Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

28-Night New York to Bergen Cruise Adventure

Viking Ocean · Viking Mira · from New York

$19,498 per person · next sails Aug 21, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into New York (JFK)

Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.

Open-jaw · fly into JFK, home from AMS · $1,652 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near New York

Fly in at least a day early — every seasoned cruiser does, so a delay never costs you the ship. Here’s what’s worth that day, within reach of your port — not just the city you fly into.

4 mi from New York

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Your voyage · 28 nights, day by day

Day by day — the unforgettable thing at every port

Your whole sailing in order: the day you board, every port it calls — each with the single bucket-list experience there and the operator who runs it — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
New York Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 3
Peggy's Cove & Lunenburg · $285 for two with Down East Tours (Halifax)how to make it yours → ·
Day 4
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 5
LAnse Aux Meadowsport guide →
Viking Trail Coastal Hike · $30 for two with Parks Canada – L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Sitehow to make it yours →
Day 6
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 7
Hvalsey Norse Church Ruin · $435 for two with Tasermiut Camphow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Nanortalikport guide →
Tasermiut Fjord Full-Day Boat Expedition · $1,015 for two with Tasermiut Camphow to make it yours → ·
Day 9
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 10
Isafjord
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 11
Mývatn Nature Baths · $86 for two with Mývatn Nature Baths (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Seydisfjordur
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 13
Djupivogurport guide →
★ Private Glacier Lagoon, Diamond Beach & Secret Gla… — how to make it yours →
Day 14
★ Private Island Tour with a Born-and-Raised Local G… — how to make it yours →
Day 15
Inside the Volcano · $800 for two with Reykjavik Excursions (RE)how to make it yours → ·
Day 16
Isafjord
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Days 17–18
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 19–20
Longyearbyenport guide →
★ Pyramiden & Glacier Arctic Boat Expedition — how to make it yours →
Day 21
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 22
Honningsvag (North Cape)port guide →
★ VIP North Cape — how to make it yours →
Day 23
Private Northern Lights Chase · $460 for two with Northern Shots Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 24
Narvik War Museum · $24 for two with Narvik War Museum (Krigsminne museet, official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 25
Lofoten VIP Private Full-Day Tour from Leknes Port · $2,536 for two with ToursByLocals – Lofoten Local Guidehow to make it yours → ·
Day 26
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 27
Eagle Road & Flydalsjuvet · $322 for two with Visit Geiranger AS (Geiranger Fjordservice)how to make it yours → ·
Days 28–29
Bergen Disembark
Disembark in the morning.
After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Bergen

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

25 mi from Bergen · fly AMS

Golden Age Villages & North Sea Oysters: Amsterdam Done Right

Dutch Heritage & Culinary Coast

See the whole plan →
234 mi from Bergen · fly LHR

Churchill's Kent, Glyndebourne at Dusk & London's Secret Side

English Country Culture & City Grit

See the whole plan →
Home

Fly home from Bergen (BGO)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into JFK, home from AMS · 2 travelers $1,652 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · New York · Luxury~$1,355
Cruise fare28 nights · Viking Ocean · 2 guests$38,996
Shore excursions10 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$5,993
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$48,176
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above) — an open-jaw trip: out to the embark port, home from where you disembark; the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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