June 16, 2028 – June 30, 2028 · 13 nights · 11 stops
Explora's name for it: An Extended Journey through Highland Adventures, Volcanic Landscapes & Untamed Fjords
The itinerary, port by port
11 calls over 13 nights, Southampton to Reykjavik. Open any port for my full day-ashore guide, what to see, when to go, and how the day actually runs.
Getting there: Flights to Southampton (LHR) open around July 2027, about 11 months before you sail. I track that window for booked clients and flag it the moment it is worth booking. When to book your flights →
Southampton is England's main cruise gateway, a working port city on the south coast whose old quarter holds some of the best-preserved medieval town walls and gatehouses in the country, plus a maritime… Port guide →
Newhaven is a small former fishing harbor on Edinburgh's northern shore, used as the tender point that puts you within reach of one of Europe's great capital cities for the day. Port guide →
Kirkwall is the Norse-founded capital of Orkney, an archipelago off Scotland's north coast where 5,000-year-old Neolithic sites outnumber and predate almost everything in Britain. Port guide →
Lerwick is the only town of any size in Shetland, a stone-built fishing and harbor port closer to Bergen than to Edinburgh, where Norse and Scottish history sit side by side. Port guide →
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Runavik (Eysturoy)
Runavik is the main town on Eysturoy, strung along the deep Skalafjordur fjord, and it earns the day as a quiet, road-connected base rather than a marquee sight.
Ísafjörður is the de facto capital of Iceland's remote Westfjords, a fishing town of roughly 3,000 wedged on a sandspit beneath steep table mountains at the end of a long fjord. Port guide →
Akureyri is Iceland's largest town outside the Reykjavik area, set at the head of Eyjafjordur, the country's longest fjord, on the north coast. Port guide →
Seydisfjordur is a small town at the head of a long, steep-walled fjord in East Iceland, settled by Norwegian traders who left behind colorful timber houses. Port guide →
Djúpivogur is a tiny fishing village on a fjord in remote East Iceland, the kind of stop that earns its day through stillness, an unusual public artwork, and a pyramid-shaped mountain over the harbor rather… Port guide →
Tórshavn is the capital of the Faroe Islands and one of the smallest national capitals in the world, a working harbor town of red-painted, turf-roofed timber houses set on a rocky peninsula. Port guide →
Fares on this departure, decoded
Reading the fare fine print is the job. Here's what this sailing currently carries:
Early Booking Benefit
A fare for booking far enough ahead of departure. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
Founders Fare
A founding-era fare on a selected set of sailings. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
The ship and your suite
This sailing is aboard EXPLORA IV, all-suite,
every suite with a private ocean-front terrace. Suites run from the entry Ocean Terrace to the Owner's
Residence; the right tier depends on how you travel.
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Send me the dates and the suite tier you have in mind and I'll come back with a confirmed live number and my read on the sailing within two hours. Best available price, and I make it worth more.