Hiking the Fjords | May 2028

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Head to Norway and hike trails surrounded by immense beauty, while also avoiding the tourist hotspots.The Norwegian fjords are rightly ranked as one of the natural wonders of the world: a contrast of snow-capped mountains, steep green hillsides and powerful waterfalls plunging into calm, clear fjordic waters. Purposefully avoiding the tourist hotspots, we stay at guesthouses within the fjords, providing easy access to some of the most picturesque walking trails in Norway. There’s also time to take a ferry through the sheer cliffs of Naerøyfjord (Narrow Fjord) and ride the Flåm railway, one of the most scenic train journeys in the world.

Highlights + Inclusions/Not Included + Map + Terrain + Mileage

Highlights

  • Hike through Norway’s stunning fjords, the most immersive way to experience the natural wonders

  • Ride the Flåm railway, one of the most beautiful and steep train journeys in the world

  • Enjoy a ferry cruise through the dramatic sheer cliffs of Naerøyfjord (Narrow Fjord)

  • Visit the award-winning Norwegian Glacier Museum to discover the secrets of the landscape

  • Stay at Nes Gard, a family farm on the edge of Lustrafjord

Key Information

  • Accommodation: 8 Classic nights (2 hotel, 6 guesthouse) Can be upgraded by request.

  • Five days of walking

  • Travel by minibus, train and ferry

  • Minimum age: 16

  • Countries visited: Norway

What's Included

  • All breakfasts, seven packed lunches and six dinners

  • All accommodation

  • All transport and listed activities

  • Tour leader throughout

  • Group arrival and departure transfers available

What's Not Included

  • Travel insurance

  • Single accommodation (available on request)

  • Visas or vaccinations

Challenge Level 3 + Mileage + TrekkingPace

This is a Level 3 Challenge Level: The inclusion of more hilly or even mountainous terrain makes this grade suitable for fit and frequent hikers. Underfoot conditions could be rocky or with some loose gravel; on wider trails, we may encounter some steep drops to one side.

We'll be walking approximately four to five hours per day

Terrain: Low altitude; good paths with some steep ascents

Day 3: 8 km / 5 miles

Day 4: 10 km / 6.2 miles

Day 5: 11 km / 6.8 miles

Day 6: 12 km / 7.5 miles

Day 7: 8 km / 5 miles

Day 1

Start Bergen

We begin our adventure in Bergen.

Around 4pm in the hotel lobby, say hallo to your tour leader and fellow travelers, when we gather as a group for the first time to get to know each other and learn more about the adventures ahead.

We then head out for an orientation tour of Norway’s second city.

Want more time in Bergen? Secure pre-tour hotel nights through me. I always request that my travelers consider arriving a day or 2 early to mitigate travel disruptions.

Classic accommodation: Thon Orion Hotel (or similar)

Day 2

Transfer to Nes Gard with ferry cruise in the Nærøyfjord

After breakfast, we load up the minibus and begin our journey into the fjords. After 2hr 30min on the road, we reach the village of Gudvangen, where we hop on a ferry for a two-hour cruise through the wild sheer cliffs of Nærøyfjord. Arriving in the village of Flåm, we jump back in the minibus and continue to Nes Gard, our hideaway in the fjords for the next three nights.

Classic accommodation: Nes Gard (or similar)

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3

Summit Molden peak, an excellent viewpoint for Sognefjord

After a short transfer, we have a picturesque walk to the top of Molden (3,360ft/1,116m), where we can marvel at the profound chasm that is Sognefjord.

Molden is often called the finest viewpoint in Sogn, with an amazing fjord view. With 1,970ft (600m) of elevation gain over 2.6mi (4.2km), the path is neither too steep nor strenuous. Halfway, we stop at the mountain farm of Svarthiller, where we get the first scenic views of the fjord.

After, we visit Urnes Stave Church, the oldest stave church in Norway and a World Heritage site.

Classic accommodation: Nes Gard (or similar)

Distance covered: 6mi (9km)

Ascent: 2,034ft (620m); Descent: 2,034ft (620m); Activity hours: 4

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4

Transfer to Jostedal Valley; hike and boat trip on glacial lake; optional glacier walk

After breakfast, we have an approximately 40-minute transfer to Jostedal National Park, the home of Jostedal glacier, a mammoth ice cap covering vast swathes of the park itself.

It has nearly 30 glacial arms and today we visit two, starting with a walk to the Nigards Glacier where we get up close to the glacier. If you’d like to get even closer, you can join an optional guided walk on the glacier, using crampons and an ice axe to help you navigate.

After, we drive to the Bergset Glacier, a mighty ice wall covering the upper part of Krundalen valley. Here, we have a short walk towards this glacier fall before we head back to Nes Gard.

Classic accommodation: Nes Gard (or similar)

Distance covered: 6mi (10km)

Ascent: 656ft (200m); Descent: 656ft (200m); Activity hours: 6

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5

Hike into Mørkrisdalen Valley

We hike into Mørkrisdalen today, one of the most scenic valleys in Norway. The walk starts in a narrow canyon dominated by a waterfall. As we continue, the canyon opens into a wide valley of moorland with wildflowers and traditional Norwegian summer cottages.

Afterwards, we say goodbye to Nes Gard and transfer (approximately 1hr 30min) to our second guesthouse in the fjords, the Fjærland Fjordstove in Fjærland, which has a waterfront location and views of a glacier.

Classic accommodation: Fjærland Fjordstove (or similar)

Distance covered: 7mi (11km)

Ascent: 1,148ft (350m); Descent: 1,148ft (350m); Activity hours: 6

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner