Greenland expedition cruise August 2025

[Flashback]

This feels like a good deal?

Greenland - Disko Bay

Join an epic adventure in Greenland onboard Ocean Albatros and experience summer in the Arctic on our classic Disko Bay voyage.

landing.albatros-expeditions.com

 

[RooFlyer]

This feels like a good deal?

Greenland - Disko Bay

Join an epic adventure in Greenland onboard Ocean Albatros and experience summer in the Arctic on our classic Disko Bay voyage.

landing.albatros-expeditions.com

Looks very cheap, especially for the size of vessel. Will get my TA to check it out.

This is the one I was looking at - it includes flights from/to Paris. Edit - I see the Albatross incl flights from/to CPH.

Cruise Disko Bay and Inuit villages from Kangerlussuaq to Kangerlussuaq - August 2025 | Ponant

This PONANT itinerary is your chance to embark on an 8-day expedition cruise to Greenland. In Kangerlussuaq, aboard Le Boréal, you will embark for an unforgettable journey in the heart of the most magnificent Arctic landscapes. After a first port of call

au.ponant.com

 

[Flashback]

Looks very cheap, especially for the size of vessel. Will get my TA to check it out.

This is the one I was looking at - it includes flights from/to Paris. Edit - I see the Albatross incl flights from/to CPH.

Cruise Disko Bay and Inuit villages from Kangerlussuaq to Kangerlussuaq - August 2025 | Ponant

This PONANT itinerary is your chance to embark on an 8-day expedition cruise to Greenland. In Kangerlussuaq, aboard Le Boréal, you will embark for an unforgettable journey in the heart of the most magnificent Arctic landscapes. After a first port of call

au.ponant.com

I might book it then as my 40th birthday present.

 

[RooFlyer]

I might book it then as my 40th birthday present.

Might see you there to raise a glass! Enquiry to TA sent.

 

[Quickstatus]

includes flights from/to Paris

Why Paris apart from Ponant being a French Compagnie

Ponant appears to cater to the higher end of the market. Apart from the lack of the SingleS, is the value commensurate with the price?.

Do you have an insight into how full the Ponant cruises have been so far

 

[Flashback]

Might see you there to raise a glass! Enquiry to TA sent.

Cool! I've sent my booking request for Mrs FB and I and my folks decided they would do the same, too. Let's see what availability there is...

 

[RooFlyer]

I went to a Ponant info session last year and they said the cheapest price is the early price and they don't discount later on but it seems from your experience they do

Sorry, I generalised. Ponant have quite a structured 'discount' ladder - they start out at a 30% discount (they call it a 'Ponant bonus') to start with and it decreases over time. I was saying generally that cruise lines generally sell unused inventory cheaper near sailing; I've been watching Poseidon do that recently.

They also withdraw no SS offers without notice, as I experienced last week

That’s nearly $2k a day assuming you don’t get a single supplement

Which one you mean?

 

[VPS]

Which one you mean?

This one

Cruise Disko Bay and Inuit villages from Kangerlussuaq to Kangerlussuaq - August 2025 | Ponant

This PONANT itinerary is your chance to embark on an 8-day expedition cruise to Greenland. In Kangerlussuaq, aboard Le Boréal, you will embark for an unforgettable journey in the heart of the most magnificent Arctic landscapes. After a first port of call

au.ponant.com

 

[RooFlyer]

This one

Cruise Disko Bay and Inuit villages from Kangerlussuaq to Kangerlussuaq - August 2025 | Ponant

This PONANT itinerary is your chance to embark on an 8-day expedition cruise to Greenland. In Kangerlussuaq, aboard Le Boréal, you will embark for an unforgettable journey in the heart of the most magnificent Arctic landscapes. After a first port of call

au.ponant.com

Yes, expensive, which is why I’ve asked my travel agent to look at the one put up by flashback

 

[Flashback]

Yes, expensive, which is why I’ve asked my travel agent to look at the one put up by flashback

Will be interested to see what they come back with.

 

[RooFlyer]

Will be interested to see what they come back with.

No local reps, so TA is e-mailing them.

 

[Flashback]

No local reps, so TA is e-mailing them.

There's a nice review of the ship / company here: Ocean Albatros Cruises To East Greenland — A Detailed Review

Slightly different trip, but a good read.

 

[odysseus]

No local reps, so TA is e-mailing them.

They do deal with local TAs, so should be able to take care of it.

 

[Flashback]

Myself and Mrs FB, plus the folks are all booked and confirmed on the Greenland trip

 

[Quickstatus]

are all booked and confirmed

Sounds like makings of an AFF Greenland conference. Now how to make it work related...

 

[Flashback]

Sounds like makings of an AFF Greenland conference. Now how to make it work related...

Well, there are some lectures onboard... you could ask if they could do something medical?

 

[RooFlyer]

They do deal with local TAs, so should be able to take care of it.

Which 'they'?

 

[RooFlyer]

Myself and Mrs FB, plus the folks are all booked and confirmed on the Greenland trip

Was the pricing per the website?

Sounds like makings of an AFF Greenland conference. Now how to make it work related...

Obviously Professional Development: 'Therapeutic benefits of watching the whiteness with a G&T in hand'

 

[Flashback]

Was the pricing per the website?



Obviously Professional Development: 'Therapeutic benefits of watching the whiteness with a G&T in hand'

It certainly was. Folks contacted them the same way we did, payment in GBP though (which is fine).

 

[RooFlyer]

It certainly was. Folks contacted them the same way we did, payment in GBP though (which is fine).

Only fly in my ointment is that I've just finished booking an award trip to Europe in October next year, on QR. That will be my 4th trip overseas. A fifth might be stretching things , so the award trip might have to go. Fortunately via Alaska and Velocity, so pretty cheap to cancel.

Waiting for the TA to get back to me.

Oh! Opportunity for back-to-back and to do Greenland properly.

https://albatros-expeditions.com/expeditions/arctic/greenland-aurora-explorer-2025