Havila Voyages: Norway Coastal Cruise on Havila Capella
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- Regular visitors to Norway will be familiar with the Norwegian coastal voyage: www.lifeinnorway.net/norway-c...
Although Hurtigruten is the most famous name, they are not the only company running ships on the route. From 2021, Havila Voyages entered the game with some impressive, brand new ships.
In this video I’ll take you on board the Havila Capella to help you decide if a Havila voyage is right for you. All four ships in the Havila fleet are identical so no matter which ship you’re considering, keep watching for answers to all your questions.
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This is soooo cool! I love it. Thanks for sharing! 🥳👏🏼
Amazing overview! Thank u
You're welcome, thanks for watching!
Another wonderful video, so glad I found you!
And I’m very glad to have you as a viewer! Thanks for watching 🙌
Love your informative video. Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome. Thanks for watching! 🙌
Thank you very much for this excellent guide to these ships !!! ❤😊💎
You're very welcome! I hope it was useful
Excellent video thank you
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching 🙌
We can't wait for our 12 day trip this September thanks for the video !
You’re welcome! Have a great trip! 🚢
Brilliant video
Thanks!
Thanks so much for this walkaround. We're booked to take a 4 day cruise with them this year and you've helped a lot building our anticipation and planning.
You're very welcome! I have a few more recent videos about Havila if you're interested. Thanks for watching!
A beautiful ship !!!!!! Would easily consider a trip on any of these ships!!!!!
They are very comfortable for a short hop. I hope to take the full roundtrip voyage soon too, and I'm sure they will be perfect for that. Watch this space!
Woah that superior cabin 🤯
Yeah just like a Scandinavian hotel room, I loved them all 🤍
Thank you for your review. My wife and I will book a Havila cruise after seeing your video.
I hope you have a great time!
I'm going on the 12 day in November on the Capella. Can't wait!!
You’ll have a great time I’m sure! But take a decent raincoat!
Do you have a travel agent to recommend ?
Thanks you - choice at last - been up and down that coast for years on Hurtigruten and shall be making a change next time now
I really do recommend giving them a try. I'm doing the full voyage soon on Havila so keep watching for more videos :)
A great video, would love to go!
Was on both cappela and castor in febuary on a work trip (Harstad-solvær-Harstad) and on cappela in last weekend of august (Harstad-Tromsø) and can say it is somting defently worth it.
Thanks for the comment and for watching! 🙌
Great and informative, thanks -- good to see some competition. Any notes on quick comparisons with Hurtigruten? Ships, value, passengers, excursions?
The route and excursions are the same, so it’s just the physical ship and the arrangements for meals that are different. Thanks for watching 🙌
Very nice presentation. Travelled to Norway last year and took 3 cruises incl one to Tallinn..
Tallinn is lovely :) Thanks for watching!
Hey!
I'm Raj from Mumbai, India.
I was planning Northern Lights tour in Norway this year in December and had some queries with regards to the cruise.
Would you mind to clear some of them?
Thank you!
Interesting. I thought it was always Hurtigruten and would always be Hurtigruten. This opens up possibilities. Thank you for this.
You’re welcome! Havila is actually the latest in at least 10 different companies to operate on the route over 130 years. Hurtigruten was the sole operator for the last 30 years or so though.
@@lifeinnorway1 Nope...... only since 2006.
The first company that started the route in 1893 was VDS (Vesterålen Dampskipselskap) and since then has there been a range of companies to serve ...and share.... the coastal route ...called hurtigruten / hurtigruta (the fast route)... ....and all those companies has been located along the coast .....
The company Hurtigruten and it's name has only existed since 2006, when the two last companies with local ownership TFDS (Troms Fylkes Dampskipselskap) and OVDS (Ofoten og Vesterålen Dampskipselskap) merged.
A couple of rich investors from Oslo bought a controlling part of the company ....just for a time later to sell their shares with good profit to a British investment company ....TDR Capital ...plus a bunch of other smaller institutional investors. It's all about money and they have no clue...and couldn't care less about the history of this route. One of my ancestors (1 of 2 persons) started the coastal route in 1893 ....and I'm quite pissed that our history has been sold out of the country. The name/term hurtigruten was given in a time when Danish language still had a strong grip on the official Norwegian language. With time the Norwegian language has changed and the -a ending (instead of the -en ending of the word) has become more the standard. Most of the dialects along the coast has -a ending and has always called it hurtigruta. So when the current company was formed in 2006 they simply stole the name/term of the coastal route ....and called it Hurtigruten. The Norwegian state authorities just went with it and renamed the route ...in stead.... ....to kystruten (coastal route). For coastal people that is a move devoid of history and coastal culture ....but Oslo isn't a coastal city ...and that shows in their way of acting.
Hurtigruten has only had monopoly for a few years. But due to the EEA agreement Norway has with EU the contract for serving the coastal route must be open for competition.
So I'm pleased to see that a new fully Norwegian company....with coastal roots.... has entered "the chat". Right now all 4 of Havila's ships are in service.
I am going on Havila Polaris this November and hoping to see the Northern lights. Thanks for sharing the ships look awesome
Have a great trip!
Check in with Havila to ensure they will have the Polaris in their possession by then. Currently they do not possess the Polaris and have been cancelling cruises scheduled on it this month.
Left out a key word in the last sentence in my comment, however youtube is not allowing me to edit it. Should be: ”scheduled on it for this month.”
I'm torn now. Always have been 'loyal' to Hurtigruten, and we are taking a first expedition with them, on MS Maud, in December, but this ship looks great!
They both operate the coastal route and hands down the Havila ships are better. But the expedition company is a different thing entirely. Have a great trip!
Wow, nice to see there’s more options for a coastal cruise. Did you have to pay a single supplement (not sure if you went by yourself)?
I didn’t do a cruise booking, I just travelled from Ålesund to Trondheim
Thank you SO much for this video! going on this exact ship next week and didn't know what to expect. Also, would you care to comment on the age group in the cruise? I'm a bit nervous that we are in our late 30s and early 40s and might find it a bit boring. Great thorough video!
It skews older and quite a lot of Germans on my specific trip, but there were a range of ages. The Norwegian landscape is the entertainment!
Hi again! So the trip was AMAZING. And you were right, mostly elder Germans and other European nationalities. However, I was very happy to see Norwegian couples and younger couples (quite a few) in our age range so it was a lovely surprise. Most people were very keen on starting conversations. Totally recommend it. @@lifeinnorway1
Going on the Capella in October. You mention upgrading as the ship was 1/3 capacity, is there a discount if you upgrade onboard?
I have no idea, sorry! I only took a short hop along the coastline. There was a poster about upgrading somewhere on the ship, so I'm sure you can ask about it when you board.
@@lifeinnorway1 thanks! I booked a cabin with a window after all, particularly after your remark in the video on the fact that inside cabins were more of an overnight affair. Going in late October from Bergen to Kirkenes🙂 one more item crossed on my bucket list!
Hi
How was your experience on the Havila cruise?
Especially from Tromsø to kirkenes?
@@rajrijhwani6889 I must say that the segment on the Barents sea was quite rough, with waves 3/4 meters high. I was sorry for the people who boarded in Tromso and didn’t have their sea legs 😅
At last …. Somebody can pronounce Hurtigruten correctly. Fantastic ships and video 👍
Thanks for watching! 🙌 I’m making my way around all the ships, there’s more videos to come :)
can you bring your own food?
Do you have a sense on general price comparisons?
Impossible to say because prices vary on so many things. Because Havila has more capacity at the moment (less brand recognition) my guess is you’ll get better deals there, but as I say it depends.
I have booked a trip with Havila, we're sailing on 25th of December on Havila Castor. Before booking I obviously compared Havila with Hurtigruten. Hurtigruten would have sailed on the 26th (the two companies can't sail on the same days otherwise what would be the point of having two operators on the route? 😊). The price was 3800€ PER PERSON (7600€ per cabin!) in a Polar Outside cabin. I booked with Havila before the 31/03 (they had an offer on) and I paid 2700€ for THE CABIN (two people). The cabin is a Seaview superior, so it has a window and it's considerably bigger than Hurtigruten's Polar Outside. The trip they offer is exactly identical (12 days round trip from Bergen, stopping at the same ports). They both offer full board and water/juice. Excursions prices are almost identical. So for us it was a no brainer! Can't wait to sail with Havila on Christmas Day!
@@eleonora.adriani Great! Thanks so much for your thoughts. Have a great trip.
@@eleonora.adriani My husband and I are thinking of the Christmas one as well. Like you, I researched, and clearly, Havila is less expensive. The drinks package, though seems high, but as the narrator said, Norwegian prices are in effect. Happy sailing.
thank you for your detailed video. hoping to this voyage in 2025 January with my wife. The winter and cold weather adds to the risk of travelling all the way from India for this trip. have contacted Havella and awaiting their reply.
It will be quite dark in January, so you may want to consider later in the winter. March is a beautiful time with much more light. You should also check my latest video which is all about the full voyage in February: Norway Coastal Cruise in Winter | Havila Voyages Daily Diary
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Hi guys, we are thinking about booking the 12 days cruise for our honey moon. The only thing holding me back is, that I am scared we will feel the wavea and become sea sick or wont be able to sleep… can someone please give me an honest review on this? Thanks!🤍
It’s a small ship and the coastline of Norway is vast, so yes you’ll feel movement at some point. There are only a handful of open sea crossings though, as for much of the time you are sailing between islands. No one can tell you how it will be for you as it depends on what time of you travel, how susceptible you are to motion sickness, and so many other things.
thanks for your answer :) @@lifeinnorway1