| country: | Norway | ||||
| location: | Northern Lights | ||||
| departures: | 2010: 18 Sep, 2 Oct | ||||
| price: | From NKr 9,900 (7 days) excluding flights. Price includes accommodation on board in small twin/double cabins, activities and all meals (inc breakfast, lunch and two-course dinner)
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| vouchers: | Gift vouchers can be used with this holiday |
the amazing things you'll be doing
The Northern Lights have been in the sky above the Varangerfjord since the beginning of time. The Kamchatka King Crab came in the seventies. Now you have the possibility to experience them both. On our Northern Lights and King Crab fishing cruise, you will look to the sky for the Northern Lights whilst dropping our crab pots to the bottom of the sea and waiting for these giants to be trapped. Usually this should be no problem during late September and beginning of October. The quality of the meat is exquisite. Now you have the possibility to fish and taste this delicacy - with the Northern Lights flaming above you.
This 7-day Northern Lights and King Crab fishing cruise includes the following unmissible experiences:
This 7-day Northern Lights and King Crab fishing cruise includes the following unmissible experiences:
- King Crab fishing
- Fishing
- Northern Lights
- Visit to the Russian border at Storskog
- Visit to the King Oscar chapel by the Russian border at Grense Jakobselv
- Visit to the small fishing village of Bugøynes (where the inhabitants mostly are ancestors from Finish immigrants and where they process the crabs)
- Visit to the Saami settlement Varangerbotn and the Saami museum there
- Hiking in the area
- Wildlife viewing
- The last evening will be spent at the Sirkka farm in Vadsø where you’ll enjoy a real finish sauna, outdoor wooden hot tub and a gourmet meal based on local game and fish.
day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1: | Arrival in Kirkenes airport and visit to the Russian border. Embarkation. Head for the anchorage at Skogerøya |
| Day 2: | Sailing and a visit to the Russian border and King Oscar Church at Grense Jakobselv. Crab fishing and anchorage in Paqsvikhamna. Hiking. |
| Day 3: | Sailing and king crab fishing. Anchorage in Sagfjorden. Hiking. |
| Day 4: | Bugøynes. Visit to the king crab processing factory. |
| Day 5: | Sailing to Varangerbotn. Visit to the Saami museum |
| Day 6: | Sailing to Vadsø. The evening at the Sirkka Farm |
| Day 7: | Bus from Vadsø to Kirkenes |
how this holiday makes a difference
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Our primary aim on the Northern Lights and King crab fishing cruise is to give our guests an impression of "the not so very often seen" part of northern Norway – wildlife, fisheries, "abandoned" places, the magnificent landscape of the Varanger area and it’s people. All our voyages are made in understanding with our cultural, social and ecological surroundings. By this we mean that we shall move like a shadow through the landscape.
When we have left, no one shall ever see that we were there. Throughout the trip you’ll be introduced to the different cultures in the area – Saami, Finish, Norwegian and Russian – and visit the museums that are available for this purpose. In an ecological context, we will do our very best to recycle rubbish, so that what can be recycled will be delivered in a proper place. To avoid using diesel, and thereby prevent polluting, we if possible will use the sails (but if there is no wind, this can be difficult). Our main dishes will basically be from fish and game (reindeer), which means that we will support local fishermen and the saami people of the North. All our other food – naturally – has to be bought in the local stores we will pass on our way. We will also harvest if we can, from the crabs and fish in the sea. The harvesting is of course to be done with good conduct, and the main goal with it is to supply ourselves with food. Our voyages are not actively guided voyages. We want our guests to be the curious, adventurous and an active part. We are only there to make you feel well and responsible. |
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When we have left, no one shall ever see that we were there. Throughout the trip you’ll be introduced to the different cultures in the area – Saami, Finish, Norwegian and Russian – and visit the museums that are available for this purpose. In an ecological context, we will do our very best to recycle rubbish, so that what can be recycled will be delivered in a proper place. To avoid using diesel, and thereby prevent polluting, we if possible will use the sails (but if there is no wind, this can be difficult).