A Journey through Ocean Mists & Radiant Island Tranquillity

An extended journey into the northernmost realms of Earth, you sail with a privileged few who will venture into the icy narrows of Iceland and Greenland. You may walk across polar ice caps, float in blue lagoons, and Zodiak beside looming icebergs. Discover soul-enriching sites inside Iceland’s Golden Circle and exuberant landscapes in her rarely seen remote northern fjords. Sail the intricate and spectacular 113-kilometre passage of Prins Christiansund and be awestruck by 2100-metre peaks rising out of the waterway, monstrous waterfalls and glaciers plunging into the sea. Is it any wonder this was once home to brave Erik the Red? High-latitude sailing leads us through the Labrador Sea and into the Strait of Belle Island to find Canada’s maritime providences ablaze in fall colours. We find the soul of America in New York City, Newport and Boston, where revolutionary thinking still rings. Intriguing beyond measure, Bay of Fundy astonishes with its colossal tidal change. Then we glide through the Gulf of St. Lawrence to arrive in Quebec City just as a thousand lights twinkle on at Le Château Frontenac and the UNESCO-protected French fortress.

The land of opportunity is not just a moniker, it also applies to Explora’s experiences that go beyond the superficial to delve deep into the soul of North America. There is no place with more potentiality than Manhattan, the global capital of commerce and culture. The MoMa, Wall Street and Harlem, New York embraces it all … and so can you easily. From the wealthy summer playground of Newport, a seaside town bursting with superlatives. Home to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, America’s first polo club, and infamous industrialist residents from the Gilded Age including the Astors and the Vanderbilts. It even boasts the oldest operating restaurant in the U.S., The White Horse Tavern, which has been serving guests since 1673. However, older still is beautiful Boston, dubbed the Athens of America that was settled in 1630. Go behind-the-scenes along Freedom Trail to see how revolutionary thinking still rings inside the Old North Church, Paul Revere’s House and Bunker Hill Monument. Visit the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum, an eccentric socialite who collected art from around the world. Intriguing beyond measure, we sail to Nova Scotia to the marvel at the Bay of Fundy to witness the highest tidal change in the world. A true natural phenomenon, the tidal change is so massive that it actually causes a shift in the region’s gravity. From one astonishment to the next, we glide deep into the St. Lawrence River to arrive at Quebec City just as a thousand lights twinkle on at Le Château Frontenac and the UNESCO Old City of ingenuity. 400 years old and still very much alive, she was founded by Champlain then lost to the British; however, her heart remains devoted to the Francophile. Terrasse Dufferin, a magnificent 425 meters long boardwalk, offers views of the St. Lawrence River but Château Frontenac, an audaciously elegant structure, soars even higher with fabulous green-copper turrets. Don’t miss fresh croissants from Paillard boulangerie, the cobbled lanes of Le Quartier Petit-Champlain, or Place-Royale, the city’s original square where a statue of King Louis XIV watches over all.

The land of opportunity is not just a moniker, it also applies to Explora’s experiences that go beyond the superficial to delve deep into the soul of North America. There is no place with more potentiality than Manhattan, the global capital of commerce and culture. The MoMa, Wall Street and Harlem, New York embraces it all … and so can you easily. From the wealthy summer playground of Newport, a seaside town bursting with superlatives. Home to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, America’s first polo club, and infamous industrialist residents from the Gilded Age including the Astors and the Vanderbilts. It even boasts the oldest operating restaurant in the U.S., The White Horse Tavern, which has been serving guests since 1673. However, older still is beautiful Boston, dubbed the Athens of America that was settled in 1630. Go behind-the-scenes along Freedom Trail to see how revolutionary thinking still rings inside the Old North Church, Paul Revere’s House and Bunker Hill Monument. Visit the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum, an eccentric socialite who collected art from around the world. Intriguing beyond measure, we sail to Nova Scotia to the marvel at the Bay of Fundy to witness the highest tidal change in the world. A true natural phenomenon, the tidal change is so massive that it actually causes a shift in the region’s gravity. From one astonishment to the next, we glide deep into the St. Lawrence River to arrive at Quebec City just as a thousand lights twinkle on at Le Château Frontenac and the UNESCO Old City of ingenuity. 400 years old and still very much alive, she was founded by Champlain then lost to the British; however, her heart remains devoted to the Francophile. Terrasse Dufferin, a magnificent 425 meters long boardwalk, offers views of the St. Lawrence River but Château Frontenac, an audaciously elegant structure, soars even higher with fabulous green-copper turrets. Don’t miss fresh croissants from Paillard boulangerie, the cobbled lanes of Le Quartier Petit-Champlain, or Place-Royale, the city’s original square where a statue of King Louis XIV watches over all.