Reviews

Everything about my trip was amazing! The scenery, the crew, the ship, the activities, the food, everything! It's a schlep and the activities are hard work, but that just makes it all the more worthwhile. We had to have seen a thousand penguins and I love each and every one of them.

The crew, the guides, the cooks and the "experts" were all 100 %. This is the best trip I have ever done, in 50 + years of travel to 57 countries. Thanks guys and gals.

The most wonderful adventure of my life.... wonderful crew, amazing views and incredible activities on and off the ship!!!!!!!!!

Unsere Fahrt mit der Plancius war ein voller Erfolg. Wir haben eine neue Welt entdeckt, wurden bestens betreut und informiert. Es war eine unserer schönsten und eindrücklichsten Reisen.

An excellent trip with superb crew on the ship. I was greatly surprised, and impressed, by the number and variety of fungi on Greenland

Greenland West our own initiative , Spitzbergen and Greenland East by MS Plancius: Greenland East ->again all guides did perfecly their job, the weather was the best, the landscape were other as expected, but still exciting.

Durch das sonnige Wetter konnten wir sehr vieles sehen und erleben. Besonders eindrücklich waren für mich Wale, Rentiere, Eisbärenmutter mit Kind, ein abbrechender Gletscher und die Natur mit seinen kleinen Pflanzen unmittelbar zu erleben.

Allthough I chose this trip because I wanted to see polar bears in their natural habitat , and how successfull this trip was, I was most impressed by the landscapes, the “spitsbergen”, the fjords, the enormous and countless glaciers and the packice. And all that from a very silent, comfortable ship, the M/V Plancius. I loved it.

A wonderful trip to a very, very impressing scenery. Accompanied by a very efficient, thoughtful, helpful crew and guided by very knowing, charming, informing crew, especially the expedition leader Ali Liddle, the second expedition leader Andreas, the guides Adam, Ross, Chloé, Christian. All were very charming, giving lots of information, keeping their humor and patience even in more challenging situations.

I don't know where to start. This expedition has shown so much of the beauty of the Arctic. And unfortunately also how fragile it is. There is so much life like of course the polar bear but also seals, walruses, whales, many bird species etc. The flora and fauna is fantastic. And again so fragile. Led by a fantastic team of guides we learned so much about the arctic. Everyone had his or her own area of expertise. And they shared it with great pleasure and enthusiasm. On the Plancius we were looked after fantastically by the team on board. We felt very welcome. In short, this expedition is highly recommended. (As long as it's still possible)

Exciting journey. Very good guides, very good ship crew, fantastic kitchen. See you later again.

The boat and room was comfortable but the activities and cruise was terrible. They were suppose to announce when they saw any wildlife but the only announcement was when a bear was far away. The boat did not attempt to find wildlife and the landings each day was to see a lone flower growing. I met people who took the same cruise the same days on a different boat and they saw such more wildlife. I had waited 2 years (original trip was to be July 2020) for this cruise hoping to see wildlife but there was none.

Wonderful Arctic experience with Oceanwide Expeditions on MV Plancius around Spitzbergen. So much more than we had hoped for. Highly recommended.

Abundant wildlife, including 4 polar bears, 2 blue whales, 40+ belugas, arctic foxes, reindeer, ivory gulls, king eider. Very spectacular zodiac cruises near glaciers. Beautuful hikes. Excellent staff. Great views from the Plancius.