DATES / RATES
Rates are listed per person in USD. Promotional offers are not reflected in the rates below.
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| Start Date | End Date | QUAD | TRIPLE PORTHOLE | TWIN PORTHOLE | TWIN WINDOW | TWIN DELUXE | SUPERIOR |
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| May 23, 2025 | May 25, 2025 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 340 | 400 | 400 |
Rates are listed per person in USD. Promotional offers are not reflected in the rates below.
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| Start Date | End Date | (Starting from)
QUAD | (Mid-range)
TWIN WINDOW | (High-end)
SUPERIOR |
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| May 23, 2025 | May 25, 2025 | 300 | 340 | 400 |
ITINERARY
Day
1: Northward bound
You
board the vessel at midday in Vlissingen, headed north. Far north.
Day
2: Sea life on the move
Crossing
the North Sea and sailing by Doggersbank, we hope to be lucky enough to
spot such species as white-beaked dolphins, harbour porpoises, minke
whales, and orcas.
Day
3: Sights of the Granite City
Passengers
who boarded in Vlissingen will be offered an excursion by bus to
Fowlsheugh, a seabird cliff south of Aberdeen. Over 100,000 pairs of
seabird of different species can be seen here. Alternatively, you can
join an excursion to the Ythan Estuary, where the beaches are teeming
with harbor seals, grey seals, and birds that keep to the shorelines.
Both outings are included in the price of booking.
Plancius (Expedition, 108-guests)
MV Plancius offers a restaurant/lecture room on deck 3 and a spacious observation lounge (with bar) on deck 5 with large windows, offering full panorama view. The vessel has large open deck spaces (with full walk-around possibilities on deck 4), giving excellent opportunities to enjoy the scenery and wildlife. She is furthermore equipped with 10 Mark V zodiacs.
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WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Voyage aboard the indicated vessel as indicated in the
itinerary
- All meals throughout the voyage aboard the ship including
snacks, coffee and tea.
- All shore excursions and activities throughout the voyage
by Zodiac.
- Program of lectures by noted naturalists and leadership by
experienced expedition staff.
- Free use of rubber boots and snowshoes.
- Transfers and baggage handling between the airport, hotels
and ship only for those passengers on the group flights to and from
Longyearbyen.
- All miscellaneous service taxes and port charges throughout
the programme.
- AECO fees and governmental taxes.
- Comprehensive pre-departure material.
Excluded
from this voyage
- Any airfare, whether on scheduled or charter flights
- Pre- and post- land arrangements.
- Passport and visa expenses.
- Government arrival and departure taxes.
- Meals ashore.
- Baggage, cancellation and personal insurance (which is
strongly recommended).
- Excess baggage charges and all items of a personal nature
such as laundry, bar, beverage charges and telecommunication charges.
- The customary gratuity at the end of the voyages for
stewards and other service personnel aboard (guidelines will be
provided).
