Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

18-Night Amsterdam to Reykjavik Cruise Adventure

Holland America · Zuiderdam · from Amsterdam

$3,354 per person · next sails Jun 20, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Amsterdam (AMS)

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

Open-jaw · fly into AMS, home from KEF · $2,472 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Amsterdam

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.

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Anne Frank House

1 mi from Amsterdam

Rijksmuseum

Your voyage · 18 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
Amsterdam 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
★ Callanish Standing Stones — how to make it yours →
Day 4
Giant's Causeway Private Luxury Day Tour from Belf… · $813 for two with Belfast Causeway Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Dun Laoghaireport guide →
Glendalough & Wicklow Mountains · $1,037 for two with Experienced Tours Irelandhow to make it yours →
Day 6
Greencastleport guide →
Inishowen Peninsula Full-Day Private Guided Drive · $756 for two with Inishowen Tours (local specialist)how to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Killybegs Irelandport guide →
Slieve League Sea Cliffs · $54 for two with Atlantic Coastal Cruiseshow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Private Full-Day Connemara & Kylemore Abbey Luxury… · $1,296 for two with Wild About Ireland Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 9
Cobh (Cork)port guide →
Titanic Experience Cobh · $30 for two with Cobh Heritage Centre (Titanic Experience Cobh)how to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Private Guided Tour of Historic Plymouth with Brit… · $330 for two with Britain's Best Guides – Plymouth Private Tourhow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 12
★ Walk Into the Secret Annex - Anne Frank House — how to make it yours →
Day 13
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 14
Invergordonport guide →
Cairngorms National Park · $318 for two with Highland Safarishow to make it yours →
Day 15
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 16
Seydisfjordur
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 16
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 17
Mývatn Nature Baths · $86 for two with Mývatn Nature Baths (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 17
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 18
Isafjord
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 18
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 19
Reykjavik Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Reykjavik

You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.

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Blue Lagoon

2 mi from Reykjavik

Whale Watching Tours

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Amsterdam

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

7 mi from Amsterdam · fly AMS

Golden Age Villages & North Sea Oysters: Amsterdam Done Right

Dutch Heritage & Culinary Coast

See the whole plan →
118 mi from Amsterdam · fly BTV

Vermont's Green Mountains, Great Cheese, and Gilded Castles

Lake & Mountain Culture

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158 mi from Amsterdam · fly ISP

Salt Air & Polo Fields: A Proper Hamptons Weekend Done Right

Coastal Culture & Craft

See the whole plan →
After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Reykjavik

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

24 mi from Reykjavik · fly KEF

Fire, Ice & the Edge of Europe: A Reykjavik Adventure Guide

Volcanic Coast Road Trip

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Home

Fly home from Reykjavik (KEF)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into AMS, home from KEF · 2 travelers $2,472 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Amsterdam · Premium~$342
Cruise fare18 nights · Holland America · 2 guests$6,708
Shore excursions9 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$4,720
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$14,422
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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