Arrival in Bergen

Arrival in Bergen according to your own itinerary. Bergen is Norway’s second largest city and the world’s only city surrounded by 7 mountains and 7 fjords. Sights of interest include the Hanseatic Bryggen Harbour, Fløibanen Funicular, Troldhaugen, the Fish and Flower market, Bergen Aquarium and Gamle Bergen (Old Bergen Open Air Museum). Accommodation in Bergen.

Cruise on the Sognefjord (Bergen – Leikanger)

Breakfast at the hotel. This day is at your own leisure before afternoon departure by express boat in northern direction along the western coastline of Norway. After a few hours the journey continues along the Sognefjord, the world’s longest and deepest fjord, to the fjord village of Leikanger. Accommodation in Leikanger.

Glacier Experience

Breakfast at the hotel. Today you will travel with the glacier bus along the Sognefjord to Sogndal, from where you will continue via Gaupne to Jostedalen and the Nigards Glacier. The valley of Jostedalen offers spectacular scenery, mainly shaped by glacial erosion. The Nigards Glacier is one of the most famous glacial outlets of the Jostedal glacier, the largest glacier in Northern Europe. At the Nigards Glacier you will experience a 2-hour guided glacier walk, a short and easy blue ice trip taking you deep into an icy landscape. It is not a hard or physically demanding trip and is therefore suitable for all who wish to experience what glacier walking is really like. After an adventurous day in Jostedal you will arrive back in Leikanger just in time for dinner. Accommodation in Leikanger.

Fjord cruise – Scenic Railway (Leikanger – Vatnahalsen)

Breakfast at the hotel. Morning at leisure before departure by express boat for a 1-hour cruise to Flåm, Norway’s only fjord village with train connection. In Flåm you will board the Flåm Railway which passes through wild and beautiful mountain scenery with waterfalls and steep mountain sides reaching a height of up to 900 metres. There is no other adhesion railway in the world running on normal tracks that is so steep over a long distance. Just before reaching the end station of the Flåm Railway you will arrive at Vatnahalsen Mountain Hotel. The family owned hotel offers a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, as well as a spectacular location 820 metres above sea level. Dinner and accommodation at Vatnahalsen Mountain Hotel

Downhill biking – Fjord Safari (Vatnahalsen - Voss)

Breakfast at the hotel. This morning you will meet your guide at the train station. Half way down the Flåm Railway, at Berekvam Station, you will leave the train and continue the remaining 11 kilometres to Flåm by bike (your luggage will be transported to your hotel in Voss). The downhill bike ride follows a narrow gravel road along the river with spectacular view of the waterfalls, mountain sides and valley. If you like you can even fill your water bottle from the river and streams along the way. In the fjord village of Flåm you will have some time at leisure before you will go on a thrilling Fjord Safari along the narrow Nærøyfjord, which was added to UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites in 2005. Your guide will give you an exciting ride with the RIB boat, speeding close to sheer mountain walls and jumping waves and wake from fjord ferries. You will also experience the tranquility of an area hard to reach and seldom visited and learn about the history and geography of this amazing place. If you are lucky you might even see some seals. After 1 ½ hour you will arrive in Gudvangen, at the head of the Nærøyfjord. A bus will be waiting for you to take you up the hairpin bends of the Stalheimskleiva Road, one of Europe’s steepest roads. At approximately 2 pm you will arrive in Voss, famous for it’s annual Extreme Sports Week. Afternoon at leisure. Accommodation in Voss.

White water rafting

Breakfast at the hotel. At approximately 10 am you will be picked up by car and brought to Voss Rafting Centre where you will experience white water rafting. The rafting centre maintains the highest standards of safety and excitement. Their aim is to take you into a world full of adventure under safe and skillful directions. On the 3 ½ hour rafting tour you will get wet, you will have to paddle, you might fall in, the raft could flip over, but you are guaranteed to have the time of your life. A barbeque lunch will be served at the rafting centre before your transfer back to your hotel (at approximately 14:30 hrs). The afternoon is at your own leisure. Accommodation in Voss.

Voss – Bergen (train)

Breakfast at the hotel. A 1-hour train ride will bring you back to Bergen. Accommodation in Bergen.

Departure from Bergen

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure from Bergen according to your own itinerary.

Services included:

• 7 nights hotel accommodation in shared double room with shower/WC, including breakfast
• 1 x buffet or 3 course dinner at Vatnahalsen Mountain Hotel
• Boat Bergen – Leikanger
• Bus Leikanger – Sogndal – Jostedal
• Bus Jostedal – Sogndal – Leikanger
• Boat Leikanger – Flåm
• Train Flåm - Vatnahalsen
• Train Vatnahalsen – Berekvam
• Mountain bike rental Berekvam – Flåm
• Fjord Safari with RIB boat Flåm – Gudvangen
• Bus Gudvangen – Voss
• Train Voss – Bergen
• Entrance to Breheimsenteret Glacier Centre
• Short Blue Ice Walk - 2 hours on the ice with glacier guide. Glacier gear included.
• Boat trip out to the glacier
• White water rafting 3 ½ hours including safety briefing. Wetsuits, shoes, jackets, life-jackets and helmets will be provided
• BBQ lunch at Voss Rafting Centre
• Tour guide from Berekvam to Voss (guiding during Fjord Safari and bus ride from Gudvangen to Voss only).
• Luggage transport Berekvam station – hotel in Voss