Dear all,
Please kindly give your suggestion for my plan/itinerary. We (my husband and I) are planning to go to Iceland, Norway and capital city of Scandinavia, during our 4 weeks holiday in middle of Oct until Nov. We like to explore as many “only worth visit” as possible
We will start from UK (but not our home country) and end from Copenhagen
Plan 1.
UK to Iceland (flight)– 1 week
Iceland to Bergen (flight) – 3-4 days, rent a car exploring fjords around Bergen.
Bergen to Lofoten (Leknes by flight) – 3-4 days, rent a car around Lofoten until Svolvaer.
Svolvaer to Tromso overnight by Havilla/Hurtigruten port to port, 1 or 2 days in Tromso for Northern Light.
Tromso to Kirkenes, 3 days by Hurtigruten Cruise, hoping for Norther Light again.
Kirkenes, 2 days for Norther Light, King Crab and Snow Hotel.
Kirkenes to Oslo (by flight) – 2 days
Oslo to Helsinki/Stockholm (flight) – 2 days
Helsinki/Stockholm to Stockholm/Helsinki – 2 days
Stockholm/Helsinki to Copenhagen – 2 days and go home
Plan 2.
UK to Bergen (flight) – 3-4 days, rent a car exploring fjords around Bergen.
Bergen to Lofoten (Leknes by flight) – 3-4 days, rent a car around Lofoten until Svolvaer.
Svolvaer to Tromso overnight by Havilla/Hurtigruten port to port, 1 or 2 days in Tromso for Northern Light.
Tromso to Kirkenes, 3 days by Hurtigruten Cruise, hoping for Norther Light again.
Kirkenes, 2 days for Norther Light, King Crab and Snow Hotel.
Kirkenes to Oslo (by flight) – 2 days
Oslo to Helsinki/Stockholm (flight) – 2 days
Helsinki/Stockholm to Stockholm/Helsinki – 2 days
Stockholm/Helsinki to Iceland – 1 week
Iceland to Copenhagen – 2 days and go home
This part:
Svolvaer to Tromso overnight by Havilla/Hurtigruten port to port, 1 or 2 days in Tromso for Northern Light.
Tromso to Kirkenes, 3 days by Hurtigruten Cruise, hoping for Norther Light again.
Could be substitute with Hurtigruten from Svolvaer to Kirkenes, with stop over 4 hour in Tromso. I hope other place I visit (Iceland, Lofoten, during Hurtigruten cruise dan Kirkenes) already get chances to see Northern Light. Is it possible?
Because it will be in the middle of October until middle of November, I plan to have big cities in the end of itinerary (plan 1), to avoid (little bit) coldness and weather uncertainties in Iceland. Is it correct perception?
Is my itinerary doable and which place should I add or just delete?
Thankyou all for kind recommendation.