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Norway & the Scottish Isles

Norway & the Scottish Isles

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Norway and the Scottish Isles together offer some of the North Atlantic's most dramatic coastal and highland scenery, from Norway's deep glacier-carved fjords and the Northern Lights of the Arctic Circle to the rugged cliffs, ancient castles, and whisky distilleries of Scotland's Hebrides, Orkney, and Shetland. Norway is renowned for hiking, skiing, wildlife watching, and Viking heritage, while the Scottish island groups draw travellers with their wild landscapes, Neolithic sites, traditional Gaelic culture, and world-class sea kayaking. The combination makes for a compelling northern European journey, popular with adventurers and culture seekers alike who are drawn to remote, wind-swept coastlines and rich Norse and Celtic history.

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Norway & the Scottish Isles
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Norway & the Scottish Isles · 13 days

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Cruise the Norwegian Fjords — Self-Launched

A self-launched take on G Adventures' 13-day Tromsø-to-Edinburgh expedition. Instead of 12 nights on the G Expedition, you cover the same coast with a mix of public ferries, the legendary Hurtigruten-style coastal hop (booked as a short point-to-point sector or replaced with buses/ferries), Norway's scenic rail lines and a budget flight south for the Scottish islands. You'll still hit Nordkapp, the Lofoten Islands, Svartisen, Vega, Trondheim, Geiranger, Olden/Briksdalbreen, Flåm, Shetland and Orkney — just with hostels, guesthouses and self-bookable day tours instead of a ship cabin and Zodiac landings. Costs are rough backpacker/budget estimates in GBP and will be higher in peak summer (June–August) and lower in shoulder season.

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