Greenland expedition cruise August 2025

[RooFlyer]

@Pushka - @RooFlyer and @k_sheep will gladly confirm it!

Yes, Ponant def overkill - mainly because the inner liner can't be removed.

Mine has now found a good home on the Australian ski slopes.

 

[k_sheep]

I am a cold frog and certainly never needed full parka levels of warmth!

 

[drcam]

I have been to Iceland and the Faroes but not Greenland. I am thinking about flying from Reykjavik to Nuuk for a week in July next year.

 

[Flashback]

I have been to Iceland and the Faroes but not Greenland. I am thinking about flying from Reykjavik to Nuuk for a week in July next year.

The real experience in Greenland is to get out and about, so that will mean turboprop and/or helicopter flights. Once you factor in those costs, plus accommodation, food etc. then the expedition ships look pretty good. Flights from KEF were similar to CPH when I last looked as well, even though way shorter. They were not cheap.

 

[drcam]

I might take the Arctic Umiaq line public ferry up north. I'm stingy and poor at the same time. Qualities that are great for Greenland!

 

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I might take the Arctic Umiaq line public ferry up north. I'm stingy and poor at the same time. Qualities that are great for Greenland!

Prices of things on land wasn't as bad as I expected. More Danish style rather than Icelandic style prices, which is only marginally better anyway I know, but...

 

[RooFlyer]

Prices of things on land wasn't as bad as I expected. More Danish style rather than Icelandic style prices, which is only marginally better anyway I know, but...

I thought they were were even a bit better than that. I had lunch in a cafe one day and the price was definitely not exceptional.

Mind you a postcard back to Australia was A$6, but they have all arrived, between four and five weeks later.

 

[drcam]

Even a ticket on the basic ferry from Nuuk to Ilullisat runs north of a grand. Pah!

 

[k_sheep]

Even a ticket on the basic ferry from Nuuk to Ilullisat runs north of a grand. Pah!

Hence why we are all sitting here quietly smug about our cheap cruise I think!

Likewise I found prices in Greenland to be slightly better than in CPH! Soft drinks were the real sticker shock - their duty free allowance actually has soft drink limits, not just alcohol.

 

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Hence why we are all sitting here quietly smug about our cheap cruise I think!

Likewise I found prices in Greenland to be slightly better than in CPH! Soft drinks were the real sticker shock - their duty free allowance actually has soft drink limits, not just alcohol.

Exactly this........ Mrs FB and I are very much budget travellers (with the odd luxury here and there), and as I mentioned earlier after dotting up the costs the expedition cruise really made sense.