Rúnar Karlsson Rúnar Karlsson | Tuesday June 23 - 2009

Faroe Islands sailing trip on a very good price

Thorshavn, the capital of Faroe Islands
Thorshavn, the capital of Faroe Islands

Over the sea and not far away


Highlights: Ocean crossing, islands and fjords, fishing villages, friendly atmosphere, G! Music Festival

Iceland´s closest relatives live in the Faroe Islands between Iceland and Shetland Islands. This friendly nation of 50.000 people are spread over islands af different shapes and sizes. The grass is green, mountains are steep, live is good and you´re invited on a sailing trip not to be missed.

The scenery is some of the most spectacular in Northern Europe, much of the land rising as sheer cliffs or very steep hillsides straight out of the sea. The people are exceptionally friendly and welcoming.

 

We will leave from Isafjordur and visit Husavik in NE Iceland and Seydisfjordur in E Iceland before taking on the 300 mile ocean crossing. We will then cruise between towns and villages in the Faeroes and finish in the capital of Torshavn. There guests have an option of ending the voyage and fly home. AURORA will move to participate in the Gøta music festival for a few days. The festival is held under the summer sky between the mountains and is a great event to catch the local atmosphere and enjoy great music. Then we will take on the next group of guests and head back to Iceland. This time we will set course to Vestmannaeyjar islands off the south coast of Iceland and make first landfall there. Then go to Reykjavik and finally end the trip in Isafjordur.

 

The price is very very reasonable (sold in Icelandic krona) and should fit the general budget of every "sofa sailor"...

 

Dates:

13-21 July. Price IKR 120,000

25-31 July. Price IKR 90,000

 

Included: Food, guiding, safety gear and port fees

Not included: Flights to Iceland and/or from the Faroes.

 

For flights to Iceland and Isafjordur, read this.

For flights to/from the Faroe islands, check Atlantic Airways

 

Contact us directly for booking

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Rúnar Karlsson Rúnar Karlsson | Monday June 22 - 2009

Wildlife and great food

Sailing into Hornvik Bay
Sailing into Hornvik Bay
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We just came home from a great trip to the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve with a full boat of Belgians. We started in Hornvik Bay for two days, then moved to Adalvik Bay, enjoyed nice walks and walked over the mountains to Hesteyri. From there we sailed to Grunnavik Bay and walked over the Snaefjallastrond (e. Snow mountain coast). The last day we sailed to the island of Vigur and enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere of the island and all the birdlife. Siggi´s cooking on that trip was quite spectacular. He had just returned from the Faroe Islands and brought nice gifts from his new friends in the form of fresh seafood.

The wildlife on this trip was great. The Arctic foxes in Hornvik were very relaxed around us and many photos were taken. It will be a lot of work for our guests to go through them all.

Thank you for a great week folks.
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Rúnar Karlsson Rúnar Karlsson | Tuesday June 2 - 2009

New features on the website

Skiing over to Hrafnfjordur, Glacier fjords NW Iceland
Skiing over to Hrafnfjordur, Glacier fjords NW Iceland
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We´ve just made few changes on our website to make it more interesting and to make it easier to spread the word. At least that was the idea.

There is new Media section that you can find in the top bar. It includes all articles that have appeared in magazines and newspapers, videos from our trips, photo gallery and other files that might interest you.

You can now share all content from our blogs. Just click the Share icon at the bottom of each blog and then you can choose from the most popular social websites like Facebook, Myspace, Twitter etc.

Last but not least, we´ve made a fan page on Facebook. We´ll publish interesting adventure news from our friends, photos and videos and maybe some last minute booking offers. The site is in development and feel free to join the growing number of fans of Borea.  Click here and check it out. It´s good to bookmark the site.

Finally some photos from our last ski trip of the season. Many thanks to all of you that came and enjoyed the great skiing this season.

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Rúnar Karlsson Rúnar Karlsson | Thursday May 28 - 2009

Borea í fréttum Sjónvarps/Borea on the TV

Náðum að komast í fréttir Sjónvarpsins á mánudaginn var. Hægt er að horfa á fréttina með því að smella á tengilinn hér að neðan.
Borea was on the evening news last Monday. You might enjoy the footage if you don´t understand the Icelandic.

http://dagskra.ruv.is/sjonvarpid/4467470/2009/05/25/7/
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