Norwegian Winter Adventure
Tour Itinerary
Welcome! Your Norwegian winter tour begins today. Meet your private driver, who will take you to the hotel. Rest in the afternoon or take a short walk along the harbor or the main shopping street.
- Radisson Blu Plaza or similar
Early breakfast and check-out from your hotel. Walk from your hotel in Oslo to the Central Railway Station. Take the Airport Express to Oslo Airport for a non-stop flight to the Arctic town of Kirkenes, located by the Barents Sea close to the Russian border. Upon arrival in Kirkenes, you will be transferred to your hotel.
Northern Lights-King Crab-Snowmobile, incl. dinner and warm winter clothes.
In the evening, we pick you up at the hotel for an escorted activity. On this tour, you can drive your own snowmobile to the catch places on the ice. Several stops en route to hunt for the northern lights.
After the snowmobile ride, rest by the campfire in the lavvo and enjoy a fresh king crab meal.
A valid driving license is required to operate the snowmobile. People without a license can only participate as passengers. At the end of the adventure, we will transfer you back to Kirkenes hotel.
- Breakfast / Dinner
- Scandic Kirkenes Hotel or similar
Free morning to explore on your own
Husky Tour in Sledges
In the afternoon, we pick you up at the hotel for escorted activity. On this Husky tour, an experienced musher drives the sledge, and guests take part as passengers (2 per sledge) for approximately 10 km, dependent on weather and snow conditions. At the end of the activity, we will take you back to Kirkenes hotel.
A Snowhotel visit with a 3-course local dinner in the restaurant.
In the evening, you will visit our famous Snowhotel and enjoy a nice dining experience in our beautiful, warm log restaurant. Transfer back to Kirkenes hotel.
Overnight stay at Kirkenes Snow hotel Stay overnight at Snowhotel including breakfast and the possibility to take a sauna in the morning. The rooms are built of snow and there is an average temperature of -4 C inside. You will be guided all the way and warm sleeping bags are included. The shower/WC, sauna, and restaurant are located in our service building (the warm part of our hotel).
- Breakfast / Dinner
- Scandic Kirkenes Hotel or similar
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your scheduled flight to Bergen – the Gateway to Fjords!
Upon arrival in Bergen, you will be transferred to your hotel. Rest of the day is at leisure to explore the city on your own.
- Breakfast
- Hotel Thon Rosenkrantz or similar
Food and culture walk of Bergen
In the afternoon, use all your senses to take in the city of Bergen. This tour takes you through Bergen's history and lets you try local food and learn about it. Learn about the history and traditions of food in Bergen from a local guide who speaks English. On our food tour, we focus on local goods and things that people have made themselves. The guide will take you around the old part of the city, and there you will make five stops to try different foods. We will go to Bryggen, which is on the list of world heritage sites maintained by UNESCO. A small restaurant run by locals in what used to be a public bath offers another taste. The food should be enough for lunch, and the last stop will be at the oldest cellar in Norway, where a special story will be told over a glass of beer.
Later, you can go on your own to one of Norway's most popular and well-known sights— the Fløibanen funicular in Bergen. It takes about 5–8 minutes to get to the top, which is 320 m above sea level. Mount Floyen has many hiking trails and is a great place to start a nice walk in the mountains around the city.
- Breakfast / Food Tour
- Hotel Thon Rosenkrantz or similar
Early breakfast and check-out. Your main baggage will be safely transferred from Bergen to your hotel in Oslo by porter service, so you may concentrate on focusing your camera on some of the world's most breathtaking nature.
A Day in The Norwegian Fjords
Take a short walk or a short taxi ride from your hotel to Bergen Railway Station. Then, start on a scenic train journey to Voss. Next, continue by bus and travel through charming villages and scenic nature landscapes towards Gudvangen. From Gudvangen, cruise on the narrow Nærøyfjord and the magnificent Aurlandsfjord. Nærøyfjord is one of the narrowest fjords in Europe and is included on UNESCO's World Heritage List. After your fjord cruise, you arrive in the small village of Flåm, nestled in the innermost part of the Aurlandsfjord.
Upon arrival at Flåm, you will board the legendary Flåm Railway. The Flåm Railway offers spectacular panoramic views of some of the wildest and most magnificent nature in the Norwegian fjord landscape. The Flåm Railway will arrive in Myrdal, where you change trains to the Bergen Railway. Then, you continue the rail journey through scenic mountain terrain to Oslo. Upon arrival at Oslo Central Station, take a short stroll or taxi to your hotel.
- Breakfast
- Radisson Blu Plaza or similar
In the morning, take the Airport Express to Oslo Airport on your own.
- Breakfast
Customer reviews
A wonderfully planned experience. Thank you. We loved it. I would make only 2 tiny suggestions for your itinerary that you sent. Please add in Bergen when arriving at the airport, you meet Bergen Taxi outside by the taxi line, not in arrivals as stated, also in Bergen when meeting the food and culture tour at the fish market, you meet the guide outside at the entrance to visitor information, no at visitor information. This changes may remove a few very minor moments of wonder and anxiety.
Do you have other independent itineraries throughout the world? Please send me a link so I can review.
Many thanks
Karen Meade
Judy Bey
Cristina
Cristina
King crab safari was a highlight. We learned how to catch, prepare, and how to eat them Norwegian style. A great holiday! We will book more tours at Nordic saga Tours in the future, Best regards,
Annita Thomp
Alice Norman
Anita H
Anita H