15 Day Tour
Visit the spectacular Scoresby Sund, rich in Arctic wildlife from musk oxen to little auks. Possible northern lights sightings when you travel toward the end of the year. Whales, including the possibility of narwhals. Visit ancient Inuit sites.
Includes international flights from a choice of UK airports, including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
DAY 1: Longyearbyen
Today you begin your journey by boarding your international outbound flight to Longyearbyen. Arrive in Longyearbyen and make your way to your hotel.
Stay At: Basecamp Hotel
DAY 2: On-board ship (Longyearbyen)
After a morning to explore Longyearbyen and the excellent museum you will board the ship and set sail along the fjord.
DAY 3: On-board ship (Longyearbyen)
Spend a day exploring the coast of Spitsbergen.
DAY 4: On-board ship (Longyearbyen)
A day at sea.
DAY 5: On-board ship (Polar Cruise)
A day at sea.
DAY 6: On-board ship (Longyearbyen)
Reach the coast of Greenland and make your first landing.
DAY 7: On-board ship (Longyearbyen)
Landings in Greenland will vary from cultural visits to sites of historical and geological significance.
DAY 8: On-board ship (Longyearbyen)
Each day will be different with wildlife sightings always a possibility. In Antarcticahavn, a wide valley, it’s possible to see musk oxen.
DAY 9: On-board ship (Longyearbyen)
Today you may sail down Scoresby Sund, the world’s longest fjord, passing the serrated glaciers of the Volquart Boons coastline. If weather conditions allow, you may go out in the Zodiacs to cruise alongside some of the glacier snouts. In the afternoon, you may explore an excellently preserved former Inuit settlement, before heading back into iceberg-choked fjords.
DAY 10: On-board ship (Longyearbyen)
Today may see you sailing past Cape Hofmann Halvø. Its shores are full of Arctic vegetation such as dwarf willow, dwarf birch and Arctic blueberry bushes. Keep an eye out for musk oxen. Birdlife includes ptarmigans and great northern divers.
DAY 11: On-board ship (Longyearbyen)
Scoresby Land’s northwest fjord is one of the shallowest points in the entire fjord, in places only 400 m (1,312 ft) deep. Today, while exploring this area, you might see huge 100 m (328 ft) high icebergs, some of which are grounded on the bottom of the fjord. Later on, in Sydkap, you might visit the remains of dwellings made using whale vertebrae, and thought to belong to Greenland’s Thule culture (from whom modern Inuits are descended).
DAY 12: On-board ship (Longyearbyen)
Today, you may go ashore at Ittoqqortoormiit, a settlement of 500 people in the Scoresby Sund. You may visit one of the world’s most remote post offices and in the streets, you’ll see vignettes of daily life: dog sleds and the drying skins of seals and musk oxen.
DAY 13: On-board ship (Longyearbyen)
Sailing across the open sea to northern Iceland.
DAY 14: Reykjavík
Landing in northern Iceland and transfer to Reykjavík.
DAY 15: International return flight
Make your way to the airport for your onward flight. Your return flight will arrive the same day.
15 days from £9295 pp
The price reflects the suggested accommodation in this itinerary. This will depend on when you travel and is subject to change. All of our Wildlife holidays are completely tailor-made to your requirements. We are happy to make recommendation to meet the quality and experience you are looking for, within your given budget.
