Travel through some of Norway's most scenic landscapes and experience the customs, culture and history of the Viking homeland
Mountains, valleys, lakes, fjords and islands. The adventure awaits!
Travel through some of Norway's most scenic landscapes and experience the customs, culture and history of the Viking homeland
Mountains, valleys, lakes, fjords and islands. The adventure awaits!
We offer guided hiking and sightseeing trips around the mountains and fjords of Norway. The standard trips explore hidden gems, well trodden paths and famous hikes all per your choice of activity level.
Our most popular trip is a 9 day adventure that starts with day hikes from a private cabin to allow you to rejuvenate after traveling to Norway. We then visit the old Viking capital of Trondheim before moving deep into the Jotunheimen National Park mountains trekking on century old trails using the national hut system. Next Sognefjorden, the world's 2nd longest & deepest fjord, awaits where a swim might be your choice of refresh! We continue southward and after another night in the mountains we finish with sightseeing in the capital city of Oslo.
Many people already have a connection to Norway by ancestry, friends or particular interests. We would be happy to custom tailor trips to visit the family farm, or village, where your ancestors lived, or visit a particular region of interest.
Furthermore, our trips can easily be made shorter/longer, more strenuous with different and additional trekking sections, or less challenging for more leisurely sightseeing.
We would also very much like to entertain inquiries about trips at other times of the year than those presented in our regular schedule below.
All nights are spent in the warm comfort of a bed in a cabin, lodge, or hotel. In the cabins and lodges blankets are provided so all you need to bring is a light sleeping bag, or linen bag, to sleep in. Traveling hut-to-hut in the mountains allows us to carry a light trekking pack with only personal items instead of complete camping gear packs. Non-essential additional clothing can be stored during the hiking sections of the trip. A recommended packing list will be provided.
Much of Norway's central and eastern valleys are covered with pine forests and light growth sub-alpine terrain. These areas are wonderful hiking terrain as the vegetation provide protection from wind and weather.
In most of Norway the timberline is below 1000m so the vast array of alpine trekking trails are below elevations where people's breathing is typically affected by the thin air.
In the mountains we access the hut system of the DNT (Norwegian Trekking Association), a combination of spartan self-service and comfortable full-service huts and lodges.
7 days: Saturday, June 17 - Friday, June 23
9 days: Sunday, June 25 - Monday, July 3
9 days: Wednesday, July 6 - Friday, July 14
(9 days)
(7 days)
Arrive Norway, Trondheim Airport
Overnight at Scandic Hell Hotel
- Drive to Selbu (1 hr); hike to cabin
- Hike valley to Hegsetvollen alpen pasture and Gardåa River (1-2 hours)
- Overnight at Gråstengbu cabin
- Hike in the alpine to Bringen (alpine trek, 3-5 hours)
- Overnight at Gråstengbu cabin
- Drive to Trondheim (1.5 hours)
- Sightseeing: Nidaros Cathedral, city bridge, old town, the fort, harbor, university, etc.
- Everyone is on their own for lunch and dinner
- Overnight at Scandic Nidelven Hotel
- Drive to Gjendesheim, Jotunheimen National Park (4.5 hours)
- Passenger ferry across Lake Gjende
- Overnight at Gjendebu Lodge
- Hike Bukkelægret (alpine trek, 5-6 hours), Jotunheimen National Park
- Overnight at Memurubu Lodge
- Hike Besseggen (alpine trek, 5-7 hours), Jotunheimen National Park
- Drive to Aurland via world's longest road tunnel 24.5km (2.5 hours)
- En route visit Borgund Stave Church (built 1181)
- Overnight at Vangsgaarden Hotel's fishing cabin (aka Rorbu)
- Sightseeing: Aurland, Stegastein, Flåm, Gudvangen, Nærøyfjorden
- Swim in Sognefjorden (world's 2nd longest/deepest at 203km/1308m)
- Drive to Geiteryggen (1 hour)
- Overnight at Geiteryggen Lodge
- Hike at Geiteryggen (alpine trek, 1-2 hours), Hallingskravet National Park
- Drive to Oslo (3.5 hours)
- Overnight at Oslo hotel of your choice
- Oslo sightseeing
Holmenkollen national winter sports arena & ski museum, Vigeland Park, Viking ships, Kon-Tiki, Ra II, Fram, Harbor, Royal Palace, Parliament, City Hall, Akershus Castle, Resistance Museum
- Everyone is on their own for meals
- Public transportation around the city
Arrive Norway, Bergen Airport
Overnight at Scandic Bergen Hotel
- Visit Sotra island, short hike to Varden
(Dip a finger, toe, or body in the North Atlantic ocean - anyone?)
- Sightseeing: Fløyen, Ulriken, Harbor, Fish market, Hanseatic docks
- Overnight at Scandic Bergen Hotel
- Morning hike to Ulriken, visit Grieg's home Troldhaugen
- Drive to Voss (2 hours)
- Sightseeing around Voss
- Overnight at Voss hotel
- Sognefjorden region sightseeing (UN World Heritage landscape
- Stalheimskleiva, Gudvangen, Nærøyfjorden, Undredal, Flåm, Stegastein, Aurland
- Sognefjorden is the world's 2nd longest/deepest fjord (203km/1308m).
Who wants to swim in the fjord?
- Overnight at Vangsgaarden Hotel's fishing cabins (aka Rorbu) in Aurland
- Drive to Gjendesheim, Jotunheimen National Park (2.5 hours)
- Experience the world's longest road tunnel (24.5km)
- En route visit Borgund Stave Church (built 1181)
- Passenger ferry across Lake Gjende
- Overnight at Gjendebu Lodge, Jotunheimen
- Hike Bukkelægret (alpine trek, 5-6 hours)
- Overnight at Memurubu Lodge, Jotunheimen National Park
- Hike Besseggen (alpine trek, 5-7 hours), Jotunheimen National Park
- Drive to Oslo (4.5 hours)
- Overnight at Scandic Oslo Hotel
- Oslo sightseeing
- Holmenkollen national winter sports arena & ski museum, Vigeland Park, Viking Ships, Kon-Tiki, Ra, Fram, Maritime Museum, Oslo Harbor, Royal Palace, Parliament, City Hall, Akershus Castle, Resistance Museum
- Everyone is on their own for meals
- Public transportation around the city
We suggest you schedule your departure flight the day after the trip end date. Oslo Airport is easily accessible in less than an hour from downtown hotels by high speed train. Most people walk from the hotel to the train station.
SELBU - TRONDHEIM - JOTUNHEIM - OSLO
Jon was born and raised in Norway and spent his childhood roaming the mountains summer and winter alike with his family. He continued the outdoor lifestyle throughout his youth and served as Scout Master and Eagle Scout Leader.
Jon is a USSF licensed soccer coach and PSIA certified ski instructor (alpine, cross-country and telemark) and holds a BSc. in Physics & Electronic Engineering and an MBA and has 30 years of business experience. Jon is married to Harriet and they have three grown children. He splits his time between Norway and his Seattle residence.
The price for the standard trips described in the above itineraries is 34,000 Norwegian Kroner (NOK) payable in two installments; a non-refundable deposit of 17,000 NOK 6 months in advance and the non-refundable balance 3 months prior to the start of your trip. The price is inclusive of transportation, lodging and food for the scheduled trip days (less exceptions noted in itinerary).
The price of custom guided trips would be based on the standard trip and adjusted according to the itinerary modifications requested.
Please contact us for further information at:
Phone: (+1) 206 619 4016, or in Norway (+47) 95 73 83 65
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