Nature and Travel
| Iceland Monitor
| Mon 2 May 2016
| 13.00 GMT
| Modified
13 May 2016
11.01
Iceland cruise-ship season under way
108,000 cruise-ship passengers are expected in Iceland this season. Photo: Iceland Monitor
The Magellan cruise ship arrived in Reykjavik yesterday morning, marking the official start of Iceland’s cruise season.
The ship has a capacity of 1,425 passengers and 650 crew. It is expected to depart from Iceland around midday today.
The next cruise arrivals are the Albatros and the Celebrity Eclipse – both on May 17.
There are 113 scheduled cruise-ship arrivals in Iceland this summer, bring a total of some 108,000 passengers.
The Magellan was in Reykjavik in March this year. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Eggert Jóhannesson
