Norwegian Fjords Cruises Take You Close To Nature

2007-03-08 10:33:40

( Travel )



When you take an Alaska cruise, you gaze in awe at the vastness of nature and the great horizontal expanse of pristine wilderness. Aboard Norwegian fjords cruises, your perspective goes vertical, as your eyes are swept thousands of feet up the rugged rock walls of jagged cliffs. This is nature in towering majesty.

The fjords of Norway are the stuff of legend. Fjords are intrusions of the sea into the western and central parts of Norway's rugged coastline. They are the remnants of the last ice age. Some of these fjords slice into tall mountain ranges, and the walls can soar upward over three thousand feet into the sky. The longest fjord cuts into the land 177 kilometers inland. Norwegian fjords cruises will start from the country's second largest city and take you to the western coast, but you can also take cruises that include visits to the capital.

You will not have difficulty getting bookings on Norwegian fjords cruises. There is at least one cruise liner that starts its voyage each day of the year. You can select cruises that last only four nights, but there are itineraries that can go up to 12 nights long. That is almost as long as a Princess cruise to Alaska.

The scenery will be very different from an Alaska cruise. There are no glaciers calving bergs into the sea. The glaciers finished their work carving the fjords long ago. Now you will see waterfalls hurtling down the mountainsides into the fjord. After cascading in a long freefall, the water smashes into the rocks below exploding into sprays of mist. The ships that go on Norwegian fjords cruises will take you right inside the fjord. At some points, you may get very close to the sides of the fjords; this intensifies the effect of soaring heights.


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