Experience unique Greenland tours on a Schooner sailing boat

Iceland tour provider North Sailing is offering an unbelievable eight-day Greenland tour, travelling across the country’s east coast on a Schooner sailing boat.

This incredible Greenland tour explores the vast fjord system of Scoresby Sound, where travellers get the opportunity to view spectacular icebergs, the breathtaking basalt mountains of Gaseland and the 2000 metres high sheer granite cliffs of Milne Land. Areas explored include Fohnfjord, Gaseland, Ankervig, Hekla Havn, Rodefjord, Harefjord, Rypefjord, Ofjord, Bjorneoer, Hjornedal and many more wonderful sights.

Included within the trip is accommodation and meals on board, soft drinks, services of crew, excursions and arrangements as noted in the itinerary, airfare between Reykjavík and Constable Point, and accommodation for one night in Reykjavik before and one night after the flights to/from Constable Point.

The schooners with North Sailing, Haukur and Hildur, are descendants of the first decked sailing vessels in north Iceland in the 19th century. The knowledge and know-how of handling and maintaining gaff-rigged ships had been all but lost in Iceland. The schooners of North Sailing are now the only active vessels of their kind along Icelandic shores.

There will be a total of three departures in August 2011: Aug. 13th – 20th; Aug. 20th – 27th; and Aug 27th – Sept. 3rd. When booked before 28th February, travellers will receive a special discount offer. For more information regarding this discount, contact birna@northsailing.is.

To find out about Greenland tours on a Schooner sailing boat, visit www.schooners.is/.