Seabourn Venture — 29-Night Arctic Cruise from Reykjavík

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29-Night Arctic Cruise from Reykjavík

29 nights · Arctic · 22 ports of call

29-night Arctic cruise aboard Seabourn Venture, departing Reykjavík and calling at Heimaey Island, Qaqortoq (Julianehaab), Hvalsey, Qassiarsuk, Exploring Southern Greenland and Nanortalik and 15 more.

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Ship: Seabourn Venture
Cruise line: Seabourn
Duration: 29 nights
Region: Arctic · Polar
Departs: Reykjavík
Returns: Reykjavík

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Where this voyage takes you

Voyage route — calls shown in order; map is schematic.

Day-by-day itinerary

Day
1
- Reykjavík
  Depart 17:00
  Iceland's northerly capital, the launch point for sailings around the island's volcanic coast. The Hallgrímskirkja church rises above its low-rise centre, with the Blue Lagoon, geysers and waterfalls of the Golden Circle reachable on day trips.
  - Hallgrímskirkja
  - Blue Lagoon
  - Golden Circle
Day
2
- Heimaey Island
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 11:00
  The largest of Iceland's Westman Islands off the south coast, a fishing town rebuilt after a 1973 eruption that buried part of it in lava and ash. Puffin colonies crowd the sea cliffs in summer, and the new volcano Eldfell rises above the harbour.
  - Eldfell volcano
  - Puffin cliffs
  - Eldheimar museum
- Heimaey Island
  Arrive 12:00 · Depart 19:00
  The largest of Iceland's Westman Islands off the south coast, a fishing town rebuilt after a 1973 eruption that buried part of it in lava and ash. Puffin colonies crowd the sea cliffs in summer, and the new volcano Eldfell rises above the harbour.
  - Eldfell volcano
  - Puffin cliffs
  - Eldheimar museum
Day
3
At sea
Day
4
At sea
Day
5
- Qaqortoq (Julianehaab)
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
  The largest town in southern Greenland, a cluster of colourful wooden houses around a sheltered harbour below rocky hills. Icebergs drift in the surrounding fjords, and the old colonial quarter, fountain square and nearby hot spring at Uunartoq draw visitors ashore.
  - Colourful harbour
  - Colonial square
  - Surrounding fjords
- Hvalsey
  Arrive 13:00 · Depart 18:00
  The best-preserved Norse ruins in Greenland, set on a fjord in the island's far south. The roofless stone church and farm buildings date from the medieval Eastern Settlement of the Vikings, standing amid green pastures grazed by sheep.
  - Norse church ruins
  - Viking farmstead
  - southern fjords
Day
6
- Qassiarsuk
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
- Exploring Southern Greenland
  Arrive 14:00 · Depart 19:00
Day
7
- Nanortalik
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
  A southern Greenland town on a small island, its name meaning 'place of bears'. Wooden houses in red and blue ring a sheltered harbour, set against jagged granite peaks, with icebergs drifting in from the nearby fjords and a fine local museum.
  - colourful harbour
  - granite peaks
  - drifting icebergs
- Tasermiut Fjord, Klostertal
  Arrive 13:30 · Depart 18:30
Day
8
- Exploring Southern Greenland
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
- Aappilattoq
  Arrive 13:00 · Depart 18:00
Day
9
- Prince Christian Sound
  Arrive 09:00 · Depart 15:00
  A narrow, glacier-fringed channel near the southern tip of Greenland, threaded by ships rather than visited ashore. Sheer rock walls, drifting icebergs and the tiny Inuit settlement of Aappilattoq make the passage one of the most dramatic scenic cruising routes in the region.
  - Drifting icebergs
  - Sheer rock walls
  - Aappilattoq village
Day
10
- Skjoldungen
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
Day
11
- Tasiilaq
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
- Exploring Southern Greenland
  Arrive 13:30 · Depart 18:30
Day
12
At sea
Day
13
- Patreksfjørdur
  Arrive 06:00 · Depart 17:00
Day
14
- Flatey Island
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 11:00
- Grundarfjørdur
  Arrive 13:30 · Depart 19:00
  A small fishing town on Iceland's Snæfellsnes peninsula, framed by the pyramid-shaped Kirkjufell mountain. The harbour looks out across a wide bay toward open Atlantic waters, with lava fields, waterfalls and the Snæfellsjökull glacier nearby.
  - Kirkjufell mountain
  - Snæfellsnes peninsula
  - Coastal waterfalls
Day
15
- Reykjavík
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
  Iceland's northerly capital, the launch point for sailings around the island's volcanic coast. The Hallgrímskirkja church rises above its low-rise centre, with the Blue Lagoon, geysers and waterfalls of the Golden Circle reachable on day trips.
  - Hallgrímskirkja
  - Blue Lagoon
  - Golden Circle
Day
16
- Grundarfjørdur
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
  A small fishing town on Iceland's Snæfellsnes peninsula, framed by the pyramid-shaped Kirkjufell mountain. The harbour looks out across a wide bay toward open Atlantic waters, with lava fields, waterfalls and the Snæfellsjökull glacier nearby.
  - Kirkjufell mountain
  - Snæfellsnes peninsula
  - Coastal waterfalls
Day
17
At sea
Day
18
- Ittoqqortoormiit (ex Scoresbysund)
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
  One of the world's most remote settlements, on the eastern coast of Greenland at the mouth of a vast fjord system. A tiny Inuit hunting community of brightly painted houses, it is an expedition-ship gateway to the icebergs, glaciers and wildlife of Scoresby Sund.
  - Scoresby Sund
  - Inuit village
  - Arctic icebergs
Day
19
- Ittoqqortoormiit (ex Scoresbysund)
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
  One of the world's most remote settlements, on the eastern coast of Greenland at the mouth of a vast fjord system. A tiny Inuit hunting community of brightly painted houses, it is an expedition-ship gateway to the icebergs, glaciers and wildlife of Scoresby Sund.
  - Scoresby Sund
  - Inuit village
  - Arctic icebergs
Day
20
- Ittoqqortoormiit (ex Scoresbysund)
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
  One of the world's most remote settlements, on the eastern coast of Greenland at the mouth of a vast fjord system. A tiny Inuit hunting community of brightly painted houses, it is an expedition-ship gateway to the icebergs, glaciers and wildlife of Scoresby Sund.
  - Scoresby Sund
  - Inuit village
  - Arctic icebergs
Day
21
At sea
Day
22
- Umivik Bay
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
Day
23
- Prince Christian Sound
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 13:00
  A narrow, glacier-fringed channel near the southern tip of Greenland, threaded by ships rather than visited ashore. Sheer rock walls, drifting icebergs and the tiny Inuit settlement of Aappilattoq make the passage one of the most dramatic scenic cruising routes in the region.
  - Drifting icebergs
  - Sheer rock walls
  - Aappilattoq village
- Kangikitsok
  Arrive 16:00 · Depart 20:00
Day
24
- Qaqortoq (Julianehaab)
  Arrive 08:00 · Depart 14:00
  The largest town in southern Greenland, a cluster of colourful wooden houses around a sheltered harbour below rocky hills. Icebergs drift in the surrounding fjords, and the old colonial quarter, fountain square and nearby hot spring at Uunartoq draw visitors ashore.
  - Colourful harbour
  - Colonial square
  - Surrounding fjords
- Hvalsey
  Arrive 15:00 · Depart 20:00
  The best-preserved Norse ruins in Greenland, set on a fjord in the island's far south. The roofless stone church and farm buildings date from the medieval Eastern Settlement of the Vikings, standing amid green pastures grazed by sheep.
  - Norse church ruins
  - Viking farmstead
  - southern fjords
Day
25
- Qassiarsuk
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
Day
26
- Nuuk (Godthaab)
  Arrive 12:00 · Depart 23:00
  The capital of Greenland, a small colourful town on the southwest coast at the mouth of a long fjord system. Nuuk is known for its harbour-side old quarter, the National Museum's Inuit collections, and the dramatic Sermitsiaq mountain across the water.
  - Sermitsiaq mountain
  - Greenland National Museum
  - Colonial harbour
Day
27
- Evighedsfjorden
  Arrive 12:00 · Depart 18:00
  A long fjord on the west coast of Greenland, whose Danish name means 'fjord of eternity'. Walled by steep mountains and fed by glaciers, it cuts deep inland from the town of Maniitsoq, a scene of calving ice and tumbling waterfalls.
  - glacier walls
  - calving ice
  - Maniitsoq gateway
Day
28
- Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg)
  Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
  A town on Greenland's west coast just above the Arctic Circle, the country's second largest settlement. Coloured houses rise over a working harbour amid rugged hills, with dog-sledding, fishing and the Sisimiut Museum part of its Arctic life.
  - Coloured harbour
  - Sisimiut Museum
  - Arctic dog-sledding
Day
29
- Kangerlussuaq Havn
  Arrive 07:00
  A small settlement at the head of a long fjord in western Greenland, beside a former U.S. air base. It serves as the inland gateway to the Greenland ice sheet, with tundra valleys, musk oxen and clear sub-Arctic skies known for the northern lights.
  - Greenland ice sheet
  - Musk oxen
  - Northern lights
- Reykjavík
  Iceland's northerly capital, the launch point for sailings around the island's volcanic coast. The Hallgrímskirkja church rises above its low-rise centre, with the Blue Lagoon, geysers and waterfalls of the Golden Circle reachable on day trips.
  - Hallgrímskirkja
  - Blue Lagoon
  - Golden Circle
Day
30
- Reykjavík
  Iceland's northerly capital, the launch point for sailings around the island's volcanic coast. The Hallgrímskirkja church rises above its low-rise centre, with the Blue Lagoon, geysers and waterfalls of the Golden Circle reachable on day trips.
  - Hallgrímskirkja
  - Blue Lagoon
  - Golden Circle

Upcoming departures

3 Jul 2027

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29-Night Arctic Cruise from Reykjavík FAQ

Which ports does this cruise visit?

This 29-night Arctic cruise calls at Reykjavík, Heimaey Island, Qaqortoq (Julianehaab), Hvalsey, Qassiarsuk, Exploring Southern Greenland, Nanortalik, Tasermiut Fjord, Klostertal, Aappilattoq, Prince Christian Sound, Skjoldungen, Tasiilaq, Patreksfjørdur, Flatey Island, Grundarfjørdur, Ittoqqortoormiit (ex Scoresbysund), Umivik Bay, Kangikitsok, Nuuk (Godthaab), Evighedsfjorden, Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg) and Kangerlussuaq Havn.

How many days are spent at sea?

5 days are spent at sea; the rest are in port.

Where does this cruise depart from?

It is a round-trip sailing from Reykjavík.

How long is this cruise?

29 nights aboard Seabourn Venture.

When does this itinerary sail?

Upcoming departures include 3 Jul 2027. A NestCruise advisor can confirm current availability.

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