HIGHLIGHTS
- Outings
and shore visits in Zodiac® inflatables with a team of
experienced naturalist guides.
- Hiking
opportunity.
- Visit
traditional villages and encounter the Inuit people.
- Disko
Bay, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, to see the Northern
Hemisphere’s largest icebergs.
- Landscapes:
ice floes, jagged mountains, icebergs, ice caps, steep-sided valleys,
sheer cliffs, huge glaciers.
- Wildlife:
polar bears, Arctic terns, walruses, whales, musk oxen.
DATES / RATES
Rates are listed per person in USD
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| Start Date | End Date | Superior Stateroom | Deluxe Stateroom | Prestige Deck 4 | Prestige Deck 5 | Prestige Deck 6 | Deluxe Suite | Prestige Deck 5 Suite | Prestige Deck 6 Suite | Owner's Suite |
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Mandatory Transfer Package Details:Embarkation
day
Paris/Kangerlussuaq
Flight
Paris/Kangerlussuaq selected by PONANT.
We highly recommend you arrive in Paris the day
before this flight.
We suggest you to be at the check-in counter 2
hours before departure.
Approximate
flight duration: 5 h 00
Meet and greet at Kangerlussuaq airport.
Transfer
to the pier for embarkation.
- Cruise aboard your cruise ship -
Disembarkation
day
Kangerlussuaq/Paris
Disembarkation
and transfer to Kangerlussuaq airport.
Flight
Kangerlussuaq/Paris selected by PONANT.
Approximate
flight duration: 5 h 00.
We highly recommend you plan a departure from Paris
the day after this flight.
This
programme includes:
- Flights Paris/Kangerlussuaq/Paris in
economy class.
- Transfers airport/pier and pier/airport.
This
programme does not include:
- Personal expenses.
- Any other service not mentioned in the
programme.
Note:
- Flights included in the
programme are, as of today, operated in economy class, on a European
airline.
- Detailed programme
including flight schedule will be provided with your “travel
document”.
- For passengers in
transit in Paris: we recommend you stay one night in Paris before and
after these flights to ensure your connecting flights.
- Package subject to
availability.
- This programme is
subject to change without prior notice.
Rates are listed per person in USD
|
| Start Date | End Date | (Starting from)
Superior Stateroom | (Mid-range)
Prestige Deck 6 | (High-end)
Owner's Suite |
|---|
Mandatory Transfer Package Details:Embarkation
day
Paris/Kangerlussuaq
Flight
Paris/Kangerlussuaq selected by PONANT.
We highly recommend you arrive in Paris the day
before this flight.
We suggest you to be at the check-in counter 2
hours before departure.
Approximate
flight duration: 5 h 00
Meet and greet at Kangerlussuaq airport.
Transfer
to the pier for embarkation.
- Cruise aboard your cruise ship -
Disembarkation
day
Kangerlussuaq/Paris
Disembarkation
and transfer to Kangerlussuaq airport.
Flight
Kangerlussuaq/Paris selected by PONANT.
Approximate
flight duration: 5 h 00.
We highly recommend you plan a departure from Paris
the day after this flight.
This
programme includes:
- Flights Paris/Kangerlussuaq/Paris in
economy class.
- Transfers airport/pier and pier/airport.
This
programme does not include:
- Personal expenses.
- Any other service not mentioned in the
programme.
Note:
- Flights included in the
programme are, as of today, operated in economy class, on a European
airline.
- Detailed programme
including flight schedule will be provided with your “travel
document”.
- For passengers in
transit in Paris: we recommend you stay one night in Paris before and
after these flights to ensure your connecting flights.
- Package subject to
availability.
- This programme is
subject to change without prior notice.
ITINERARY
Day
1: KANGERLUSSUAQ
From
1941 to 1992, the town of Kangerlussuaq in Greenland was home to an
American military base. Nowadays, thanks to its international airport,
it has become a transit point for travellers seeking adventure in the
Far North. Located to the north of the Arctic Circle, this town is the
starting point of magnificent discoveries surrounded by unspoiled
nature. Indeed, just a few dozen kilometres from there it is possible
to get close to the Greenland ice sheet, the largest body of ice in the
Northern Hemisphere. From Kangerlussuaq, admire also the superb
landscapes of tundra in autumnal colours, where Arctic hares, musk
oxen, Arctic foxes, reindeer, falcons and eagles live.
Day
2: Sisimiut
During
your cruise, we invite you to discover Sisimiut, founded in 1756 and
the second largest town in Greenland. This small town is typical of
Greenland, boasting bewitching panoramas: here and there, colourful
stilt houses dot the undulating landscape, and the small fishing port
stands as the gateway to an icy realm. As for the town centre, it is
home to a number of historic buildings, a small church and a museum
which retraces the history of the Inuit people, as well as many craft
shops. When your ship drops anchor here, you will set out to meet the
locals in a typically arctic atmosphere.
Day
3: Paul-Émile Victor Base Camp, Eqi Glacier
"The
most beautiful place in the Arctic" is how Paul-Émile Victor
described Greenland, a land of great icebergs and of towering ice
formations calved by the giant glaciers of the polar ice cap. The Eqi
Glacier is one of the region’s most impressive sights. Here,
the silence is broken only by the roaring and cracking of the ice. It
is impossible to know if one is shivering from cold or from the sheer
thrill of being here... Imagine the vast outline of a glacier, its
translucent crystals glowing with an ice-blue fire in the sunlight.
Paul-Émile Victor’s shelter cannot be overlooked;
it was from here that the French Polar Expeditions’
anthropological and geographic explorations set off in the 1950s.
Disko
Bay
To
the east of Baffin Bay, discover Disko Bay, scattered with countless
icebergs produced by the Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage
Site. From your ship, admire the majestic ballet of these ice giants as
they slowly drift across the dark waters. This site is a natural marvel
of Greenland, and is also renowned as an observation point for the
region’s many humpback whales. The encounters with wild fauna
and stunning landscapes in the heart of this spectacular and fragile
nature will be pure moments of wonder for you.
Day
5: Karrat Fjord
During
your cruise along the Greenland coast, we invite you to discover the
Karrat Fjord. Located in the north of the famous Uummannaq Bay, it
stretches out towards the ice sheet. As you sail in this exceptional
setting, take the time to admire the beautiful icebergs that surround
you, as well as the sheer cliffs that tower along the fjord.
Day
6: Kullorsuaq
Well
beyond the Arctic Circle, in the majestic landscapes of
Greenland’s Northwest, you will find the village of
Kullorsuaq, the last bastion of Greenland’s traditional
hunters. Here is where you will find Greenland’s true
character… Vast mineral expanses, sumptuous mountains,
impressive glaciers and, above all, the local population which still
lives off fishing and seal or bear hunting. Hospitality and respect for
nature are essential elements in the daily lives of these men, who live
an austere life. When we drop anchor in this remote part of the world,
set off to discover these friendly people who are also talented
craftsmen, deftly sewing the furs and skins of marine mammals. This
will be a unique and authentic experience.
Day
7: Savissivik
Some
places in this world are so magical that their beauty cannot be
described in words… Savissivik, a small Inuit village with
less than a hundred inhabitants, is one such place. Rightly considered
to be the biggest iceberg graveyard in Greenland, it is a stunning
sight to behold. During your Zodiac® outing, you will sail
between these icy giants. Once on land, you can hike to a viewpoint
from which to enjoy breathtaking views over these icebergs, which come
in an incredibly diverse range of shapes and colours. Photographers
will love it. Savissivik Bay attracts many bears and is also known for
having been the home of one of the world’s biggest
meteorites, but the latter has now been moved to a museum in New York.
Day
8: Dundas Harbour, Nunavut
On
the southern coast of Devon Island, Dundas Harbour, a Royal Canadian
Mounted Police post in the early 20th century, keeps watch over the
entrance to the Northwest Passage. This site has been frequented for
centuries by the Inuit, who call it Talluruti - or
“woman’s chin with tattoos on it” in
Inuktitut - in reference to the lines of the landscape which are
reminiscent of their traditional tattoos. Its hills, covered in taiga
reflecting greens, browns and golds, are edged by the deep navy waters
of a bay dotted with white and turquoise ice floe glistening in the
sunlight.
Day
9: Pond Inlet, Nunavut
On
Baffin Island, located in northern Canada at the mouth of the famous
NorthWest Passage, there is a small Inuit settlement at the very bounds
of infinity. To get there, cross the Arctic Circle, the imaginary line
that separates man from lands of mystery and wonder. It’s not
so much the way of life that sets Pond Inlet’s inhabitants
apart, so much as the setting. Snow-capped mountains, fjords and
glaciers combine in a dazzling natural environment that fills space and
expands time. Some discoveries change you forever: this is one of them.
Day
10: Sam Ford Fjord, Nunavut
All
around you is a raw landscape of spectacular beauty. Nothing seems to
want to disturb the silence. You are in the Sam Ford Fjord, on the east
coast of Baffin Island. Located only a few kilometres away from the
Inuit community of Clyde River, this fjord has the kind of
world’s end appearance that only the Arctic lands can offer.
From your ship, allow yourself to be dazzled by the series of
vertiginous cliffs plunging into the waters of the fjord. These
impressively high walls of rock, known worldwide to climbing
enthusiasts, are reflected in the waters of the fjord, as though to
completely shift perspectives and blur the lines between land and sea.
Day
11: Isabella Bay, Ninginganiq Wildlife Area
Welcome
to the kingdom of the cetaceans! Here, those who love the giants of the
Arctic won’t know where to look. Isabella Bay is in fact part
of the Ninginganiq National Wildlife Area, one of the finest places to
observe bowhead whales. From your ship, watch the sumptuous ballet
performed by these impressive mammals. With undersea faults over 300
metres deep, Isabella Bay, located on the north-east coast of Baffin
Island, attracts cetaceans which come here to feed. In addition to the
bowhead whales, the uncontested stars of these parts, the Ninginganiq
Wildlife Area is also home to ringed seals, narwhals, polar bears, king
eiders, little auks and northern fulmars.
Day
12: Kivitoo, Nunavut
Located
on the east coast of Baffin Island, in Nunavut, Kivitoo is a
simultaneously calm and unsettling place that you will explore with
your naturalist-guides. This former Inuit camp lying in the heart of a
heathland landscape was abandoned in 1923. Here you will pass before a
broken-down cabin surrounded by metal tanks that stored whale oil at
the time when cetacean hunting was in full swing. You will see walrus
skulls and the graves of Inuits, revealing their past presence. Kivitoo
had its days of technological glory in the 1950s, with the installation
of an American radar station on top of the mountain overlooking the
area.
Day
13: Itilleq
Itilleq
is a tiny island lying within the Arctic Circle, 45 km south of
Sisimiut. Home to barely 100 people, they mainly earn a living from
fishing and hunting in their typical Greenlandic village, whose bright
colours evoke those of their traditional clothing. During your visit,
you will maybe have the pleasure of playing a game of football with
them, enjoying a “kaffemik” (a coffee break) or a
moment of contemplation when the gentle light of the midnight sun
dapples the horizon.
Day
14: KANGERLUSSUAQ
From
1941 to 1992, the town of Kangerlussuaq in Greenland was home to an
American military base. Nowadays, thanks to its international airport,
it has become a transit point for travellers seeking adventure in the
Far North. Located to the north of the Arctic Circle, this town is the
starting point of magnificent discoveries surrounded by unspoiled
nature. Indeed, just a few dozen kilometres from there it is possible
to get close to the Greenland ice sheet, the largest body of ice in the
Northern Hemisphere. From Kangerlussuaq, admire also the superb
landscapes of tundra in autumnal colours, where Arctic hares, musk
oxen, Arctic foxes, reindeer, falcons and eagles live.
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WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Gratuities
are included
- Free
Expedition Jacket to Keep and boots are available for rent
- Bottled
Water, Bar Drinks, Beer, House Wines and Soft Drinks are included with
lunch and dinner
- Complimentary
onboard WiFi (beginning in 2019)
- Complimentary
Traveler's Valet laundry servicce (beginning in 2019)
