Tired of those mega-cruises on floating cities? Here’s an idea for experiencing Iceland on a more intimate ship: an eight-day voyage aboard the all-new Le Boreal, a sleek 264-person yacht slated to launch next May. The 466-foot Le Boreal, available through Tauck World Discovery, is a ship small enough to provide a truly intimate cruise experience yet large enough to provide amenities usually found only on large cruise ships. There are six decks, and each of the ship’s suites and staterooms will be outward facing. What’s more, 95 percent of all accommodations will have private balconies.
Departures are scheduled for July 22nd and 29th, 2010, and the cruise, which circles half the country, begins and ends in Reykjavik.
Guests will experience ancient frozen glaciers and active fiery volcanoes, and view wildlife on the island of Grimsey and barren sulfur fields at Namaskard. They’ll also journey north of the Arctic Circle, south to Reykjavik, and sample the warm thermal waters of the Blue Lagoon. Finally, they’ll visit the site in 930 AD of the world’s first democratic parliament (Thingvellir National Park; a UNESCO World Heritage Site), and they’ll see the youngest island in the world, Surtsey Island, which was formed by volcanic action in the 1960s.
Included in the price of the new Iceland cruise are all shore excursions, meals, gratuities, wine with dinners, nightly cocktail hours and much more. From $5,790 per person, plus air. For more info. call 800 788 7885 or click here.
