New Years with Northern Light and Whales

We meet in Tromsø at 12 noon and are greeted by our skipper and crew. When we are settled onboard, we head straight out for the adventure. We are sailing for quite some distance already today, to get further north. So we will all have good chances of standing behind the wheel, hoisting sails and taking in the views. It's already dark again as we find a suitable anchorage for the night. If someone wants to stretch their legs after a full sailing day, we got snowshoes onboard, and will bring headlamps onboard for a little hike in the dark if the weather allows it. For the evening the sauna and heated bathtub will be fired up and we enjoy a delicious dinner onboard.

We are now in the big fjord of Kvænangen, where huge schools of herring come in every winter to feed. With these huge amount of fish follows lots of fishing boats, and also large numbers of Orcas, Humpbacks and other whales. We join the party and with our quiet sailboat, with just a small number of people onboard, we have a good chance of getting close to the whales without disturbing. So we will enjoy and observe the spectacle without harming and disturbing these majestic animals. For the evening we aim for a bonfire on the beach if the weather allows it, accompanied by dinner, folk tales and hopefully some dancing auroras in the sky!

We wake up to another impressive skyline of towering peaks and enjoy our breakfast with local specialties onboard. From yesterday we have gotten a taste of the show the herring and whales make, and today we are again on the lookout for some marine mammal action! As we get towards lunch hours, we will head west again, as the colours in the sky change from orange and red to pink, purple and blue. Out here we are also sailing around in the middle of the freshest fishmarket you can find. We will try our luck and see if we can provide the chef with some fresh ingredients for dinner!

After breakfast we will take our dinghy onshore and meet our friends in Lyngen Husky Safari where we are taken on a little dog mushing adventure. We are dressed up accordingly and will get to know the dogs and rotate on driving the sleds ourselves. Only with the quiet sounds of the dog's feet in the snow to be heard! After some joyful hours with the dogs, lunch will be enjoyed with the group before we get back onboard Varg and set sail back to Tromsø. We will arrive late in Tromsø and recommend that you book a night in Tromsø and plan for departure no earlier than the following day.