Northern Spitsbergen explorer on the m/v Hondius
2025
- June 16 - 23, 25. Price begins at $4300 per person in a triple cabin, to $19100 for a double Grand Suite with Balcony.
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- Starts and ends in Longyearbyen, accessible from multiple flights a day from Oslo, Norway.
- Can be combined with Finland and Arctic Norway before Spitsbergen - Oulu to Ivalo, Finland June 3 - 14, 25
- View details and itinerary of Northern Spitsbergen tour on the m/v Hondius.
- Guided by Alvaro's Adventure guide along with ship guides and experts from Oceanwide Expeditions. Pricing to book with us is the same as booking directly with Oceanwide. But with us you get a personalized guide, who will be out on deck during pelagic portions, who can give expert ID as well as to keep our group cohesive, and fun. Also you have the camaraderie of being in a smaller subgroup with in the ship of 170 passengers.
- m/v Hondius is an amazing, capable, safe and comfortable expedition ship with great amenities. This is an expedition ship, not a cruise ship. However it is new, fast and one of the greenest ships visiting the polar regions with multiple technologies to minimize emissions and increase fuel efficiency. Download the specifications of the ship HERE.
- This is the Arctic trip of a lifetime.
- Ivory Gull, Polar Bear, Beluga Whale, huge colonies of Thick-billed Murre, Dovekie and Black-legged Kittiwake, possibility of Bowhead Whale, Walrus!!, Arctic Seals, Barnacle Goose, Pink-footed Goose, jaegers, loons, eiders. A true Arctic wilderness. Glaucous Gulls, and Great Skuas live here, and we will see colonies of Northern Fulmars.
- Gorgeous scenery, icebergs, and the pack ice.
