Tilling will reveal tricks of the trade at a patisserie demonstration and chocolate-making classes. As you cruise, ORCA’S volunteer marine mammal surveyors, armed with binoculars, will be on deck looking for whales, dolphins and seabirds whilst offering passengers an insight into the migratory patterns of bird and marine wildlife.
How to do it: A 15-night Magic of the Northern Lights cruise with Saga (0808 239 3408) costs from £4,349pp; departs March 2, 2024 with ORCA. Join Mark Tilling on the March 19 departure; from £3,999pp. Both include three excursions, tips, unlimited drinks and either a private or shared transfer to the port.
A winning combination
Summer brings the opportunity for more adventurous itineraries, including a two-country trip from Viking which sails from Norway to Iceland via Svalbard, Longyearbyen and the Jan Mayen Islands. These remote landscapes can be explored on foot, or by zodiac or kayak. Just outside Longyearbyen, at Fuglefjella (“bird mountain”), there is a RIB (rigid inflatable) safari to see nesting seabirds.
These include colonies of little auk, puffin, guillemot, Arctic tern, edier and kittiwakes. Once across the Norwegian Sea, Viking Mars, which sails with a resident historian onboard, meets land at ĺsafjördur on Iceland’s dramatic west coast, before dropping anchor in Reykjavik.
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