Reine in Lofoten. Photo credit: Marius Beck Dahle/Havila Kystruten
Southbound

Voyage South

Kirkenes → Bergen

6 days
33 ports

  • Tromsø
  • Lofoten
  • The coast of Helgeland
  • Nidaros Cathedral
  • The Atlantic Ocean Road

Welcome to Havila Voyages. We sail with new, environmentally friendly ships which makes the world's most beautiful costal voyage also a comfortable one.

Free Wifi

Full board

Spacious cabins

Sailing schedule

On the southbound voyage from Kirkenes to Bergen, you visit Lofoten’s many ports during the daytime, sail between the myriad islands of the Helgeland coast and have time to visit Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim and sample some of the city’s culinary delights.

   

Itinerary

Map Norway Round voyage

Day 1/6

Departure from Kirkenes

kirkenes snow hotel

Ports: Kirkenes - Vardø - Båtsfjord - Berlevåg

Welcome aboard in Kirkenes! The border with Russia is only a few kilometres away, and the road signs in Kirkenes are in Norwegian and Russian. You can go as far as the border on one of our excursions, or how about a visit to the Snowhotel where everything is made of ice and snow?

  

Recommended excursions


Day 2/6

Into the polar landscape

north cape plateau

Ports: Mehamn - Kjøllefjord - Honningsvåg - Havøysund - Hammerfest - Øksfjord - Skjervøy - Tromsø

 

The polar landscape changes as we sail towards the west and south again. The great expanses are replaced by steep peaks, and in the evening we sail into Tromsø. You can take a stroll in the midnight sun or under the Northern Lights and explore the nightlife of the city dubbed "The Paris of the North".  

 

Meet a sled dog winter group
Snowmobiling in the polar night. Photo: Ørjan Bertelsen.
Midnight concert in the Tromsø Cathedral in Norway, woman singing
Hammerfest in the summer, photo: Ziggi Wantuch, hammerfest-turist-as

Recommended excursions


Day 3/6

The wild, idyllic Lofoten Islands

reine lofoten

Ports: Finnsnes - Harstad - Risøyhamn - Sortland - Stokmarknes - Svolvær - Stamsund

 

We enter the wild, idyllic Lofoten Islands . Beneath the jagged mountains lie chalky white sandy beaches and fishing villages with a vibrant fishing industry and locals using the coastal ships for everyday trips and transport. 

ship in trollfjord
Havila Voyages_RIB sea eagle safari in Lofoten

If the weather permits, we will enter the narrow Trollfjord. There is a strong possibility of spotting sea eagles here.

   

Recommended excursions


Day 4/6

Crossing the Arctic Circle

Torghatten mountain in summer.

Ports: Bodø - Ørnes - Nesna - Sandnessjøen - Brønnøysund - Rørvik

Now we have come so far south that we're crossing the Arctic Circle and sailing away from the polar night and the sunlit nights. But you can still see the Northern Lights in the winter, and it is never completely dark during the summer nights. Here you sail past a myriad of small islands, islets and skerries and past the special mountain, Torghatten, which has a hole in the middle. If you wish, you can also go on the trip to the mountain and enter the hole.

vega
Man holding a salmon, photo: Olaf Søla

Recommended excursions


Day 5/6

Sailing into Trondheim

Trondheimsfjorden, Photo: David Becker, Unsplash

Ports: Trondheim - Kristiansund - Molde - Ålesund

We sail through the wide Trondheim fjord that is bounded by rolling farmland on both sides and return to the coast and the open sea. You can disembark in Kristiansund and be driven along the Atlantic Ocean Road, which has been called the world's most beautiful drive. The road meanders along islets and skerries, and afterwards you can re-embark in Molde.

 

Nidarsodomen
atlantic ocean road

Recommended excursions


Day 6/6

Arrival in Bergen

Bryggen in Bergen

Ports: Torvik - Måløy - Florø - Bergen

The last day of the tour takes you through a diverse coastal landscape of bare rocky mountains and a maze of sounds and waterways between many islands. The great fjords and glaciers are situated inland. Bergen awaits at the end of the voyage. We hope you have many good memories from your journey along the Norwegian coast with Havila Voyages, and we look forward to seeing you again.

Reine in Lofoten, mountains around a fjord. Photo: Ferdinand Stohr, unsplash

Experiences along the coast

Our beautiful fjords

Geirangerfjorden

The magical Northern Lights

Northern lights - aurora borealis in purple, pink and green

The smiling midnight sun

Midnight sun

More about experiences

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