Greenland Explorer: Reykjavik - Copenhagen Cruise

Day 1 - Reykjavik, Iceland

Arrive: Fri 23 August 2024 / Depart: Fri 23 August 2024

Reykjavik, on the coast of Iceland, is the country's capital and largest city. It's home to the National and Saga museums, tracing Iceland’s Viking history. The striking concrete Hallgrimskirkja church and rotating Perlan glass dome offer sweeping views of the sea and nearby hills. Exemplifying the island’s volcanic activity is the geothermal Blue Lagoon spa, near the village of Grindavik.

Day 2 - Dynjandi Waterfall

Day 3 - At sea

Day 4 - Fridtjof Nansen Halvø

Day 5 - Skjoldungen Fjords

Day 6 - Cruising Prins Christianssund

Day 7 - Narsaq

Arrive: Thu 29 August 2024 / Depart: Thu 29 August 2024

Narsaq is a town in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The name Narsaq is Kalaallisut for "Plain", referring to the shore of Tunulliarfik Fjord where the town is located.

Day 8 - Greenland

Arrive: Fri 30 August 2024

Day 9 - Greenland

Depart: Sat 31 August 2024

Nuuk, Greenland's capital, is a small city on the country's southwest coast. Its large fjord system is known for waterfalls, humpback whales and icebergs. The waterfront is dotted with brightly colored houses against the backdrop of Sermitsiaq mountain. Greenland National Museum has mummies and Inuit skin boats, while the Nuuk Art Museum displays local works. The Katuaq cultural center offers films, concerts and art.

Day 10 - Evighedsfjorden

Arrive: Sun 01 September 2024 / Depart: Sun 01 September 2024

On one side of the meandering Evighed Fjord is an ice cap that often crashes massive chunks of ice into the water. Around us are the highest mountains.

Day 11 - Ililussat, Greenland

Arrive: Mon 02 September 2024 / Depart: Mon 02 September 2024

Ilulissat is a coastal town in western Greenland. It's known for the Ilulissat Icefjord and for huge icebergs Disko Bay, shed by the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier. Trails run to the Sermermiut settlement for dramatic views over the ice. The Ilulissat Museum traces the area’s history and the life of local-born explorer Knud Rasmussen. The area is home to thousands of Greenland dogs, used for dogsledding.

Day 12 - Upernavik

Arrive: Tue 03 September 2024 / Depart: Tue 03 September 2024

Day 13 - Disko Bay

Arrive: Wed 04 September 2024 / Depart: Wed 04 September 2024

Disko Bay is a large bay on the western coast of Greenland. The bay constitutes a wide southeastern inlet of Baffin Bay.

Day 14 - Sisimiut Holsteinsborg

Arrive: Thu 05 September 2024 / Depart: Thu 05 September 2024

Sisimiut, formerly known by its colonial name Holsteinsborg, is the capital and largest city of the Qeqqata municipality, the second-largest city in Greenland, and the largest arctic city in North America. It is located in central-western Greenland, on the coast of Davis Strait, approximately 320 km north of Nuuk.

Day 15 - Kangerlussuaq

Arrive: Fri 06 September 2024 / Depart: Fri 06 September 2024

Kangerlussuaq is a small town in western Greenland. It's at the eastern end of a deep fjord. The town is known for its airport, which is Greenland’s major international transport hub. The airport’s Kangerlussuaq Museum illustrates the town’s past as a U.S. airbase during WWII. A road runs northeast from town to the vast Greenland Ice Sheet. Here, Russell Glacier is a vantage point for ice-calving events.

Day 15 - Copenhagen, Denmark

Arrive: Fri 06 September 2024 / Depart: Fri 06 September 2024

Copenhagen, Denmark’s capital, sits on the coastal islands of Zealand and Amager. It’s linked to Malmo in southern Sweden by the Öresund Bridge. Indre By, the city's historic center, contains Frederiksstaden, an 18th-century rococo district, home to the royal family’s Amalienborg Palace. Nearby is Christiansborg Palace and the Renaissance-era Rosenborg Castle, surrounded by gardens and home to the crown jewels.