All aboard the Northern Lights Express!
A voyage to the top of Norway designed to give guests onboard the best chance to experience the famed Northern Lights forms part of a new fly, stay and cruise package in February, 2024, released by Australian small ship specialist, Cruise Traveller, with extensive savings for couples and solos for bookings made by March 31, 2023.
Exclusive to Australians, Cruise Traveller’s special 17-night ‘Northern Lights Express’ package is being offered in conjunction with boutique British cruise line, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, whose smaller and more intimate ships showcase traditional seafaring heritage and the calming pleasures of classic cruising. Cruise Traveller is the exclusive Australian representative for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines.
Offering a unique way to spend Valentines’ Day, the winter Norway holiday begins on February 10, 2024, with an included flight from Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide or Perth to London. Three nights in the UK capital are included along with a free, full-day sightseeing tour of London. Guests then board Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ stylish, 1325-guest ship, Balmoral, for a 14-night voyage to the top of Norway and back.
Able to access smaller ports bigger ships cannot reach, the charming and spacious Balmoral, with its panoramic restaurants and lounges, sleek, open promenades and two pools, will take adventure-seeking guests to the winter wonderland of Norway with its romantic, snow-iced villages, rugged peaks, spectacular fjords, iced waterfalls, wild rivers, exotic wildlife and brooding pine forests. Venturing beyond the Arctic Circle all the way to North Cape at the top of Europe, the voyage visits the less-frequented towns of Narvik, Bodo, Tromso, Alesund, Stavanager and Alta with a chance to meet the local Sami people, ride a husky-drawn sled and see the breathtaking Northern Lights dance in the dark skies above the Arctic wilderness.
After returning to London, guests fly home to Australia.
Snapshot of inclusions and features – ‘Northern Lights Express’
* 17 nights from February 10, 2024
* Return flights to London from Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide or Perth
* Three-nights in a London hotel before the cruise, including free, day-long London sightseeing tour
* 14-night round-trip voyage from London to Norway
* Included onboard drinks package
The 17-night ‘Northern Lights Express’ fly, stay and cruise package is available from A$10,995 per person, twin-share, in an Inside Cabin – a saving of A$475 per person. Solo fares are available from A$16,000 per person, twin-share, in an Inside Cabin – a saving of A$600. The savings are for bookings made with Cruise Traveller by March 31, 2023.