Boat Tours in Svalbard

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Boat Tours in Svalbard

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  • Sam C
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    One of the best experiences of my life. The staff and guides were extremely friendly and knowledgable. We were able to stop often to take image and videos, and the guide was very patient which we were extremely grateful for. Our trip was to Van Mijenfjorden - we requested if we could visit Svea too and the guide accommodated this as well as a visit to an ice cave. All in all I couldn’t recommend Poli Arctici enough! 10/10!!
    Written 17 March 2024
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  • José Manuel M
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    The company does the best tours in Svalbard, they are amazing. We took two private tours, everything was fantastic, the place is out of this world.

    The company is as good as it gets. They are the best!

    The night tour is incredible, feels like riding on the moon.

    The West Coast tour is on a whole different level, it's super challenging, a once-in-a-lifetime experience. We had a guide named Jannik. That guy is the best guide I've ever seen in my life. We consider ourselves lucky to have had him as our guide, he's just the best there is. To get to see the West Coast is amazing, to get to go there with this guy is just a privilege. If you come here, try to get out there with Jannik, you'll see what I mean when you meet him, he just makes you feel safe all the way because he definitely knows what he's doing, plus he's just one of those guys who you get a feeling he’ll never leave you behind. Thanks bro you are something else!

    Sincerely,

    Maria & Jose.
    Written 11 March 2024
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  • Antoine Aben
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    We really enjoyed the exciting snowscooter tour to Tempelfjord with Spitsbergen Adventures from the very first until the very last minute!
    What an amazing expedition and impressive adventure.........

    Very well organized and solidly managed by two fantastic guides, who took care of everything.

    Snowscooters and gear of top quality.......

    We can and would recommend Spitsbergen Adventures in general and especially our super guide Elena from Italy to everyone who is looking for an unforgettable arctic experience with breathtaking sceneries.
    Written 16 March 2024
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  • Chandrabhanu P
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    The Snowmobile trip was fabulous. Jon O was our guide . He was simply fantastic. Ask for him on your next trip. Svalbard Adventures did an awesome job overall
    Written 18 March 2024
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  • Maite Plimmer
    Zug, Switzerland300 contributions
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    It was an amazing day! Very well organised. Hans our guide was very passionate and knowledgeable. We did get lucky and see a polar bear but the nature is as fascinating! Beautiful day.
    Written 13 March 2024
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  • F E
    Gävle, Sweden324 contributions
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    We booked the ”musher for a day” activity where one learn how to prepare the dogs for the sleds, how to handle the sled and communicate with the docs. etc, and then take off for several hrs of sledding!

    This organizer (Svalbard Villmarksenter) is a little bit more expensive then some others, but the groups are smaller (max 4!) so there is more quality time with the guide and the dogs!

    Our guide, Sofia, was amazing and made an lovely arrangement even better. Thank you Sofia!

    We are so grateful for this wonderful experience and recommend everyone to book it when on Svalbard!

    Ps, the dogs are super friendly and loves to cuddle! Our favorite was Maud :)
    Written 7 March 2024
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  • Marco M
    Atlanta, GA5 contributions
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    I don't know where to start to describe how incredible my trip to South Georgia with Secret Atlas was. I was part of a 2 weeks Photography and Wildlife Expedition, form February 24 to March 9th. South Georgia is by far one of the most unique and diverse places on earth, here you will be able to see everything from lush green mountains to icebergs and glaciers. In addition to that it is also one of the places with highest wildlife concentration in the world. Secret Atlas is one of the only company that offers small boat tour to this remote location. For this trip we were on a small ship with 48 guests which is very low compared to other big ship with hundreds of passengers. Being in a small ship has several advantages, first of all, even if I was traveling solo I was able to make lot of friends on the boat and that alone made the trip so special. Another advantage is that at every stops, we were able to get on zodiacs or land all at the same time, without having to wait for you turn on the boat. Finally the last advantage was that for each zodiac cruise or landing we had 3-4 hours which is a very long time. During the trip we were extremely lucky with the weather, it was sunny almost every day while in South Georgia and there was basically no wind. That allowed us to have 2 to 3 excursion per day for the whole duration of our time on the island. The Secret Atlas team on board was brilliant, in particular the expedition leader Bob was exceptional in organizing the logistics of the trip. The rest of the team was also incredible, very friendly and knowledgeable. During the navigation days they were doing multiple lessons about wildlife and the history of South Georgia that kept as entertained and prepared us to what we were about to see on the island.
    I really cannot recommend enough this trip, South Georgia is by far one of the most beautiful places on earth and doing it on a small ship allow you to have way more time to enjoy this magical place.
    Written 15 March 2024
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  • Adam L
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    I would like to say a big thank you to Grumant Artic Travel Company for showing me a great time in Svalbard, getting me to Barentsburg from Longyearbyen and back via snowmobile.
    A trip to Templfordjorden, Istford Radio and the Husky Farm dog sledging trip spending a night in a cabin.
    Their snowmobile guides done a great job of taking us around whilst explaining where we are.
    Also a lovely time with two of the ladies from Husky Farm, very good instructing on dog sledging leaving me fully confident to take the reigns, also enjoying the fire in the cabin and the Aurora Borealis with a star lite sky.
    Thank you to everyone involved for making my time in Svalbard amazing seeing seeing some wonderful sites within the Artic Circle.
    Written 13 March 2024
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  • Alessandro R
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    the staff has been fantastic! great courtesy, meal at the top and the boat is very very confortable...what else for having a wonderful trip in the nature!
    Written 12 March 2024
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  • Mara B
    Madrid, Spain5 contributions
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    Amazing and kind crew members and tourist guides. Good food available at the kiosk.
    A must do experience.
    Written 11 September 2019
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  • Bernt Ø
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    We joined a winter trip with snowmobiles to photograph wildlife in the Arctic winter. It turned out te become a once in a lifetime experience. A combination of highly skilled guides, handling the combination of intimate knowledge to the local wildlife and security in a unique way, and very fortunate conditions, turned this into an awesome experience.

    We had polar bear sightings - which was the main purpose of the trip - every day, and several sightings of species like Ptarmigan and Arctic Foxes.

    As a photographer, I particularly appreciated their ability to bring me in good shooting positions. I thus recommend this in particular to advanced nature photographers.
    Written 8 April 2022
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