bergen. Afternoon arrive in Bergen. Breakfast and Lunch onboard. After disembarkation, transfer to hotel in Bergen for check in. Overnight at hotel in Bergen. (B,L) |
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| Breakfast at hotel. Departure transfer to Airport for the flight back to home. (B) |
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