Scottish Isles & Norwegian Fjords

• Exclusive journey through the Scottish Isles and cruising through the Norwegian fjords.
• Created in our tradition of innovative programming and educational travel.
• Access to ports unavailable to larger vessels and included excursions throughout your program.
• Specially arranged piano concert in the home of Edvard Grieg, Norway’s most famous composer.
• Two UNESCO World Heritage sites — Heart of Neolithic Orkney, Orkney Islands, and Bryggen, Bergen — plus Shetland UNESCO Global Geopark, Shetland Islands.
• Edinburgh and Glasgow Pre-Program Extension Option and Norway and Copenhagen Post‑Program Extension Option.

Arrive in Glasgow Airport in Glasgow, Scotland. Proceed through immigration to the baggage claim area and retrieve your luggage. After completing customs screening, meet a Gohagan & Company representative. Early arrivals will transfer to the Corinthian Club Hospitality Room and enjoy lunch on your own. This afternoon, all passengers transfer to the dock at Greenock and embark the deluxe World Traveller.

Immerse yourself in the soulful sounds of a Scottish bagpiper as the ship departs Glasgow. Enjoy dinner on board the ship this evening.

Visit the Inner Hebridean Isle of Iona. On this emerald-green, teardrop-shaped island, experience an in-depth visit to Iona Abbey, founded in the year 563 and considered the birthplace of Christianity in Scotland. It was the monks of Iona who spread Christian ideas across Scotland and the north. St. Martin's Cross—dated to the eighth century—still stands by the roadside, and a replica of St. John's Cross is found by the doorway of the abbey.

This evening, get to know your fellow travelers at the Captain’s Welcome Reception and Dinner on the ship.

Visit Eilean Donan Castle, one of the world’s most recognized and famous castles—located on a tiny island at the confluence of three sea lochs amid some of Scotland’s most dramatic scenery.  Return to the ship for lunch.

Depart for a scenic tour of the Isle of Skye with its 11 Cuillin Mountain range peaks and dramatic peninsulas.

Return to the ship and savor dinner on board.

Mainland, the largest of the Orkney Islands, is home to Neolithic Heartland of Orkney—a UNESCO World Heritage site containing four sites and a wealth of prehistoric archaeology. View the sacred Standing Stones of Stenness and continue to the 5,000-year-old settlement of Skara Brae to see the unusual dwellings and their remarkable stone furnishings. Follow the coastline of Scapa Flow, made famous for its role in both World Wars, before visiting St. Magnus Cathedral. Known as the “Light of the North,” the cathedral was built by Vikings during their 500-year reign over the islands. 

Enjoy an authentic Scottish storyteller’s performance of traditional Scottish tales this evening. Savor dinner tonight on the ship.

Disembark in Lerwick, for a coach tour of the island, taking in the magnificent Mousa Broch, the tallest and best-preserved broch in the world. Pass St. Ninian’s Isle, where the famous Pictish hoard of silver, dating from the ninth century, was found in 1958.

Embark on a guided visit to the remarkable archaeological site of Jarlshof, containing the remains of 5,000 years of human settlements. View the sequence of stone structures, including an Iron Age broch and wheelhouses, late‑Neolithic stone houses, a Bronze Age village, Norse longhouses, a medieval farmstead and a 16th‑century laird’s house. Look for sightings of Shetland’s famous ponies as you travel back to the ship.

After lunch on board the ship, relax and enjoy the amenities while cruising toward Norway. Savor dinner on board the ship this evening.

Experience this breathtaking cruise along the mighty Sognefjord, Norway’s longest and deepest fjord, stretching 127 miles, passing traditional farmsteads and villages flanked by mountains and glaciers.

Enjoy a delicious lunch on board. Then disembark the ship and board the Flåm Railway, for one of the world’s most scenic train rides, descending 3,500 feet during a 13-mile journey through 20 tunnels to Myrdal’s mountaintop station. Revel in views of snowcapped mountains, cascading waterfalls, intriguing hamlets and spectacular fjordlands—including the awe‑inspiring Kjosfossen Falls.

Return to the ship and enjoy dinner on board.

Enjoy a panoramic tour of Bergen as you travel to the summer home of famed Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. Stroll the grounds and enjoy a private piano concert at Troldhaugen, Grieg’s home for 22 years, where he composed many of his best-known works in the little garden hut by the shore of Lake Nordas.

Continue to the Fantoft Stavkirke, a 12th‑century wooden stave church. Take a walking tour of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Bryggen, Bergen’s historic waterfront. The old wharf is a reminder of the town’s importance as part of the Hanseatic League’s trading empire from the 14th to the mid-16th century.

Return to the ship for lunch and enjoy time at leisure in Bergen.

Share highlights of your trip with fellow travelers at this evening’s Captain’s Farewell Reception and Dinner.