Cruise itinerary
47-Night Arctic Cruise from Reykjavík
47 nights · Arctic · 31 ports of call
47-night Arctic cruise aboard Seabourn Venture, departing Reykjavík and calling at Heimaey Island, Qaqortoq (Julianehaab), Hvalsey, Qassiarsuk, Exploring Southern Greenland and Nanortalik and 24 more.
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At a glance
- Ship
- Seabourn Venture
- Cruise line
- Seabourn
- Duration
- 47 nights
- Region
- Arctic · Polar
- Departs
- Reykjavík
- Returns
- Reykjavík
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Where this voyage takes you
Day-by-day itinerary
- Day1
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
- Day2
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
- Day3At sea
- Day4At sea
- Day5
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
- Day6
Qassiarsuk
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
Exploring Southern Greenland
Arrive 14:00 · Depart 19:00
- Day7
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
- Day8
Exploring Southern Greenland
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
Aappilattoq
Arrive 13:00 · Depart 18:00
- Day9
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
- Day10
Skjoldungen
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
- Day11
Tasiilaq
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
Exploring Southern Greenland
Arrive 13:30 · Depart 18:30
- Day12At sea
- Day13
Patreksfjørdur
Arrive 06:00 · Depart 17:00
- Day14
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
- Day15
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
- Day16
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
- Day17At sea
- Day18
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
- Day19
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
- Day20
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
- Day21At sea
- Day22
Umivik Bay
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
- Day23
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
- Day24
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
- Day25
Qassiarsuk
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
- Day26
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
- Day27
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
- Day28
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
- Day29
Kangerlussuaq Havn
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 20:00
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
- Day30At sea
- Day31
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
- Day32
Northeast Greenland
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
A vast, ice-bound stretch of Greenland's Arctic coast, much of it within the world's largest national park. It is a scenic-cruising wilderness of fjords, glaciers and tundra, home to musk oxen, polar bears and walrus far from any settlement.
- National park
- Glaciated fjords
- Musk oxen
- Day33At sea
- Day34
Pond Inlet, Nunavut
Arrive 06:00 · Depart 10:00
An Inuit hamlet on the north coast of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic, set on the strait that leads to Bylot Island. Surrounded by mountains and sea ice, it is a centre of Inuit hunting culture and a gateway to Sirmilik National Park and its narwhal-rich waters.
- Sirmilik National Park
- Bylot Island
- Inuit culture
Erik Harbour
Arrive 14:00 · Depart 18:00
- Day35
Exploring the Northwest Passage
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 18:00
The fabled sea route through the Canadian Arctic archipelago, linking the Atlantic and Pacific across the top of North America. Sailings here move among ice-choked channels and remote Inuit communities, with chances to see polar bears, walrus and the tundra coast.
- Arctic wildlife
- Inuit communities
- Sea ice
- Day36
Exploring the Northwest Passage
Arrive 12:30 · Depart 16:30
The fabled sea route through the Canadian Arctic archipelago, linking the Atlantic and Pacific across the top of North America. Sailings here move among ice-choked channels and remote Inuit communities, with chances to see polar bears, walrus and the tundra coast.
- Arctic wildlife
- Inuit communities
- Sea ice
- Day37
Exploring the Northwest Passage
Arrive 12:00 · Depart 18:00
The fabled sea route through the Canadian Arctic archipelago, linking the Atlantic and Pacific across the top of North America. Sailings here move among ice-choked channels and remote Inuit communities, with chances to see polar bears, walrus and the tundra coast.
- Arctic wildlife
- Inuit communities
- Sea ice
- Day38
Exploring the Northwest Passage
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
The fabled sea route through the Canadian Arctic archipelago, linking the Atlantic and Pacific across the top of North America. Sailings here move among ice-choked channels and remote Inuit communities, with chances to see polar bears, walrus and the tundra coast.
- Arctic wildlife
- Inuit communities
- Sea ice
- Day39
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
- Day40
Exploring the Northwest Passage
Arrive 12:00 · Depart 17:00
The fabled sea route through the Canadian Arctic archipelago, linking the Atlantic and Pacific across the top of North America. Sailings here move among ice-choked channels and remote Inuit communities, with chances to see polar bears, walrus and the tundra coast.
- Arctic wildlife
- Inuit communities
- Sea ice
- Day41
Exploring the Northwest Passage
Arrive 09:00 · Depart 18:00
The fabled sea route through the Canadian Arctic archipelago, linking the Atlantic and Pacific across the top of North America. Sailings here move among ice-choked channels and remote Inuit communities, with chances to see polar bears, walrus and the tundra coast.
- Arctic wildlife
- Inuit communities
- Sea ice
- Day42
Queen Harbour, Philpots Island, Nunavut
Arrive 12:00 · Depart 16:00
- Day43
Dymond Islands
Arrive 09:00 · Depart 13:00
- Day44
Baffin Island, Nunavut
Arrive 09:00 · Depart 12:00
- Day45At sea
- Day46
Nuuk (Godthaab)
Arrive 05:00 · Depart 14:00
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
- Day47
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
- Day48
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
Upcoming sailings of this itinerary — a NestCruise advisor confirms current availability and your fare.
47-Night Arctic Cruise from Reykjavík FAQ
Which ports does this cruise visit?
This 47-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), Kangerlussuaq Havn, Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), Northeast Greenland, Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Erik Harbour, Exploring the Northwest Passage, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Queen Harbour, Philpots Island, Nunavut, Dymond Islands and Baffin Island, Nunavut.
How many days are spent at sea?
8 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?
47 nights aboard Seabourn Venture.
When does this itinerary sail?
Upcoming departures include 3 Jul 2027. A NestCruise advisor can confirm current availability.