Trolltunga, Preikestolen and Kjerag

We will meet outside Thon Hotel Opera at 10 a.m. where the guide will pick you up. Together you will go for a hour's drive out of the city and towards the mountains. Around lunch, we will stop by Heddal Stave Church, and have a look at the charming old church, one of Norway's largest Stave Churches. As we continue, we will stop at Haukliseter, one of Norway's most famous DNT cabins for a short hike in Hardangervidda, one of Norway's first national parks. After this, we continue our drive to our destination for the evening, Tyssedal Hotel. Here we'll settle in for the evening, enjoy a traditional Norwegian dinner and go over our itinerary for the next day, and days that follow with the guide.

People come from all over the world to experience Trolltunga, and today it's our turn! Trolltunga is a spectacular mountain formation situated 1,100 meters above sea level, and 700 meters above the lake of Ringedal. Trolltunga is a long hike (10-12 hours), the longest hike of the trip, so we start off early in the morning (around 6am), and will have dinner quite late (8-9pm). Even though the hike is tough, it is both doable and worth it! We will have time to relax at the top, enjoy the view, and take memorable photos on the plateau.After our hike we will drive 1.5 hours to Rosendal, a beautiful town on the famous Hardanger Fjord where will stay for two nights. In the case of bad weather, we have the opportunity to swap day 2 and 3 and get the best weather possible on Trolltunga.

After breakfast we make our way up to Folgefonna National Park and go for a full day walk (4-6 hours) on the glacier. Hiking on the glacier plateau is not particularly hard, but it is a truly magnificent experience walking roped up on the 350m thick carpet of ice! When the weather allows, it is a spectacular view of the surrounding fjord landscape from the glacier. During this day we will walk at a gentle pace, learning how to walk as a rope team with an experienced glacial guide. We spend the evening and night at our small hotel back in Rosendal.

On this day we leave Rosendal and head towards one of the most famous mountain hikes in the world, Preikestolen! From the hotel, we will drive (around 6 hours) through the beautiful coastal scenery between Folgefonna and Preikestolen. During the day, there are many visitors to the plateau. Therefore, we choose to hike in the evening; here we can enjoy the sunset and an evening meal looking over the fjord after most tourists have left this popular destination. The trek to Preikestolen is a four-hour round trip, and the beautiful landscape has resulted in numerous international top rankings. Tonight, we will rest in the Preikestolen Mountain Lodge or Preikestolhytta and sleep soundly in order to prepare for our early morning wake up tomorrow.

Today we have an early morning in order to make our 6am ferry to Lysebotn. We leave the lodge with breakfast to go and take the ferry into the mystical fjord landscape in Lysefjorden (The Fjord of Light). Once we step off the boat, we drive up the curving Norwegian roads to reach the trailhead for Mount Kjerag. It is situated 1,000 meters above the Lysefjord, and the round trip itself takes around 6 hours. Here, we can grab a cup of coffee or a much-deserved beverage before we hit the road to drive 2.5 hours to our evening's accommodation in Dalen or to Straand Hotel in Vrådal. Tonight we enjoy our last dinner together at the hotel before we head off for a good night's rest.

Today we wake up to a lovely breakfast at our hotel. From here, we have an optional morning hike in the local area to stretch our legs and take in the spectacular surroundings in Dalen. Upon our return from our morning hike, we will pack up our things and hop in the minibus to make our final 4 to 4,5 hours drive back to Oslo. During the drive back we will talk about our fantastic trip and sum up all the experiences that we have had together. The estimated time of arrival back in Oslo (Thon Hotel Opera) is between 16:00 (4:00 PM) and 18:00 (6:00 PM).