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The North Cape – Hurtigruten land excursion

North Cape Plateau by Pixabay

Enjoy the magnificent sub-Arctic landscape as you cross the 71st parallel on this journey towards the North Cape, the northernmost point on the continent.

This is an optional land excursion which you can add to your Hurtigruten cruise booked through Fjord Travel Norway. The land excursion will appear during the cruise booking process, with prices and details.


Reindeer in Arctic Norway by Simen G Fangel, Hurtigruten

Reindeer

In summer, you might come across herds of grazing reindeer and a small camp belonging to the Sami people, indigenous to this part of the world. In winter, the endless white plains and snow-capped mountains are highlighted by the dramatic weather and that special arctic light. The last part before reaching the cape, the bus must follow the snow plough.
The North Cape plateau itself rises 307 m almost vertically from the ice cold Arctic Ocean. Enjoy the spectacular view, but don’t forget to get some photographic evidence of this amazing place. After all, you can’t get any further north in mainland Europe!

The tour includes a visit to the North Cape Hall, a modern centre where you can see an impressive 180 degree panoramic film about Finnmark and the North Cape, buy souvenirs, send postcards and relax whilst enjoying a bite to eat.

Visit North Cape in winter by Orjan Bertelsen, Hurtigruten

Visit the famous North Cape in winter

Practical information:

Duration: 3 hours
Transportation: Bus
Clothes/footwear: Comfortable shoes, warm and windproof clothing
Available: All year
Land excursion #6A

Hurtigruten arriving to Honningsvag by Christian Roth Christensen, Visit Norway

Hurtigruten in Honningsvag

Available on the following Hurtigruten cruise packages:

Northern Lights Adventure Cruise, 7 nights (included in the tour)
Northern Lights Cruise & Snow Hotel, 6 nights (included in the tour)
Cruise into the realm of the Northern Lights, 8 nights (included in the tour)
Arctic Coast, North Cape & Tromso, 5 nights (included in the tour)
The Exclusive Grand Tour of Norway, 11 nights (included in the tour)
Norwegian Coast, North Cape, Fjords & Flam Railway, 9 nights (included in the tour)



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  • Thank you for assisting us with our trip to Norway. We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Kirkenes and the Snow Hotel. The arrangements you made for us were perfect. The lodging was comfortable and the excursions were fun. Tom and I rarely use the services of a travel company when we travel; you enriched our trip and made the planning easy.

    Alison, United States

  • On behalf of the group I would like to thank you and your colleagues for organizing our wonderful tour of Norway. Everything went very well including the weather, which was spectacular. We enjoyed all the hotels, the central locations you chose and the amenities, especially the lavish breakfasts. Three extra days in Oslo allowed us to tour the city at our leisure and to enjoy more of the important sights including the newly opened National Museum. The Norway in a Nutshell tour was amazing and made much easier by using your recommended porterage service between hotels in Oslo and Bergen. Both the train journeys and the boat trip were spectacular, and combined with a night in the beautiful Kviknes Hotel made for an unforgettable two days. We were very impressed by the Hurtigruten cruise, particularly the way they combined a working ship with a cruise ship, the comfortable accommodations, the food and service. It was fascinating to visit all the various ports, islands and fjords and the two included tours were excellent and informative. In the end we were glad to have the extra night in Kirkenes, to visit their lovely museum and take a trip to the Russian border. It was a good way to end the tour. Again, thank for staying with us through 2 years of pandemic postponements and changes. We certainly will recommend Fjord Travel in the future.

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