Iceland on the Ovation….Western or Northern Itinerary

[glsebs]

We are trying to decide which of these 7 day itineraries on the Ovation  is preferable.

Northern Icelandic Gems

or

Wonders of Western Iceland

From the research I’ve done, there are advantages to each.  With such a short time in Iceland, which would offer the best of Iceland.

Thanks for any feedback.

[glsebs]

I am the OP.

to make it easier for someone to answer, here are the ports for each itinerary.

 

Northern Iceland Gems

Isafjorour

Akureyri

Vopnafjorour

Reykjavik

 

Wonders of Western Iceland

Grundarfjorour

Djupivogur

Heimaey

Reykjavik

 

Thanks for any help!

 

 

[Mr Luxury]

Neither for me,

Too cold 😁

[mnocket]

I'm cruising Iceland in Sept on Windstar.  My itinerary is..

 

Reykjavik

Seydisfjordur

Akureyri

Isafjorour

Grundarfjorour

Reykjavik

 

This itinerary circumnavigates Iceland.  From my research I'd suggest you look at what excursions are available on each itinerary and which interest you the most.  The excursions are quite expensive in Iceland and cruise lines usually double the prices you can get if you book the same excursion directly with the operator.  That's what I did.  However, I did notice that in western Iceland I couldn't book excursions directly because the tours all tend to be day trips that depart from and return to Reykjavik instead of the ports, so I booked ship tours there.  This may not matter to you, but my main point is that I'd advise you seriously consider the excursions when selecting your itinerary.  imho in Iceland excursions matter.

[BasandSyb]

I don’t think you can go too wrong with either.

We did Dover to Boston which included Reykjavik, Heimaey, Isafjordor and another port I can’t recall at the moment.

We did a private Golden Circle tour which was about 6-7 hours so didn’t see much of Reykjavik, ship tour at Heimaey, walked around the other place and hired a car in Isafjordor which was delivered to the dock. It was a superb day of magnificent scenery and would highly recommend. 
We will certainly go back for more.