Ultimate Viking Discovery: Iceland to Greenland Cruise

Day 1 - Reykjavik, Iceland

Arrive: Tue 18 August 2026 / Depart: Tue 18 August 2026

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 - Grundarfjordur, Iceland

Arrive: Wed 19 August 2026 / Depart: Wed 19 August 2026

Day 3 - Dynjandi Waterfall

Day 4 - At sea

Day 5 - Fridtjof Nansen Halvø

Day 6 - Skjoldungen Fjords

Day 7 - Prince Christian Sound

Arrive: Mon 24 August 2026 / Depart: Mon 24 August 2026

The Prince Christian Sound is a waterway in Southern Greenland. It separates the mainland from Sammisoq and other islands of the Cape Farewell Archipelago near the southernmost tip of Greenland. The name was given in honour of the prince, later king Christian VIII of Denmark.

Day 8 - Narsaq

Arrive: Tue 25 August 2026 / Depart: Tue 25 August 2026

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 9 - Nuuk Godthaab

Arrive: Wed 26 August 2026 / Depart: Wed 26 August 2026

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: Thu 27 August 2026 / Depart: Thu 27 August 2026

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 - Ilulissat, Greenland

Arrive: Fri 28 August 2026 / Depart: Fri 28 August 2026

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 - Kangerlussuaq

Arrive: Sat 29 August 2026

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 13 - Kangerlussuaq

Depart: Sun 30 August 2026

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 14 - At sea

Day 15 - Ilulissat, Greenland

Arrive: Tue 01 September 2026 / Depart: Tue 01 September 2026

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 16 - At sea

Day 17 - Sisimiut, Greenland

Arrive: Thu 03 September 2026 / Depart: Thu 03 September 2026

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 18 - Evighedsfjorden

Arrive: Fri 04 September 2026 / Depart: Fri 04 September 2026

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 19 - At sea

Day 20 - At sea

Day 21 - L'Anse aux Meadows, Kanada

Arrive: Mon 07 September 2026 / Depart: Mon 07 September 2026

L'Anse aux Meadows is an archaeological site on the northernmost tip of the Great Northern Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Archaeological evidence of a Norse presence was discovered at L'Anse aux Meadows in the 1960s.

Day 22 - Woody Point in Neufundland

Arrive: Tue 08 September 2026 / Depart: Tue 08 September 2026

Day 23 - Louisbourg, Kanada

Arrive: Wed 09 September 2026 / Depart: Wed 09 September 2026

Louisbourg is an unincorporated community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.

Day 24 - Halifax

Arrive: Thu 10 September 2026 / Depart: Thu 10 September 2026

Halifax, an Atlantic Ocean port in eastern Canada, is the provincial capital of Nova Scotia. A major business centre, it’s also known for its maritime history. The city’s dominated by the hilltop Citadel, a star-shaped fort completed in the 1850s. Waterfront warehouses known as the Historic Properties recall Halifax’s days as a trading hub for privateers, notably during the War of 1812.

Day 25 - Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Arrive: Fri 11 September 2026 / Depart: Fri 11 September 2026

Lunenburg is a port town on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1753, the town was one of the first British attempts to settle Protestants in Nova Scotia. The economy was traditionally based on the offshore fishery and today Lunenburg is the site of Canada's largest secondary fish-processing plant.

Day 26 - Portland, Maine, USA

Arrive: Sat 12 September 2026 / Depart: Sat 12 September 2026

Day 27 - Boston, USA

Arrive: Sun 13 September 2026 / Depart: Sun 13 September 2026

Boston is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States and 21st most populous city in the United States. The city proper covers 48.4 square miles with an estimated population of 692,600 in 2019, also making it the most populous city in New England.