Hurtigruten Offers Savings of Up to 25 Percent
Hurtigruten has announced pricing specials on its spring and summer exploration cruises to some of the world’s most remote destinations. If booked by April 31, all offer savings of 25 percent on the price of suites on the Fram and free air from New York’s JFK or Newark’s Liberty International Airport.
Hurtigruten is also allowing the discount to be combined with two other offers -- the 10 percent Repeater Discount for passengers who sailed with Hurtigruten in the past three years, and a $50 shipboard credit for AARP and AAA members. Add-on airfares from dozens of North American gateways range from $100 to $600.
Included cruises are three Greenland September departures; discounted rates for suites are $5,649 to $9,314 per person, double. The 11-day May 29 “Climate Pilgrimage” to Northern Norway and the Arctic island of Spitsbergen is priced from $5,108 to $7,137 for suites (other cabin grades on this cruise are reduced by 15 percent and don’t include free air; they are priced from $4,100 to $5,263). The new 11-day “Baltic Adventure” visits Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia and Poland; suite fares are $4,325 to $5,522.
Scenic highlights during the Greenland cruises include Eqip Sermia Glacier, a wall of ice that calves into the sea; icebergs in Disko Bay and at the mouth of Jakobshavn Ice Fjord, a World Heritage Site; and Jakobshavn Glacier, the world’s most active glacier. Guided walking tours take in Inuit villages and towns -- with names like Qeqertarsuaq, Ukkusissat, Itelleq and Ilulissat -- and illustrate how the local populations flourish in one of the harshest climates on Earth.
The 12,700-ton, eight-deck Fram boasts an Internet café, a glass-enclosed observation salon, a restaurant with ocean views, wellness center with saunas, a work-out room and two glass-screened heated outdoor whirlpools. Suites include seating areas, some with two rooms, TV, mini bar and queen-size beds.
All sailings include three meals daily aboard ship, services of naturalist guides, specified land excursions and PolarCirkel excursions, ship transfers, government fees, cruise taxes and port charges. Airline fuel surcharges, air taxes and ticketing fees are additional.
