Skjolden Shore Excursion Manual 2026, printable

High season, from 20 June	24 guides · 24 coaches
Shoulder season	16 guides · 16 coaches
Standard availability	19 coaches on every call, own fleet plus contracted
Owned fleet	13 coaches, 577 seats
— 10 × King Long C12HD (2026)	47 seats each, 470 total. Main excursion fleet
— 2 × Temsa MD9	34 seats each, 68 total. Tindevegen and Berdalsnosi — under the 10 m limit
— 1 × Temsa MD9	39 seats each, 39 total. Tindevegen and Berdalsnosi
Guide pool	50+ certified · 20–30 English-speaking · German-speaking guides are staffed for German-language ships
Catamaran	M/S Holly, 74 guests
Coach group size	15 minimum, 45 maximum per coach
Shifts	Most short tours run in shifts through the call, so capacity is a function of the hours ashore — the call length less the port's 30/30 margins — rather than of coaches alone.

Excursions may leave the pier	ETA + 30 minutes
Every guest back on board	ETD − 30 minutes
Usable window ashore	Call length − 1 hour
Recommended call length	10 hours at the port, which leaves 9 hours ashore

9 hours ashore	10 h at the port. Full programme — up to 3,000 guests on tour, both eight-hour tours, two coach waves with the statutory break inside the day.
8 hours ashore	9 h at the port. Full, without slack — Every product still fits once, but the eight-hour tours reach all-aboard with nothing in hand and the second coach wave shortens to 3½ hours, back to back with no break.
7 hours ashore	8 h at the port. Long formats out — Ice Tunnels and the Norwegian Mountain World no longer fit; the second coach wave is a two-hour shuttle; the catamaran runs once.
6 hours ashore	7 h at the port. One wave — Six-hour tours fit with nothing to spare; a coach runs one tour and a short shuttle; the catamaran still runs once.

Preliminary numbers	90 days before arrival (one month accepted)
Final numbers	48 hours before arrival
Cancellation	24 hours prior to arrival
Bus list	Bus list with driver names and registration plates several days in advance — plates are loaded into the ANPR gate

Shorex Manager & Dispatch	Christian Hellumsand · christian@skjoldenport.com
ships@skjoldenport.com	Berth requests, call bookings, amendments and cancellations.
shorex@skjoldenport.com	Shore excursion programmes, capacity, numbers and tour lists.
post@skjoldenport.com	Everything else, and anything you are unsure where to send.

Season	mid-April to mid-October
Cruise Pier	127.5 m at 12 m depth. ISPS-approved, monitored access
Gangway to coaches	70–100 m on level ground
Tender pier	36 m, 5 m depth. Sheltered behind the breakwater; the ship has the pier to itself. Shared with local RIB traffic.

Airport	Sogndal Haukåsen (SOG), 70 km
Medical	Urgent care Gaupne ~30 min · Lærdal 95 km · acute cases usually Førde ~2.5 h
Taxi	+47 57 68 16 20. Must be pre-booked. Limited local capacity.
Without a coach	9 of 25 leave from the pier or terminal on foot, by bicycle or straight into a boat — no coach committed

No.	Excursion	Group	Duration	Season	Group size
23	Best of Skjolden — Village Loop NOK 300	Shuttle excursions	1 h	May–October	10–45
12	Jotunheimen — Oscarshaug shuttle NOK 600	Shuttle excursions	2 h	April–October	15–45
6	Skjolden's Secret — Berdalsnosi NOK 900	Shuttle excursions	2 h	May–October	10–45
10	Urnes Stave Church Shuttle NOK 900	Shuttle excursions	1 h 30 min	May–October	10–34
1	Mountains & Fjords	Signature	5 h	May–October	34–34
2	The Last Vikings no coach	Signature	2 h	May–October	max 24
4	Experience the Stygge Glacier — e-bike and hike	Signature	4 h – 5 h	15 June – 15 October	12–16
3	Ice Tunnels — Klimapark 2469, Juvasshytta	Signature	8 h	June–October	20–45
5	The Hidden Glacier — Tunsbergdalsbreen	Mountains, glaciers and ice	6 h	June–September	8–30
11	The Glacier Valley — Nigardsbreen	Mountains, glaciers and ice	4 h – 6 h	May–October	20–45
12	Jotunheimen — Home of the Giants	Mountains, glaciers and ice	3 h – 5 h	May–October	20–45
13	RIB Adventure no coach	Fjord and water	1 h 45 min	May–October	6–12
15	Fjord RIB Adventure & Waterfall Hike no coach	Fjord and water	4 h	May–October	6–12
19	Kayak the Lustrafjord	Fjord and water	2 h	June–September	3–10
9	The Norwegian Mountain World — Lom	Culture and heritage	8 h	May–October	20–45
10	UNESCO Heritage — Urnes Stave Church	Culture and heritage	2 h 30 min – 6 h	May–October	20–45
16	Discovering Old Kroken Fjord-Farm	Culture and heritage	3 h 30 min	June–August	20–50
17	Sengjaberget Nature Walk no coach	Village, farm and table	3 h	Year-round	10–25
20	Walking with Llamas no coach	Village, farm and table	3 h	Year-round	15–30
21	Skjolden's Culinary Odyssey no coach	Village, farm and table	2 h	April–October	20–25
22	Cider Tasting at Skjolden Cidery no coach	Village, farm and table	2 h	May–September	10–20
7	Jostedal Canyoning	Active and adventure	5 h – 6 h 30 min	June–September	6–16
8	Jostedal Whitewater Rafting	Active and adventure	5 h 30 min – 6 h 30 min	June–October	10–20
14	Bike & Waterfall Hike — Mørkrid Valley no coach	Active and adventure	3 h 45 min	May–October	8–25
18	The Romantic Road no coach	Active and adventure	4 h	May–October	8–22

Shuttle excursions

One fixed guest price each, the same on the quay as on board. They run on a cycle rather than as a single departure: hop on, hop off, and the seat comes round again.

23 Best of Skjolden — Village Loop

1 h · May–October NOK 300 fixed Low

Sold on the quay and on board, at the same price either way.

Ten kilometres, one hour, off wherever you like

A ten-kilometre loop around Skjolden with the coach coming past again: the marina, the service building, the village centre, the llama farm, the viewpoint above the village, the Sengjaberget trailhead and the Åsafossen waterfall. Guests get off where they want and pick up a later coach, so an hour of it is a ride and the rest of the call is theirs. One fixed fare, the same ashore as on board, and the shortest way to put the whole village in reach of a guest who was only going to walk to the end of the quay.

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The whole village for NOK 300: a ten-kilometre narrated loop with the coach coming past again, so you step off wherever you like — the marina, the service building, the village centre, the llama farm, the viewpoint above the rooftops, the Åsafossen waterfall — and ride on when the next one comes. Stay aboard and it is an hour's introduction to Skjolden; step off and the rest of your call is yours. Same fare on the quay as on board.

Versions	Standard — 1 h (SKJ-BOL): The only version. New for 2027; it carries no separate version code, so it is booked under the product code.
Season	May–October. Follows the call season. The loop itself is driveable all year; the stops on it are not all open outside the season.
Group size	10–45 guests per group
Per departure	45 guests
Vehicles or gear	1–4 coaches, two recommended
Departures	Continuous rotation through the call
Capacity note	Coaches are priced at 45 seats, not the 47 fitted: the two spare seats cover the line's own escort and photographer. Above 45 the answer is a second departure, never an overfilled coach.
Effort	Seated throughout unless a guest chooses to get off. Nothing on the loop itself is walked.
Accessibility	Boarding a coach at the pier. Guests who stay aboard walk nothing at all, which makes it the least demanding way to see the village.
Facilities	Toilets and tourist information at the service building, 900 m
Included	Coach transfer from and to the Skjolden cruise pier · The full ten-kilometre village circuit, with commentary · Hop-on hop-off at every stop on the loop for the length of the call
Operational	Two coaches are the working recommendation rather than one: with a single vehicle the wait at a stop is the full hour, which is the whole hour a guest on a short call has. The point of the product is local circulation, not margin. It is the answer to a full ship on a short call, and it is what keeps the walking traffic off the road towards Fortun. Name collision, and it matters commercially: several lines use «Best of Skjolden» for the eight-hour Lom tour, which this catalogue calls The Norwegian Mountain World. This catalogue keeps the two names strictly apart. Sold as a transfer, not as a guided tour. A coach on the loop is a coach not on an excursion.

00:00	Depart the cruise pier
00:04	Skjolden Marina, 400 m — the RIB base and the Viking bikes
00:09	The service building, 900 m — souvenir hall, restaurant, pub and tourist information
00:15	The village centre, 1.2 km — grocery shop, Skjolden Hotel and Fjordstova
00:22	The llama farm in the Mørkrid valley
00:30	The viewpoint above the village, with the ship and the head of the fjord below
00:38	The Sengjaberget trailhead, for guests who want to walk the last of it themselves
00:46	Åsafossen waterfall
00:53	Back along the fjord towards the pier
01:00	Arrive back at the cruise pier

The hour is the full circuit without getting off. Every stop is a hop-on hop-off point: guests leave the coach where they like and rejoin a later one, and the times above are how long it takes the coach to come round again.

12 Jotunheimen — Oscarshaug shuttle

2 h · April–October NOK 600 fixed

Sold on the quay and on board, at the same price either way.

The two-hour answer

The short-call answer: straight up the pass to the Oscarshaug viewpoint, the Jotunheimen peaks laid out across the valley, and back at the gangway inside two hours. It shares the Jotunheimen tour number in the master sheet and does not appear in the published catalogue.

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Two hours, one climb, one view. The coach runs up the Sognefjell road to Oscarshaug, where the Jotunheimen peaks — glaciers, snowfields, the serrated Hurrungane — stand across the valley. It waits while you photograph them, then brings you down past the Åsafossen waterfall. A fixed NOK 600 fare, the same on board as ashore. Built for the call with no room for anything longer, and the guest who wants the mountains without the day.

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An empty mountain road curving through open tundra towards two snow-covered summits, white lines along the verge, the pass falling away in shadow between and low sun raking across the heath — National scenic route 55 over Sognefjellet, 1,434 m. Snow lies at the top into July.

Versions	Panorama — 2 h (PANORAMA): The only version. A viewpoint run that turns around inside two hours.
Season	April–October
Group size	15–45 guests per group
Vehicles or gear	Standard excursion coaches
Capacity note	Carried over from the master sheet; not restated in the published catalogue.
Effort	Coach sightseeing with a viewpoint stop.
Accessibility	A high-altitude viewpoint stop, exposed to weather.
Facilities	Toilets at Oscarshaug
Included	Coach transfer from and to the Skjolden cruise pier · Photo stop at the Oscarshaug viewpoint towards the Jotunheimen peaks
Operational	Carries a master-sheet tour code but does not appear on the published catalogue page.

00:00	Depart pier and head up the Fortun valley, past hairpins and waterfalls, climbing towards the Sognefjell pass
00:50	Photo stop at the Oscarshaug viewpoint: glaciers, snowfields and the jagged Hurrungane peaks
01:10	Return down the valley, with a short photo stop at the Åsafossen Waterfall
01:50	Arrive back at the cruise pier
02:00	Arrive back at the cruise pier

Timings verified against the 2027 shore excursion documentation, August 2026.

6 Skjolden's Secret — Berdalsnosi

2 h · May–October NOK 900 fixed

Sold on the quay and on board, at the same price either way.

A 360-degree viewpoint, run as a shuttle

The one big view that can be shuttled. Forty-five minutes from the quay on the short mountain coaches, up the Tindevegen, and a few minutes on foot to a viewpoint that turns the whole compass: the Sognefjord on one side, the Hurrungane peaks on the other. The coach sets down, turns and goes back for the next load while guests are still at the top, so the product carries several times its seat count in a call. Two hours, a fixed guest fare, and a minimum of two coaches in rotation.

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The coach climbs the Tindevegen — a mountain road that admits nothing over ten metres — and sets you down a few minutes' walk from a view that has the Sognefjord falling away on one side and the jagged Hurrungane on the other. Two hours, one fixed fare of NOK 900, the same on the quay as on board. The village has kept this view for those willing to make the small effort of coming up.

The view from the ridge high above Skjolden: the fjord arm and the lake on the valley floor far below with the farmland and village between them, and a herd of goats resting on the rock in the foreground — The coach can turn and go again while guests are still at the top — the one big view that shuttles.

Versions	Standard — 2 h (6SSB-S): The only version from 2027. The four earlier lengths — 3½ hours to the viewpoint, 4 hours with the plateau loop, the same with coffee at the top, and 5½ hours by way of the mountain farm — are withdrawn from the manual, and their codes with them.
Season	May–October
Group size	10–45 guests per group
Per departure	180 guests
Hard daily cap	382 guests
Vehicles or gear	2–4 standard coaches in rotation — 12.4 m coaches are permitted on this first stretch of the Tindevegen by dispensation from the road board (the full crossing stays under-10-m only)
Departures	Continuous rotation through the call, roughly one round trip every two hours
Capacity note	Two coaches carry 73 guests a rotation: roughly 225 on a six-hour call and 315 on an eight-hour one, with 382 the ceiling. The minimum of two coaches is about the walk from the set-down point, not about seats.
Effort	A few minutes on foot from the set-down point to the viewpoint, on mountain ground. The hour-long plateau loop that the four-hour version carried is not part of the shuttle.
Accessibility	A short walk on mountain ground from where the coach stops. High ground, exposed to weather. The catalogue calls the viewpoint easily accessible but gives no provision.
Facilities	Toilets at Turtagrø
Included	Transfer from and to the Skjolden cruise pier on the Skjolden Explore mountain coaches · The Tindevegen mountain road in both directions · Short walk to the 360-degree viewpoint · Guiding at the viewpoint
Operational	The two-hour round trip has not been measured in shuttle form. The four-hour tour timed 1 h 20 from the pier to Berdalsnosi, but that included a photo stop and a vehicle change at Turtagrø, and the shuttle carries neither. Time one rotation before the interval is published to the lines. Earlier long versions included an hour-long hiking loop on the plateau with coffee and cinnamon buns served at the viewpoint, and the Berdalsnosi mountain farm with its tasting of local food and goat milking.

00:00	Depart the cruise pier on the mountain coach. The shuttle runs the whole way on the short coaches, so there is no vehicle change at Turtagrø
00:20	Up the Fortun valley towards Turtagrø
00:45	Onto the Tindevegen mountain road (10 m length limit) and set down at Berdalsnosi
00:50	Short walk to the 360-degree viewpoint — a few minutes from where the coach stops, which is the reason two coaches are the minimum
01:00	At the viewpoint: the Sognefjord one way, the Hurrungane peaks the other
01:15	Walk back and board the next coach in the rotation
02:00	Arrive back at the cruise pier

A shuttle timeline, not a tour timeline: the two hours are one guest's round trip, while the coaches keep cycling. On a six-hour call that is roughly three rotations, on an eight-hour call four.

10 Urnes Stave Church Shuttle

1 h 30 min · May–October NOK 900 fixed Low

Sold on the quay and on board, at the same price either way.

The church alone, every ninety minutes

The short way to Norway's oldest stave church: one coach on the east-side road along the Lustrafjord, a guided visit inside, and back. Admission is included, the fare is fixed, and a departure leaves every ninety minutes through the call, so guests pick a time rather than a whole morning. The full five-hour UNESCO tour — with the shipyard, the ferry and the fjord café — is a separate product and keeps everything this one leaves out.

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Ninety minutes, one purpose: Norway's oldest stave church without giving up half your day. A single small coach runs the narrow east-shore road along the Lustrafjord, a guide takes you inside Urnes — admission included in the NOK 900 fare, the same on board as on the quay — and you are back at the ship with the rest of your call intact. The church admits twenty-five at a time, so the visit stays as quiet as it deserves.

Urnes stave church behind its dry-stone churchyard wall and gravestones, with the Lustrafjord and snow-capped mountains behind — Reached the way it always has been: by boat across the Lustrafjord. The crossing commits boat capacity, not coaches.

Versions	Standard — 1 h 30 min (SKJ-URNS): The only version. New for 2027; it carries no separate version code, so it is booked under the product code.
Season	May–October. The five-hour product is held to a 09:00–09:30 arrival by the site's own restrictions. Whether the same window binds a shuttle that returns all day has to be agreed with the site.
Group size	10–34 guests per group
Per departure	34 guests
Hard daily cap	204 guests
Vehicles or gear	1 coach under 12 m — the road to the church takes nothing longer
Departures	A departure every 90 minutes through the call
Capacity note	Six departures on a long call is 204 guests. The 34 on board is two guided tours at the church, not one: the site takes 25 at a time.
Effort	A short walk up from the coach and a historic church interior with steps and thresholds. Nothing else on foot.
Accessibility	A short walk up to the church, and a historic stave church interior with steps and thresholds.
Hosted by	Urnes Stave Church
Included	Coach transfer from and to the Skjolden cruise pier · Guided visit inside Urnes Stave Church, on the UNESCO World Heritage list · Admission to the stave church
Also stated	Norway's oldest and most richly carved stave church, built c. 1130
Operational	The ninety-minute cycle has not been measured. It assumes Fv331 on the east side without the ferry, roughly 26 km of narrow road each way; the five-hour product times 50 minutes for the same drive, which would not fit. Time one full rotation with the guide app before the interval goes to the lines. The church takes 25 guests per guided tour, so a full coach of 34 is split into two visits on site — the same rotation the five-hour product uses, in less time. Capping the coach at 25 removes the split entirely, at the cost of nine seats a departure. That is a commercial call, not an operational one. Distinct from the five-hour UNESCO product, which keeps the Ornes shipyard, the Lustrafjord ferry with the coach aboard and the Feigesagi café. Selling them under similar names is how a guest ends up on the wrong one.

00:00	Depart the cruise pier
00:10	South along the Lustrafjord on Fv331, the east-side road — roughly 26 km each way, and narrow
00:35	Arrive Urnes; short walk up to the church
00:40	Guided visit inside Urnes Stave Church, admission included (maximum 25 guests per guided tour)
01:00	Time on the churchyard terrace, looking back across the fjord
01:05	Board the coach at Urnes
01:30	Arrive back at the cruise pier

The ninety minutes are one guest's round trip. The coach turns immediately, so departures follow each other at the same interval through the call.

Signature

The most beautiful and most singular journeys this coast can offer. Four programmes the port runs on its own vehicles, with its own crew — the rest of the catalogue is bought in, and these are not.

I Signature

1 Mountains & Fjords

5 h · May–October

Two landscapes, one departure

The group splits at the quay and meets again at Årdalstangen: half sails the Årdalsfjord by catamaran, half crosses the Tindevegen mountain road by purpose-built mountain coach. Coffee and cinnamon buns at the Klingenberg Hotell before they swap for the way home, so nobody sees the same thing twice. Four and a half hours, and the whole geography of the region in one product.

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You leave the pier in two directions at once. Half of you sail the Årdalsfjord by catamaran, engines barely above a whisper beneath walls a kilometre high; the other half climb the Tindevegen mountain road in a coach built short enough to be allowed up there. Midway, everyone meets for coffee and a cinnamon bun at the Klingenberg Hotell — then you trade places. Five hours, and not one stretch of road or water seen twice.

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Guests standing and sitting on the open aft deck of the catamaran as she runs out the fjord, the wake spreading behind her and the water opening between two steep green mountainsides towards a distant snow-streaked ridge — Both elements in one day: the catamaran on the water, then the coach over the mountain. Holly carries 73 guests a departure — a ceiling that does not scale with the coach fleet, so the call is planned around this product.

Versions	Economy — 5 h (1MF-E): The base programme: catamaran one way, Tindevegen the other. · Premium — 5 h (1MF-P): Identical routing and identical timings. Both versions now include the refreshment stop at Årdalstangen; the published difference between them needs restating. Adds: Refreshments on board the catamaran: coffee and cinnamon buns.
Season	May–October
Group size	34–34 guests per group
Per departure	146 guests
Hard daily cap	292 guests
Vehicles or gear	2 mountain coaches plus a minibus
Departures	AM + PM
Capacity note	146 per run: the 73-seat catamaran plus 73 coach seats (39 + 34, the mountain coaches). 292 across two runs, which requires 11 hours alongside. Settled 29.08.2026.
Effort	Coach and boat sightseeing with photo stops. No hiking element is described.
Accessibility	Boarding and leaving a catamaran, and changing vehicle at Årdalstangen mid-tour.
Facilities	Toilets at Årdalstangen
Included	Coach transfer from and to the Skjolden cruise pier · Fjord cruise by catamaran on the Årdalsfjord · Crossing of the Tindevegen mountain road by purpose-built mountain coach · Photo stops en route · Coffee and cinnamon buns at the Klingenberg Hotell, Årdalstangen · Toilets at the Årdalstangen turnaround
Operational	Tindevegen carries a 10 m length limit, so the mountain leg runs on the short mountain coaches — the standard excursion fleet cannot take it.

00:00	Departure Skjolden pier. Bus-first groups: coach onto the Tindevegen mountain road. Boat-first groups: embark boat Fjord X and cruise the Lustrafjord and Årdalsfjord
00:40	Coach groups: a brief photo stop (max 5 minutes) at Tindevegen Viewpoint
00:50	Continue over the Tindevegen / continue fjord cruise; both halves arrive Årdalstangen
02:00	Klingenberg Hotell, Årdalstangen: coffee & cinnamon bun for all groups (~30 min; also the drivers' statutory rest break)
02:30	Swap at the Årdalstangen quay: boat groups to the coaches, coach groups aboard the catamaran — boarding and headcount
03:00	Return leg the opposite way: coach groups cruise back down the fjord, boat groups cross the Tindevegen
05:00	Arrive back at the cruise pier

Two groups run simultaneously and exchange vehicles at Årdalstangen, so both halves must depart together.

II Signature

2 The Last Vikings

2 h · May–October · no coach required Low

250 m from the gangway

Two hundred and fifty metres from the gangway a horn sounds, and Ken Stornes and his crew take over. Guests row a Viking ship, throw axes and shoot arrows under supervision, sit in the saga circle, and leave certified as Vikings with the diploma to prove it. The shortest walk in the catalogue to the loudest welcome.

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The horn sounds before you reach the camp — 250 metres from the gangway, the shortest walk to any excursion on this coast. For two hours you row a Viking ship with your own hands, throw axes and draw a bow under a watchful eye, and sit in the saga circle while Ken Stornes and his crew tell you what the winter here actually demands. You leave certified as a Viking, with the diploma to prove it. They mean it.

A replica Viking longship with its crew aboard and mast raised, moving across green fjord water below a steep wooded shore — The ship is the product: each group rows her on the fjord below the village, 250 m on foot from the gangway.

Versions	Economy — 2 h (2LV-E): The base programme: all four stations, certification and diploma. · Premium — 2 h (no tour code yet): Same two-hour flow. Adds a priority selfie line with Ken, props for photographs, a keepsake diploma sleeve, and on selected calls a choreographed fire performance, weather and safety permitting. Published as a feature list rather than a timeline; Premium shares the Economy tour code until the master sheet assigns its own. Adds: Priority selfie line with Ken Stornes, individually and in groups; Photo set with props — shields and helmets.
Season	May–October. Shoulder season and winter on request.
Group size	Maximum 24 guests per group
Per departure	24 guests
Vehicles or gear	None — the base is a 250 m walk from the gangway
Departures	Every two hours, AM + PM; more waves on calls of nine hours or longer
Capacity note	Low per-departure capacity makes this an add-on rather than a volume product, but the wave model builds real numbers on a long call.
Effort	Pier-adjacent, roughly 250 m of walking each way. How much a guest takes part in is self-selected across the stations.
Accessibility	Low-mobility option: A spectator route is available for guests with limited mobility, built around photography and the storytelling circle rather than the active stations. Roughly 250 m of level walking from the gangway.
Walk from the pier	250 m
Hosted by	Ken Stornes and crew
Included	Horn-blown welcome · Viking ship rowing, demonstration and participation · Supervised axe-throwing · Supervised archery · Saga storytelling circle · Viking certification and diploma issued by Ken Stornes · Selfie time · Mandatory risk brief; personal protective equipment available
Operational	The only product in the catalogue with a stated accessibility provision. It is the model the other 23 should be graded against. Safety: all throwing and archery supervised, fenced lanes, protective equipment available, mandatory risk brief. The manual describes a 24-guest departure as 12 aboard the ship and 12 ashore, swapping on the hour.

00:00	Meet on the pier, where a horn blast welcomes the group; short walk (approx. 250 m) to the Viking camp
00:10	Viking ship rowing: demonstration and guest participation
00:30	Axe-throwing in fenced, supervised lanes
01:00	Archery under the crew's instruction
01:30	Saga storytelling with Ken: death dives, the wild Norwegian winter and the Viking mindset
01:50	Viking certification: every participant receives a diploma from Ken, followed by selfie time and the short walk back to the ship
02:00	Arrive back at the cruise pier

III Signature

4 Experience the Stygge Glacier — e-bike and hike

4 h – 5 h · 15 June – 15 October Strenuous

Fifteen kilometres up Helgedalen, to the ice

From the old mountaineers' hotel at Turtagrø, guests ride mountain e-bikes fifteen kilometres up Helgedalen towards Styggedalsbreen, climbing past 1,250 metres with the Hurrungane ridge closing in on every side — the wildest alpine skyline in Jotunheimen, and the reason people have come to Turtagrø since the 1870s. The guide reads the geology off the valley walls. The Extended version parks the bikes and walks the last stretch to stand at the glacier itself. This is the hardest tour in the catalogue, and it is meant to be.

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This one asks something of you. Fifteen kilometres by e-bike from Turtagrø — where Norwegian mountaineering was born — up steep gravel to above 1,250 metres, with the Hurrungane ridge closing around you. The motor assists; it does not do the work. What you earn is a glacier most visitors never see, and on the extended departure, an hour on foot to stand near the front of it. Bring gloves, even in July.

Three riders on electric bikes going away up a gravel track towards the glacier, its tongue spilling white between grey moraine slopes, with cloud lying halfway down the mountainside above them — Fifteen kilometres up Helgedalen, with Hurrungane closing in on both sides.

Versions	Economy — 4 h (4ESG-E): Ride to the glacier viewpoint and back. No approach on foot. · Extended — 5 h (4ESG-EX): Adds an hour on foot from the bikes to a close-up viewpoint at the glacier front and back — the Extended Quest. Adds: Guided walk on foot to a close-up viewpoint at the glacier front.
Season	15 June – 15 October. The e-bike season is fixed: 15 June to 15 October. Outside it the road is not rideable. A May variant runs on snowshoes instead of bikes.
Group size	12–16 guests per group
Per departure	16 guests
Hard daily cap	32 guests
Vehicles or gear	16 e-bikes
Departures	AM + PM
Capacity note	Sixteen bikes is a hard ceiling: 16 guests per departure, 32 across an AM and a PM wave.
Effort	The most demanding product in the catalogue. Fifteen kilometres on an e-bike, much of it on steep gravel road, climbing to over 1,250 metres. Guests must be able to ride that distance under their own effort — the motor assists, it does not carry. The Extended version adds roughly an hour on foot to the glacier and back.
Accessibility	Ability to ride an e-bike fifteen kilometres on steep gravel. Sturdy shoes and proper outdoor clothing are required; gloves and a headband are strongly advised if the weather is poor. At over 1,250 metres it can be raw even in July. The Extended version additionally requires walking on unprepared mountain ground.
Facilities	Toilets at Turtagrø
Included	Coach transfer from and to the Skjolden cruise pier · Mountain e-bike with equipment · Guided ride up towards Styggedalsbreen · Photo stops at the glacier and on the descent
Also stated	The Hurrungane ridge on every side — where Store Skagastølstind was first climbed in 1876
Operational	Dispatched from the Skjolden Explore mountain office, not from the quay — the only product in the catalogue that is. The version pair breaks the house pattern: Economy is paired with Extended here, not with Premium. Renamed to Styggedalsbreen (code SKJ-STY), 29.08.2026 — 'Stygge Glacier' read as 'the ugly glacier' in English.

Base programme

00:00	Depart pier by maxitaxi for the transfer up the Fortun valley towards Styggedalen
00:45	Fitting of e-bikes and helmets, safety briefing
01:15	Guided e-bike ride with photo stops and Styggedalsbreen glacier views
03:00	Return transfer by maxitaxi, arrive pier
04:00	Arrive back at the cruise pier

Extended

00:00	Depart the cruise pier in Skjolden
00:45	Arrive Turtagrø — walk to the bikes
01:00	Fit the mountain e-bikes and ride up towards Styggedalsbreen
01:40	Arrive Styggedalsbreen
02:00	Set off on foot towards the glacier
02:30	The glacier up close — photo stop
03:00	Walk back
03:15	Remount the bikes
03:40	Arrive Turtagrø
04:00	Board the coach
·	Photo stops on the way down
05:00	Arrive at the pier

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3 Ice Tunnels — Klimapark 2469, Juvasshytta

8 h · June–October Low

Sixty metres into the permafrost

A full day from sea level to the roof of Norway. At Juvasshytta, under Galdhøpiggen — at 2,469 m the highest mountain in Northern Europe — a local guide leads the group 60 metres into an ice tunnel and 6,000 years back through the permafrost, with the archaeology and the climate record read off the walls on the way in.

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High on the shoulder of Galdhøpiggen — at 2,469 metres the highest mountain in Northern Europe — you walk sixty metres into the ice itself. Blue walls hold six thousand years of frozen time, read layer by layer like a book. Lunch waits at Juvasshytta, and the drive there and back crosses the Sognefjell mountain pass twice — a full day of scenery on its own. Dress warm: it is winter in there, even in July.

Versions	Economy — 8 h (3IT-E): The base programme, lunch at Juvasshytta included. · Premium — 8 h (no tour code yet): Identical to Economy in the source, lunch included in both. Premium shares the Economy tour code until the master sheet assigns its own.
Season	June–October. Set by the Juvassvegen mountain road, which is closed by snow outside this window.
Group size	20–45 guests per group
Vehicles or gear	1–2 coaches
Capacity note	Where more than one group runs, the first visits the tunnel while the second takes lunch at Juvasshytta, then they swap.
Effort	An easy walk from the car park to the tunnel entrance. Inside, the surface is unprepared ice — there is no walkway.
Accessibility	Walking on unprepared ice inside the tunnel. High-altitude mountain environment, and cold underground.
Facilities	Toilets at Oscarshaug and at Juvasshytta
Hosted by	Klimapark 2469, Juvasshytta
Included	Coach transfer from and to the Skjolden cruise pier · Photo stop at Oscarshaug towards Hurrungane, with toilets · Local guide at Juvasshytta · Guided walk 60 m into the ice tunnel · Lunch at Juvasshytta · Photo stop at Mefjellet · Photo stop at Vassbakken, at the Åsafossen waterfall
Operational	Premium and Economy carry identical content in the source, lunch included in both. Either the differentiation is defined or the version comes out.

00:00	Depart the cruise pier and drive up the Fortun valley to Turtagrø
00:30	Comfort stop at Turtagrø, the last toilets before Juvasshytta
01:00	Short drive on up to the Oscarshaug viewpoint
01:10	Photo stop at Oscarshaug, facing the Hurrungane peaks
01:25	Over the Sognefjell pass, down towards Lom and up Galdhøpiggvegen, the private toll road to Juvasshytta at 1,841 m
02:55	At Juvasshytta the party divides: one half lunch in the lodge, the other walks the c. 2 km trail into the Klimapark 2469 ice tunnel with the venue guide
04:35	Groups swap: second half lunch at Juvasshytta, first half guided ice-tunnel visit
06:15	Return drive over the Sognefjell road to the cruise pier
08:00	Arrive back at the cruise pier

Four hours at Juvasshytta (02:00–06:00) covers the tunnel, lunch and the group changeover.

Mountains, glaciers and ice

Everything that climbs. Sognefjellet, Tindevegen and the arms of the glacier — the tours that make the drive itself the product.

5 The Hidden Glacier — Tunsbergdalsbreen

6 h · June–September

A boat, a short walk, and nobody else

A quiet boat crossing of Tunsbergdalsvatnet, then a short walk to a viewpoint over Tunsbergdalsbreen, an arm of Jostedalsbreen — the largest glacier in mainland Europe at 474 km². Refreshments are served at the viewpoint, and the boat stops at a waterfall on the way back. Built for slowing down, and open from six years old.

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No road reaches this glacier. You cross Tunsbergdalsvatnet in an open boat, wind and spray included, then walk the moraine ridge with a local guide until the hidden arm of Jostedalsbreen — the largest glacier on the European mainland — opens in front of you. Thirty guests at a time, children welcome from age six, refreshments served at the viewpoint. On the way home the skipper takes the long way round, close under a waterfall.

A broad glacier tongue filling the head of a rock-walled valley, its meltwater lake below it grey-green and scattered with small floes, seen across bare rock and scrub from the moraine under high cumulus cloud — The selling point is the absence of other visitors, which is also why the capacity is small.

Versions	Standard — 6 h (5HG-S): The only version with a published programme.
Season	June–September
Group size	8–30 guests per group
Vehicles or gear	1–6 coaches in the source; the boat is the real limit
Departures	AM + PM
Capacity note	One coach covers it — a maximum of 30 guests does not need up to six. Confirmed 29.08.2026: this product shares a single coach in rotation with Jostedal Canyoning, Jostedal River Rafting and The Glacier Valley up the Jostedal valley.
Effort	Described as a short scenic hike, with about one hour fifty minutes allocated to the walk and the viewpoint stay. Open from six years old.
Accessibility	Boarding a small boat at an unprepared natural landing, and walking on natural ground.
Minimum age	6 years
Hosted by	Local guides at Tunsbergdalsvatnet, Leirdalen
Included	Coach transfer from and to Skjolden Port · Local guides at Tunsbergdalsvatnet · Lifejackets · Boat crossing of Tunsbergdalsvatnet, with a waterfall stop on the return · Guided hike to the glacier viewpoint · Refreshments at the viewpoint
Operational	The old site advertised an «Extended Quest» to Breheimsenteret; the promise is withdrawn until a version and itinerary exist. Only Standard is published.

00:00	Coach from the pier up through Jostedalen to the Leirdalen trailhead
01:10	Meet the Fjord Active crew for a briefing, with life jackets handed out before boarding
01:25	Open-boat crossing of the glacier lake Tunsbergdalsvatnet. Dress for wind and spray; there is no cabin
01:50	Guided walk up the moraine ridge to the viewpoint facing the hidden Tunsbergdal glacier, with a snack and drink served by the guides
03:15	Walk back down to the boat landing
03:45	The skipper takes the scenic line home across the lake, easing in close to a waterfall on the way
04:15	Ashore at the landing: life jackets handed in and time for a last photo
04:30	Coach back down Jostedalen to the ship, retracing the morning route through Leirdalen
06:00	Arrive back at the cruise pier

Roughly one hour fifty minutes is spent on the hike and at the viewpoint.

11 The Glacier Valley — Nigardsbreen

4 h – 6 h · May–October

Into Jostedalsbreen National Park

Up the Jostedal valley into Jostedalsbreen National Park, to the glacier centre at Breheimsenteret with its film, exhibition and glacier-history path, and a distant view of Nigardsbreen. The Extended version trades that distant view for a small boat across the glacier lake and a walk to the blue ice itself.

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Be clear about what this is: you will not touch the glacier. Nigardsbreen has been retreating for a century, and the honest version of this tour is a valley carved by ice, the blue front seen at a distance, and the Breheimsenteret glacier centre — film, exhibition, and the story of what you are looking at — with Feigefossen, 218 metres of free-falling water, on the way. The extended departure gets you closest: a small boat across the glacier lake, then twenty minutes on foot towards the front itself.

Aerial view down the Jostedalen valley to the Nigardsbreen glacier arm, with the braided glacial river and farms on the valley floor — Jostedalen, with the glacier arm at its head, 1 h 15 min from the pier. Only the Extended version walks to the front, on rough forefield.

Versions	Economy — 4 h (11GV-E): Breheimsenteret with coffee and waffles, the distant glacier viewpoint, and a photo stop at Nes. Adds: Refreshments — coffee and waffles. · Premium — 5 h (11GV-P): As Economy, with a served meal at Jostedal Hotell — local Norwegian meatloaf — in place of the coffee stop. · Extended — 6 h (11GV-EX): A different route, not a longer one: it drops the distant viewpoint and goes straight to the Nigardsbreen boat and the walk to the glacier front, then Breheimsenteret afterwards. Adds: Small boat across the Nigardsbreen glacier lake; Short walk to the glacier front, and a photo stop at the blue ice; Breheimsenteret visit and coffee break, or lunch at Jostedal Hotel as an alternative.
Season	May–October
Group size	20–45 guests per group
Vehicles or gear	1–6 coaches
Departures	AM + PM
Capacity note	The restaurant at Breheimsenteret seats 100, so larger calls are split between the centre and the viewpoint.
Effort	Economy and Premium are coach-based, with a walking path at the glacier centre. Extended adds a short walk on glacier forefield, roughly twenty minutes each way from the boat.
Accessibility	Breheimsenteret has an indoor exhibition and film. The Extended version requires a small boat crossing and walking on rough glacier forefield.
Facilities	Indoor facilities at Breheimsenteret
Hosted by	Breheimsenteret glacier centre
Included	Coach transfer from and to the Skjolden cruise pier · Breheimsenteret glacier centre: visit, historical film, exhibition and glacier-history path · Photo stop at Nes, looking towards the Feigefossen waterfall
Also stated	Jostedalsbreen, the largest glacier in mainland Europe at 474 km² · The Feigefossen viewpoint at Nes — a 218 m unregulated fall
Operational	Extended is in practice a different tour, not a longer one. It should be sold as its own product. The waterfall is given three names across the catalogue — Feigum Waterfall, Feigefossen and Feigumfossen. One name, please.

Base programme

00:00	Depart Skjolden pier by coach for a scenic drive via Gaupne into the Jostedalen valley to the Nigardsbreen lake parking (hikers' trailhead)
01:30	Guided walk from the parking area to the glacier front, about 2.5 km in each direction over rock slab and moraine
04:00	Short coach transfer to the Breheimsenteret glacier visitor centre
04:05	Time at the Breheimsenteret glacier centre: entrance, glacier film and exhibition, the 20-30 minute guided nature trail walk, and a traditional Norwegian waffle with coffee/tea
05:00	Return coach drive through Jostedalen and along the Lustrafjord to Skjolden pier
06:00	Arrive back at the cruise pier

Premium

00:00	Departure from the cruise pier in Skjolden
01:15	Arrive Breheimsenteret glacier centre
01:30	Visit, historical film, exhibition and glacier-history path; distant glacier viewpoint
02:30	Depart Breheimsenteret
02:40	Arrive Jostedal Hotell
02:50	Served — local Norwegian meatloaf
03:45	Depart Jostedal Hotell
04:20	Arrive Nes — photo stop towards the Feigefossen waterfall
04:25	Depart Nes
05:00	Return to the pier, Skjolden

Extended

00:00	Departure from the cruise pier in Skjolden
01:15	Arrive the car park at the Nigardsbreen lake
01:35	Cross the lake by small boat
01:55	Short walk to the glacier front
02:15	Photo stop at the glacier front
02:40	Leave the glacier front — walk back to the boat
03:00	Drive to Breheimsenteret
03:15	Arrive Breheimsenteret — visit and coffee break (alternatively lunch or dinner at Jostedal Hotel)
04:45	Depart Breheimsenteret
06:00	Return to the pier, Skjolden

The base timeline shown is the Economy version.

12 Jotunheimen — Home of the Giants

3 h – 5 h · May–October

National scenic route 55, over the top

National scenic route 55 over Sognefjellet — at 1,434 m the highest mountain pass in Northern Europe — into the Jotunheimen massif of jagged peaks, glaciers and arctic lakes. Photo stops at Oscarshaug and Mefjellet, a stop at Krossbu, and the Åsafossen waterfall on the way down. Four lengths, so it fits almost any call.

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Norway's highest mountain road, climbing to 1,434 metres between glaciers and bare rock, with the Hurrungane standing like a row of blades across the valley at Oscarshaug. Choose your length: three hours of pure driving and photo stops, four with waffles at a mountain lodge, five with a short walk and a served meal at Sognefjellshytta. The road runs along the national park's edge with the giants in full view — and guests photograph snowbanks here in July.

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The jagged snow-covered Hurrungane peaks of Jotunheimen rising above open tundra — The Hurrungane wall that Oscarshaug and Mefjellet face. Oscarshaug is 40–45 minutes from the pier, so the massif arrives early in the day.

Versions	Condensed — 3 h (12JHOG-C): Two photo stops and the waterfall, no comfort stop. Two and a half hours of continuous driving. · Economy — 4 h (12JHOG-E): Adds a 30-minute comfort stop at the Krossbu mountain lodge. · Premium — 4 h (12JHOG-P): Identical routing and timings to Economy. The only published difference is coffee and pastries at Krossbu instead of a plain comfort stop. · Extended — 5 h (12JHOG-EX): Swaps Krossbu for Sognefjellshytta: a walk over the bridge to the viewpoint and back, then a served meal — the Extended Quest.
Season	May–October. In practice set by the opening of the Sognefjellet road, typically May.
Group size	20–45 guests per group
Vehicles or gear	1–6 coaches
Departures	AM + PM
Capacity note	Krossbu seats 100, so shifts are used on larger calls.
Effort	Coach sightseeing with photo stops. The Extended version includes a walk over a bridge to a viewpoint, roughly an hour there and back.
Accessibility	A high-altitude mountain pass, exposed to weather. The Condensed version has no comfort stop in two and a half hours of driving.
Facilities	Facilities at Krossbu (Economy and Premium) and Sognefjellshytta (Extended)
Included	Coach transfer from and to the Skjolden cruise pier, over Sognefjellet on national scenic route 55 · Photo stop at Oscarshaug towards the Jotunheimen peaks · Photo stop at Mefjellet, the highest point on the pass · Stop at the Åsafossen waterfall
Operational	With Urnes, the most adaptable signature tour — four lengths that cover calls from six hours to ten. The Condensed version has no comfort stop at all. Worth checking whether that is sellable, or whether a toilet stop belongs in it.

Base programme

00:00	Depart the cruise pier. Scenic drive through the Fortun valley onto Route 55 towards the Sognefjell mountain pass
00:15	Climb the hairpins of the Fortun valley, with mountain summer farms and mountain scenery
00:50	Photo stop at Oscarshaug viewpoint, with a panorama of the Hurrungane jagged peaks
01:10	Drive across the high plateau of Sognefjellet. Towards Mefjellet
01:25	Photo stop at Mefjellet, the highest point of the mountain pass. Scenic 360 view over the FANNARÅK GLACIER and the SMØRSTABB GLACIER
01:45	Drive back down towards the fjord to Åsafossen Waterfall
02:40	Photo stop at the Åsafossen Waterfall
02:50	Return drive to Skjolden; arrive at the cruise pier
03:00	Arrive back at the cruise pier

Economy

00:00	Depart the pier
00:45	Oscarshaug — the Jotunheimen peaks
01:15	Mefjellet — the highest point on the pass
02:00	Krossbu lodge — comfort stop
02:30	Depart Krossbu
03:30	Åsafossen waterfall
04:00	Arrive at the pier

Extended

00:00	Depart the pier
00:45	Oscarshaug — the Jotunheimen peaks
01:15	Mefjellet — the highest point on the pass
01:25	Arrive Sognefjellshytta — walk over the bridge to the viewpoint
02:30	Back at Sognefjellshytta — food served
03:15	Depart Sognefjellshytta
04:30	Åsafossen waterfall
05:00	Arrive at the pier

The base timeline shown is the Condensed version.

Fjord and water

The fjord at speed and at paddling pace. All of it starts within a few hundred metres of the gangway.

13 RIB Adventure

1 h 45 min · May–October · no coach required

One hour forty-five, most of it at speed

Suits, goggles and life vests at the quay, then the Lustrafjord at speed — mountain walls, waterfalls and a guide who knows what happened under each of them. At one hour forty-five it is the shortest product in the catalogue, and the one that fits the gap nothing else will.

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You walk from the ship, zip into a survival suit, and for an hour the Lustrafjord moves fast underneath you. The RIB puts you close — under rock walls, past waterfalls and shoreline farms, sometimes alongside a seal — and it is a firmer ride than any tender; that is rather the point. The shortest excursion in the catalogue, and the one that fits into a call no other tour can.

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A RIB carrying about a dozen guests in flotation suits across a calm fjord, the guide at the stern pointing out at the water — One boat is one group, suited and briefed at the quay. Of the 1 h 45, some 1 h 15 min is on the water.

Versions	Standard — 1 h 45 min (13RA-S): The only version.
Season	May–October
Group size	6–12 guests per group
Per departure	48 guests
Vehicles or gear	1–4 RIBs
Departures	AM + PM
Capacity note	Four RIBs at 12 is 48 guests a wave.
Effort	A high-speed open boat. Guests board a RIB and take wave impact seated.
Accessibility	Boarding a RIB from the quay and wearing a full flotation suit. Short walk from the cruise pier to the boats.
Included	Local guide · Flotation suit, goggles, life vest, hat and mittens · Safety brief · RIB cruise on the Lustrafjorden with photo stops and guiding
Operational	Runs as a single version; Condensed/Extended variants are not offered on this product. No minimum age, weight limit, back or pregnancy restriction is published. These are standard for RIB operations.

00:00	Depart pier on foot (approx. 800 m) to the RIB base; suiting up in provided flotation gear and safety briefing
00:30	RIB ride on the Lustrafjord, approx. 60 minutes on the water: steep fjord sides, waterfalls, small villages; seals occasionally sighted
01:30	Arrive back at the landing stage, return gear and walk back to the pier
01:45	Arrive back at the cruise pier

15 Fjord RIB Adventure & Waterfall Hike

4 h · May–October · no coach required Moderate to demanding

High speed, then 218 m of falling water

The long RIB: down the Lustrafjord at speed past cliffs and waterfalls, with seals and porpoises a real possibility, then ashore at Feigum for an uphill hike on a rocky trail to a close view of Feigefossen — 218 m of unregulated fall, painted by Hans Gude before anyone thought to photograph it.

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The fjord at speed, then the climb. The RIB runs you down the Lustrafjord to Feigum, where a rocky path gains height for three quarters of an hour until Feigefossen — 218 metres of unregulated free fall — fills the view. Then back into the suits for the ride home across the water. It asks for sure feet and a taste for spray in both halves; seals and porpoises are a real possibility on the way.

Versions	Standard — 4 h (15FRAWH-S): The only version.
Season	May–October
Group size	6–12 guests per group
Vehicles or gear	RIBs, 12 per boat
Departures	Two groups, AM + PM
Capacity note	Shares the RIB fleet with RIB Adventure.
Effort	Forty-five minutes uphill on a rocky trail, each way, on top of the RIB ride.
Accessibility	A rocky uphill trail — not suitable for guests with limited mobility. Boarding a RIB and changing in and out of a flotation suit. Ends with an easy 400 m walk to the pier.
Walk from the pier	400 m
Included	Local guide · Flotation suit, goggles, life vest, hat and mittens · Safety brief · RIB cruise on the Lustrafjord · Guided uphill hike to the Feigefossen viewpoint
Operational	Unnumbered in the source and printed after tour 14, so it falls out of the catalogue structure despite being a full four-hour product. The waterfall is 218 m (715 feet) — the same figure The Glacier Valley and port.ts use.

00:00	Walk from the pier to the landing stage; suiting up in provided flotation gear and safety briefing
00:30	RIB ride through the Lustrafjord to Feigum (approx. 55 min)
01:25	Feigum: hike up the rocky mountain trail to the Feigefossen waterfall (218 m free fall); approx. 1-1.5 hrs loop, with the length adapted to the group
03:15	Back into the suits for the RIB run home across the fjord to Skjolden
03:45	Arrive at the RIB station, return gear and walk back to the pier
04:00	Arrive back at the cruise pier

The catalogue describes the hike as 45 minutes uphill. The programme allocates one hour forty minutes to the hike and the viewpoint together (01:35–03:15).

19 Kayak the Lustrafjord

2 h · June–September

The fjord at eye level

A small group, a low seat, and the Lustrafjord at eye level — an arm of the Sognefjord, the world's longest ice-free fjord at 205 km and 1,308 m deep. Experienced guides paddle alongside with the local history, and seals and porpoises turn up often enough to be worth watching for.

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This is slow water, deliberately. A guide paddles with you — never more than ten guests — through the sheltered inner corner of the Lustrafjord, beneath waterfalls and mountainsides, with seals and porpoises a real possibility. It is not an expedition; it is two hours of sitting very low, very quiet and very close to the head of the world's longest ice-free fjord. The tour ends at the kayak site, an easy walk from the pier rather than at it.

Versions	Standard — 2 h (19KL-S): The only version.
Season	June–September
Group size	3–10 guests per group
Hard daily cap	30 guests
Vehicles or gear	12 kayaks
Departures	Three departures a day
Capacity note	A hard ceiling of 30 guests a day — a niche product, not a volume one.
Effort	Roughly one hour five minutes of paddling, in a small group.
Accessibility	Getting into and out of a kayak from the shore.
Ends	In the village, not at the pier — guests make their own way back
Included	Experienced guides · Kayak and equipment · Guided paddling with local history · Summary at the end
Operational	The tour does not end at the pier. Guests are left at the kayak site to make their own way back, and the cruise line's own description must say so. The catalogue text calls it the Sognefjord while the product name says Lustrafjord. The Lustrafjord is an arm of the Sognefjord; the text should pick one line. No minimum age and no swimming requirement are published.

00:00	Meet the guide on the pier and walk to the kayak launch site (approx. 10 min)
00:10	Arrival at the kayak site: safety instruction, paddling briefing (in English) and equipment fitting
00:25	Guided kayak tour on the Lustrafjord, in sheltered inner-fjord waters beneath waterfalls and mountainsides
01:40	Return to the kayak site: summary and debrief, hand back equipment
01:50	Walk back to the pier; arrive pier at +02:00
02:00	Arrive back at the cruise pier

Roughly one hour five minutes is on the water.

Culture and heritage

Nine hundred years of carved wood, and a Viking camp you can hear from the ship. The oldest things here are still in use.

9 The Norwegian Mountain World — Lom

8 h · May–October

Over the pass, and a stave church on the other side

A full day across Sognefjellet — at 1,434 m the highest mountain pass in Northern Europe — to Lom on the far side. Guided visits to Lom stave church, one of Norway's oldest, and to the Norwegian Mountain Museum, then lunch. The Premium version replaces it with three courses at Brimibue by Arne Brimi, one of the country's most celebrated chefs.

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Twice in one day you cross the Sognefjell — at 1,434 metres the highest mountain pass in Northern Europe — and between the crossings lies Lom: one of Norway's oldest stave churches, the Norwegian Mountain Museum, and lunch. On the premium departure that lunch is a three-course table at Brimibue, cooked by Arne Brimi himself. Snow beside the road in June is normal. So is the silence on the coach at the first photo stop.

Hairpin bends of the Sognefjellet road stacked up a green mountainside, with summer huts and streams between them — Where the day goes: Sognefjellet (1,434 m) crossed in both directions, 2 h 30 min each way, leaving three hours in Lom.

Versions	Economy — 8 h (9NMW-E): Lunch at Fossheim Hotel or Elveseter Hotel. · Premium — 8 h (9NMW-P): Same routing and same timings. The difference is the table: an exclusive three-course lunch at Brimibue by Arne Brimi.
Season	May–October
Group size	20–45 guests per group
Vehicles or gear	1–6 coaches
Departures	Two shifts, 30 minutes apart
Capacity note	Six coaches at 45 is 270 guests a shift, two shifts a day — one of the three highest-volume products in the catalogue. The three-hour window in Lom is tight at that number and depends on the shift plan.
Effort	Coach sightseeing with guided indoor visits and short walks in Lom.
Accessibility	Short walks in Lom and entry to a historic stave church interior, which has steps and thresholds.
Facilities	Toilets at the church parking
Included	Coach transfer from and to the Skjolden cruise pier, over Sognefjellet · Photo stops in both directions · Guided visit to Lom stave church · Guided visit to the Norwegian Mountain Museum · Toilets at the church parking
Operational	The Premium difference here is real and sells itself. It is the benchmark for what Premium should mean elsewhere in the catalogue. Runs as a single version; Condensed/Extended variants are not offered on this product.

00:00	Departure from the pier, Skjolden — photo stops on the route
02:30	Arrive Lom, parking in front of the church (toilets)
·	Guided visit — Lom stave church
·	Guided visit — the Norwegian Mountain Museum
·	Lunch
05:30	Depart Lom — photo stops on the route
08:00	Return to the pier, Skjolden

The window in Lom is three hours (02:30–05:30) and covers two guided visits and lunch.

10 UNESCO Heritage — Urnes Stave Church

2 h 30 min – 6 h · May–October

c. 1130, and on the list since 1979

Norway's oldest and most richly carved stave church, on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1979, reached across the Lustrafjord. The group splits between the church and the Ornes shipyard, where the same woodworking is still done by hand, then swaps. Longer versions add a fjord café; the Extended takes the ferry — coach and all — across to Solvorn.

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Urnes is where Viking art ended and something else began: Norway's oldest stave church, standing since about 1130, its north portal carved decades earlier for an older church on the same ground. You go inside with a guide — twenty-five at a time, as the church itself insists — and nearby, boatbuilders still work timber by hand at the Ornes yard. Extended departures ride the ferry, coach and all, and end with a served meal at a 1774 timber house by the water.

Versions	Condensed — 2 h 30 min (10UHUSC-C): The church alone, no shipyard rotation. The short-call version. · Economy — 3 h 30 min (10UHUSC-E): Adds the Ornes shipyard: the group splits in two of 25, one at the church and one at the shipyard, then swaps. Adds: Guided visit to Ornes Shipyard, and its wood crafting. · Premium — 5 h (10UHUSC-P): As Economy, then a stop at the Feigesagi fjord café — refreshments for one half, a short historical walk at Feigum for the other. · Extended — 6 h (10UHUSC-EX): As Economy, then the ferry across the Lustrafjord with the coach aboard, free time in Solvorn, and a served meal at Bryggjehuset back in Skjolden — the Extended Quest. Adds: Ferry crossing of the Lustrafjord, passengers walking on and the coach driving on; Served meal at Bryggjehuset — local fish soup or local venison stew, with the ship in view.
Season	May–October. A morning product: arrival is held to 09:00–09:30 by the site's own restrictions.
Group size	20–45 guests per group
Vehicles or gear	1–6 coaches, none over 12 m on the road to the church
Departures	AM + PM; can be run as a shuttle
Capacity note	On site the group splits into two of 25 for the church and shipyard rotation. Six coaches means rotating through a site with its own strict limit on simultaneous visitors.
Effort	Coach and walking. The Premium version includes a 15-minute historical walk at Feigum.
Accessibility	A historic stave church interior. The Extended version ends 950 m from the pier, with a coach transfer or an easy 20-minute walk.
Hosted by	Urnes Stave Church and Ornes Shipyard
Included	Coach transfer from and to the Skjolden cruise pier · Guided visit inside Urnes Stave Church, on the UNESCO World Heritage list
Also stated	Norway's oldest and most richly carved stave church, built c. 1130 · The north portal was carved around 1070 and reused from an older church on the same ground · Extended: the ferry across the fjord with the coach aboard, and a local meal at Bryggjehuset (log-built 1774, moved here 1878)
Operational	The most complete product in the catalogue: four versions with a genuine ladder of value. The ferry carries the coach, so ferry capacity is an operational bottleneck that is not documented anywhere. Admission is governed by the site's own terms for group visits, not by the port and not by the operator.

Base programme

00:00	Depart the cruise pier by coach along the Romantic Road towards Urnes
01:00	Urnes: the group divides, with one half visiting the UNESCO stave church (max 25 per guided tour) and the other the Ornes Shipyard. The halves swap midway. Guided visits in the stave church run to a fixed hourly rotation (max 25 guests per guided tour)
01:10	Group 1: Guided visit in the Stave Church (20 minutes) Group 2: Guided visit at Ornes Shipyard (30 minutes)
01:30	Group 1 gets picked up at Stave Church and depart for Shipyard
01:45	Group 1 arrive Ornes Shipyard, while Group 2 depart for Urnes Stave Church
02:00	GROUP CHANGE
02:10	Group 1: Guided visit at Ornes Shipyard (20 minutes) Group 2: Guided visit at Urnes Stave Church (20 minutes)
02:30	Group 1 are picked up at the shipyard, Group 2 are picked up at the Stave Church and depart towards Ornes Ferry Pier
02:45	Both groups arrive at the Ornes ferry quay
03:00	Board the Ornes–Solvorn ferry with the coach for the 20-minute crossing of the Lustrafjord (Meeting time at the ferry latest 20 minutes before departure)
04:00	Coach from Solvorn along the fjord back to Skjolden, arriving at the cruise pier
05:00	Arrive back at the cruise pier

Economy

00:00	Depart the pier
00:50	Arrive Urnes Stave Church — group splits into two of 25
01:00	Group 1: Guided visit inside Urnes Stave Church
01:10	Group 2: Guided visit at Ornes Shipyard
01:50	Both groups: Both groups change over
02:00	Both groups: guided visits continue
02:40	Depart Urnes
03:30	Arrive at the pier

Premium

00:00	Depart the pier
00:50	Arrive Urnes Stave Church — group splits into two of 25
01:00	Guided visits, church and shipyard, with a changeover at 01:50
02:40	Depart Urnes
03:10	Arrive the Feigesagi fjord café
03:15	Group 1: Refreshments, 30 minutes
03:15	Group 2: Short historical walk at Feigum, 15 minutes
04:00	Depart the Feigesagi fjord café
04:30	Arrive at the pier

Extended

00:00	Depart the pier
00:50	Arrive Urnes Stave Church — group splits into two of 25
01:00	Guided visits, church and shipyard, with a changeover at 01:50
02:40	Depart Urnes for the ferry pier, collecting group 2 first
03:00	Board the ferry — passengers walk on, the coach drives on
03:20	Arrive Solvorn — free time
04:00	Depart Solvorn
05:00	Arrive Skjolden
05:10	Served at Bryggjehuset — local fish soup or venison stew, outdoor tables with the ship in view
06:00	Coach transfer, or an easy 20-minute walk to the pier (950 m)

The base timeline shown is the Condensed version. In the source its last line reads 'Arrival Urnes' — the tour cannot arrive at Urnes twice, and it is corrected to the pier here.

16 Discovering Old Kroken Fjord-Farm

3 h 30 min · June–August Low

The one that does not care about the weather

Forty-five minutes down the fjord, Kroken Farm has been a hub since the 1860s — the post office once, a vineyard next. Guests walk the grounds with a guide, take coffee with sveler or waffles in the restored barn, and have time to wander the buildings and the fruit garden. The barn is what makes it the one product that does not care what the weather does.

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A fjord farm that has worked since the 1860s, with a restored barn that does not care what the weather is doing. The people of the farm show you around themselves, feed you svele and waffles made where you stand, and leave you time in the orchard and the old buildings — one of which once held the district post office. On a wet Vestland day, this is the tour that simply carries on.

Versions	Standard — 3 h 30 min (16DOKFF-S): The only version.
Season	June–August. The shortest season of any land-based product — it is unavailable in May and from September.
Group size	20–50 guests per group
Hard daily cap	100 guests
Vehicles or gear	Standard excursion coaches
Departures	AM and PM rotations
Capacity note	A hard ceiling of 100 guests a day.
Effort	Walking on farm grounds. No hiking element.
Accessibility	Historic 1860s buildings and farm ground. A weatherproof indoor venue is available, which suits wet calls and less mobile guests.
Facilities	Restored barn, indoors
Hosted by	Kroken Farm
Included	Coach transfer from and to Skjolden Cruise Port · Guided tour of the farm grounds, 45 minutes · Coffee or tea with traditional Norwegian sveler or waffles · Free time in the farm buildings and the fruit garden · A restored barn as a weatherproof venue
Operational	The only product with an explicitly weatherproof indoor venue. On a wet Western Norway call that is the strongest argument in the catalogue, and it is not used anywhere in the sales material.

00:00	Departure from Skjolden Cruise Port
00:45	Arrive Kroken — group splits; guided tour for one half, coffee and snacks for the other
01:30	Groups swap
02:15	Free time — the farm, the buildings and the fruit garden
02:45	Depart Kroken Farm
03:30	Arrive back in Skjolden

Village, farm and table

What Skjolden grows, makes and eats. Short, walkable, weather-tolerant — the segment that carries volume when the coaches are committed.

17 Sengjaberget Nature Walk

3 h · Year-round · no coach required Low

No coach, all year

A walk out of the village past small farms and orchards, with a guide who explains how anyone made a living from ground this steep. It ends on the bare rock at Sengjaberget with the Lustrafjord below and nothing in between. No coach, and it runs all year.

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The walk starts at the gangway — no coach, no transfer — and climbs gently through the village, past farms and orchards, to bare rock at Sengjaberget with the Lustrafjord laid out below. Could you find the path alone? Perhaps. What you cannot bring alone is someone who lives here: which farm belongs to whom, what the winter does to this valley, why fruit grows this far inland. Three easy hours, and it runs all year.

Versions	Standard — 3 h (17SNW-S): The only version.
Season	Year-round
Group size	10–25 guests per group
Vehicles or gear	None — on foot from the pier
Departures	Two groups, AM + PM
Capacity note	One guide per group of 20. No vehicle cost at all.
Effort	Described as a low-threshold nature walk, roughly an hour and a half of walking each way.
Accessibility	Three hours of walking on natural ground, ending on rock formations. No seating or facilities are described at the viewpoint.
Included	Experienced local guide · Guided walk through the village, farms and orchards · Photo stops en route · Panoramic viewpoint stop at Sengjaberget
Operational	One of only two year-round products, which makes it the natural shoulder-season and short-call answer. That is not used today. The place name is spelled both Sengjaberget and Sengaberget in the source. Sengjaberget is used here.

00:00	Depart pier on foot for a guided walk through Skjolden village, past small farms, orchards and fields, to the Fløyen trailhead [intermediate times estimated]
00:30	Easy hike on a path: Fløyen up to Sengjaberget
01:15	Photo stop and guiding at the Sengjaberget viewpoint, with its panorama over the Lustrafjord
01:45	Easy hike on the path back: Sengjaberget down to Fløyen
02:30	Walk from Fløyen back through the village to the cruise pier and arrive pier
03:00	Arrive back at the cruise pier

20 Walking with Llamas

3 h · Year-round · no coach required Low to moderate

One llama between two

Across the Fortun river and up into the Mørkrid Valley to a farm where the llamas are the local celebrities. After the handling briefing, guests pair up — at least one llama between two — and walk the riverbank for an hour and a quarter, then come back to the farm for something hot and something sweet.

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You walk to the farm — a kilometre and a half of village and valley that counts as part of the tour, so wear proper shoes — and then a llama walks you. They are large, gentle and frankly opinionated, and along the riverbank it is genuinely unclear who is leading whom. Coffee and biscuits at the farm, a viewpoint over village and fjord on the way back, and an ending in the village with time of your own. Guests keep calling this the day they remember from Norway.

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Versions	Standard — 3 h (20WWL-S): The only version.
Season	Year-round
Group size	15–30 guests per group
Vehicles or gear	None — on foot from the terminal
Capacity note	No vehicle cost at all.
Effort	Roughly 3 km of walking in total, plus the llama walk along the riverbank.
Accessibility	Walking throughout — no vehicle transfer. Farm ground and a riverbank path.
Walk from the pier	1500 m
Ends	In the village, not at the pier — guests make their own way back
Hosted by	Llama farm in the Mørkrid Valley
Included	Guided walk to and from the farm, roughly 1.5 km each way · Llama handling instructions · An hour and a quarter of llama walking along the riverbank · A hot or cold drink and biscuits at the farm · Viewpoint stop over the farm, the village and the fjord on the way back
Operational	The tour ends in the village, not at the pier — the same caveat as the kayak product, and it must be in the line's own description. The farm owner is named in the source. The port does not publish a private individual's name without their consent.

00:00	Depart pier on foot for an escorted walk through Skjolden to the llama farm in the Mørkrid valley
00:30	At the farm: introduction to the llamas, llama walk along the river with free time (approx. 1.5 hrs) and 25 minutes refreshments (hot/cold drinks, biscuits)
02:25	Walk back via viewpoint; tour ends at Skjolden Village Center (short independent walk back to the ship)
03:00	Arrive back at the cruise pier

21 Skjolden's Culinary Odyssey

2 h · April–October · no coach required Low

Rømmegraut, brunost, and the people who make them

The food journey starts at Fjordstova in the village centre with a short film about the people who actually produce it, then sits down to the tasting: rømmegraut, brunost and dishes with roots in the Viking age. Indoors or out, with the fjord in view either way, and no coach involved.

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Rømmegrøt and brunost have been eaten at the head of this fjord since people rowed here in longships; this is two hours of learning why, then tasting them where they belong. A guided walk brings you to Fjordstova in the village centre, a short film introduces the local producers, and the tasting is seated — indoors if the weather insists, the fjord in view either way. Low-key on purpose, and walkable from the ship.

Versions	Standard — 2 h (21SCO-S): The only version.
Season	April–October. The longest season of any product with a defined one — it covers the whole port season.
Group size	20–25 guests per group
Vehicles or gear	None — on foot from the pier
Departures	2–3 shifts through the day
Capacity note	Twenty-five per seating across two or three seatings, with no coach involved at any point.
Effort	A walk from the pier to the village centre. The rest is seated.
Accessibility	A walk to the village centre. Indoor seating at Fjordstova is available as an alternative to outdoor.
Facilities	Indoor seating at Fjordstova
Ends	In the village, not at the pier — guests make their own way back
Hosted by	Fjordstova, the village hall
Included	Guided walk from the pier to the village centre · Screening of the film 'Local Producers of Skjolden' at the community hall · Guided tasting of Norwegian specialities with Viking roots, rømmegraut and brunost among them · Indoor or outdoor seating with a view of the fjord
Operational	With Sengjaberget and the llama walk, this forms a walkable, no-coach segment that is not grouped or sold as one anywhere today. The tour finishes in the village rather than at the gangway.

00:00	Meet your tour guide on the pier and walk along the fjord towards the town centre
00:30	Gather at the Skjolden community hall (Fjordstova) for a welcome introduction and a screening of 'Local Producers of Skjolden'
00:50	Move to the seating arrangement: outdoors in fine weather, indoors otherwise
01:00	Guided tasting journey: samples of traditional dishes with roots dating back to Viking times
01:35	End of the guided tasting, with time to relax
01:45	Wrap-up and guided walk back; arrive pier at +02:00
02:00	Arrive back at the cruise pier

22 Cider Tasting at Skjolden Cidery

2 h · May–September · no coach required Low

A walk through the village to an award-winning orchard

A walk through the village to a family orchard, where apples become sparkling cider that wins awards. The tour takes in the orchard and the making of it, and finishes with a tasting of the ciders and the non-alcoholic apple juice. The farm shop is open on the way out.

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An orchard walk with a glass at the end of it. You stroll from the pier through the village to a family farm, hear how apples came to thrive this far up a fjord, and taste the cider pressed and the juice made on the spot — award-winning, and drunk where it was born. Small groups only, a farm shop for the road, and the walk back is yours: straight to the ship, or onward into Skjolden.

Versions	Standard — 2 h (22CTASC-S): The only version.
Season	May–September
Group size	10–20 guests per group
Vehicles or gear	None — on foot from the terminal
Capacity note	Small groups by design.
Effort	A walk of roughly 1.7–1.9 km each way through the village. The rest is a farm visit and a seated tasting.
Accessibility	The walk each way. No return transfer is provided — guests walk back or continue on their own.
Facilities	Farm shop
Ends	In the village, not at the pier — guests make their own way back
Hosted by	Skjolden Cidery, a family farm
Included	Guided walk from the terminal to the orchard · Guided orchard walk, with local history and apple growing explained · Tasting of non-alcoholic apple juice and a selection of ciders · Access to the farm shop
Operational	The source gives two different distances for the same walk: 1.7 km in the description and 1.9 km in the itinerary. Alcohol is served and no minimum age is published. Norway sets 18 for beer and cider under 22 per cent.

00:00	Departure from the cruise terminal — guided walk to the orchard through the village
00:30	Arrive the cidery
00:40	Guided walk in the orchard — local history, and how the apples are grown
01:10	Cider tasting at the farm
02:00	Tour ends — the farm shop is open, and guests walk back or carry on into Skjolden on their own

Active and adventure

Wetsuits, paddles and pedals, with a self-selected level of challenge. Gear is provided on every one of them.

7 Jostedal Canyoning

5 h – 6 h 30 min · June–September Active

Body rafting, mild to wild

Body rafting in Jostedalen: clear glacial water, rock polished smooth by centuries of it, rapids to swim and cliffs to jump from. Every participant picks their own level, from mild to wild, and all the gear comes with the tour. From ten years old.

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Glacier water carved this canyon, and you get in it. Wetsuit, helmet, certified guide — then ninety minutes of sliding natural rock chutes, drifting through turquoise pools and jumping from ledges exactly as high as you choose, from not-at-all to considerable. The water left Jostedalsbreen only hours ago. From age ten, every piece of equipment included, and the only cold you remember afterwards is the first second.

Four people in wetsuits, red buoyancy aids and pale blue helmets sitting side by side at the lip of a water-worn rock chute with their arms in the air, the stream pouring over the edge beneath them — Each guest chooses how far to push it. The guide sets the ceiling, not the brochure.

Versions	Economy — 5 h (7JC-E): The base programme: roughly 1.5 hours in the water. · Extended — 6 h 30 min (7JC-EX): Adds Breheimsenteret glacier centre on the way home — lunch, exhibition and film, an hour and a quarter.
Season	June–September
Group size	6–16 guests per group
Per departure	16 guests
Hard daily cap	32 guests
Vehicles or gear	1–6 coaches in the source; one coach covers the real numbers
Departures	Two groups a day
Capacity note	Two groups of 16 is a hard ceiling of 32 guests a day, covered by the single shared coach — see the shared-resource note on The Hidden Glacier.
Effort	A physically active water adventure, but the level is self-selected: each participant chooses how far to push it, from mild to wild.
Accessibility	Swimming in cold glacial water, climbing over rock, and optional cliff jumps. Not suitable for guests with limited mobility.
Minimum age	10 years
Hosted by	Canyoning operator in Jostedalen
Included	Coach transfer from and to Skjolden Port · Certified guide · All equipment: wetsuit, sliding pads, helmet, lifejacket · Mandatory safety brief · Roughly 1.5 hours of body rafting

Base programme

00:00	Coach from the pier up Jostedalen (the coach may be combined with the Hidden Glacier group, as both activities start from the same valley)
01:00	Fjord Active kits everyone out with wetsuit, helmet, buoyancy aid and protective padding, and walks the group through the safety routine
01:30	Into the gorge: cliff jumps at your own level, natural rock slides and float-throughs in glacier-fed pools; a snack and drink are served along the way
03:30	Change into dry clothes at the base
04:00	Coffee stop at the Breheimsenteret visitor centre (coffee included; exhibition entrance available at guests' own expense)
04:45	Return drive down Jostedalen to the cruise pier (when combined with the Hidden Glacier tour, the coach collects that group at the Tunsbergdalsvatnet landing en route)
06:00	Arrive back at the cruise pier

Extended

00:00	Departure from Skjolden Port
00:55	Meet the guide at the equipment house
01:00	Fit wetsuits, sliding pads, helmets and lifejackets
01:20	Safety brief
01:30	Body rafting
03:00	Back at the equipment house
03:25	Depart for Breheimsenteret
04:00	Arrive Breheimsenteret — lunch, exhibition and film
05:15	Depart Breheimsenteret
06:30	Arrive Skjolden Port

8 Jostedal Whitewater Rafting

5 h 30 min – 6 h 30 min · June–October Active

Two and a half hours on a glacier-fed river

Whitewater on a glacier-fed river inside Jostedalsbreen National Park, run with local guides out of Jostedal Hotel — about two and a half hours on the water, with the valley walls closing overhead. The Premium version brings the group back to the hotel afterwards for a traditional Norwegian lunch.

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The river is glacier-melt, lit from within, and it moves. With a local guide steering, you paddle roughly two and a half hours of whitewater through Jostedalen, the biggest waves saved for the last canyon where the valley narrows. The premium departure ends with a traditional Norwegian lunch at the Jostedal Hotel; the family departure runs a calmer stretch of the same river, at the group's own pace.

A guide and four guests in wetsuits and yellow helmets paddling a yellow raft down a wide, turquoise glacier-fed river, with a stony bank and autumn birch woods along the far side — Meltwater, and cold in every month of the season. The operator supplies the suits.

Versions	Economy — 5 h 30 min (8GLWR-E): Rafting only — no meal. · Premium — 6 h 30 min (8GLWR-P): Adds a traditional Norwegian lunch at Jostedal Hotel after the river, 45 minutes at the table. · Family — 6 h (no tour code yet): The same river and the same guides, run on a calmer stretch and in a smaller group, so children can take part. Six hours rather than five and a half, because the family run is paddled at the group's own pace. The agent manual carries it as SKJ-RAF-FAM; no master-sheet tour ID for it is recorded here. Adds: A calmer stretch of the Jostedøla, selected for families.
Season	June–October
Group size	10–20 guests per group
Vehicles or gear	1–6 coaches in the source; the raft fleet is the real limit
Departures	AM + PM
Capacity note	Runs in shifts: one group eats at Jostedal Hotel while the other is on the river, then they swap. That shift model is the operative key and belongs in the sales material.
Effort	An active whitewater run. No formal grade and no minimum age are stated.
Accessibility	Boarding a raft and paddling on a cold glacier-fed river.
Facilities	Restrooms at Jostedal Hotel
Hosted by	Rafting operator at Jostedal Hotel
Included	Coach transfer from and to the Skjolden cruise pier · Local rafting guide · Restrooms at Jostedal Hotel · Roughly 2.5 hours of whitewater rafting on a glacier-fed river
Operational	No minimum age is published, which is unusual for a river product. Every comparable operator states one. The Family version makes that gap urgent rather than untidy: a version sold to families with no published minimum age cannot go into a cruise line's system as it stands. The age and the calmer stretch have to be named by the operator before it is offered.

Base programme

00:00	Depart pier by coach to the ICETROLL basecamp at Jostedal Hotel, Jostedalen
01:10	Welcome by ICETROLL river guides: safety briefing, equipment fitting and the walk to the river entry point at the Elvepurka rock. White-water rafting approx. 1.5 hrs on the water down the Jostedøla, with the biggest waves in the last canyon
03:35	Transfer by ICETROLL vehicle from the basecamp to Breheimsenteret (Nigardsbreen visitor centre)
03:45	Comfort stop at the Breheimsenteret visitor centre (entrance and refreshments available at guests' own expense)
04:45	Return coach drive to Skjolden pier
06:00	Arrive back at the cruise pier

Premium

00:00	Departure from the pier, Skjolden
01:10	Stop at Jostedal Hotel to meet the local guide — restrooms
01:30	Rafting on the glacier-fed river
04:00	Back at Jostedal Hotel
04:30	Lunch at Jostedal Hotel
05:15	Depart Jostedal Hotel
06:30	Return to the pier, Skjolden

14 Bike & Waterfall Hike — Mørkrid Valley

3 h 45 min · May–October · no coach required Active

Bikes beside the pier, spray at the far end

The bicycles are collected beside the pier, so the tour starts without a coach. The ride goes up the Mørkrid valley through farmland and old cultural landscape, then the group walks the last stretch to Drivandefossen — close enough for the spray — where local food is served.

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From the gangway you walk to your bike, and from your bike you walk to a waterfall you can feel before you see. The Mørkrid valley is flat, farmed and quiet — about an hour of gentle riding — and Drivandefossen at the top of the path throws spray far enough to reach you. Local food is served at the falls, the guide stops for stragglers, and there is no coach anywhere in the day.

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Four walkers on a green slope looking up at the Drivande waterfall pounding into its plunge pool — The last stretch to Drivandefossen is walked, close enough for the spray. The local food stop is here.

Versions	Standard — 3 h 45 min (14BWH-S): The only version. Runs 3 hours 45 minutes.
Season	May–October
Group size	8–25 guests per group
Vehicles or gear	50+ bicycles
Departures	AM + PM
Capacity note	The largest equipment fleet in the catalogue. Groups of 25 across several waves build real volume without a single coach.
Effort	Roughly an hour and a quarter of cycling out, a hike to the waterfall, then the ride back.
Accessibility	Cycling ability, and walking on a valley trail.
Included	Local guide · Bicycle fitted to each guest · Photo stops and local history en route · Guided hike to the Drivandefossen waterfall · A taste of local food at the waterfall
Operational	Runs as a single version; Condensed/Extended variants are not offered on this product. The bicycle fleet may be shared with The Romantic Road; simultaneous full-capacity departures are planned around itl capacity.

00:00	Meet the guide at the cruise pier — short walk to the bicycles at the Adventure Tours stand
00:15	Bicycles adjusted to each guest
00:30	Depart by bike
01:00	Photo stops and local history
01:45	Hike towards the Drivandefossen waterfall
02:30	Arrive Drivandefossen — a taste of local food
03:00	Depart the waterfall
04:00	Arrive back in Skjolden — short walk to the pier

18 The Romantic Road

4 h · May–October · no coach required Active

Thirty-one kilometres along the fjord

Thirty-one kilometres of cycling on the fjord road the locals call the Romantic Road — quiet farms, waterfalls, and the story of Sørheim, where Norwegian juice production began. It stops at Feigum Café, in the old sawmill that was the first industrial workplace on this fjord.

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Thirty-one kilometres of fjord-shore cycling with the Lustrafjord alongside the whole way — a road built for very little traffic and very long looks. You ride at touring pace to the cafe at Feigum, the first industrial workplace on this fjord, and hear how Norwegian juice-making began at Sørheim. The quietest active tour in the catalogue: effort enough to feel earned, never enough to hurt.

A woman in pink and a man in white, both wearing cycling helmets, seen from behind as they look out over the mirror-still fjord from a garden slope — Thirty-one kilometres of quiet fjord road, with the climbing done for you.

Versions	Standard — 4 h (18RR-S): The only version.
Season	May–October
Group size	8–22 guests per group
Vehicles or gear	Bicycles
Departures	Two groups, AM + PM
Capacity note	The bicycle fleet may be shared with Bike & Waterfall Hike; departures are planned around it.
Effort	Thirty-one kilometres of cycling in total, on a fjord-side road.
Accessibility	Cycling ability, and the stamina for 31 km.
Facilities	Feigum Café
Included	Guide · Bicycle · Visit to Feigum Café · The stories of Sørheim and the old Feigum sawmill
Operational	The published itinerary is a copy-paste of the RIB tour's programme. In practice the product has no published route.

A gentle 31-kilometre ride over four hours, with a stop at Feigum Café and the stories of Sørheim and the old Feigum sawmill along the way. The detailed route card is issued ahead of the season.

Wittgenstein guided walk	2 h · All year. 10 to 25 per group, in shifts. The philosopher's hut site above Eidsvatnet.
Rebni hike — Mørkrid	4 h 30 min · All year. 20 to 25 per group, in shifts.
Fortundalen valley excursion	Summer. Minibus only — the road takes nothing larger.
Snowshoe hiking, Jotunheimen	4 h · April to mid-June, snow depending. 8 to 12 per group, minibus.
Helicopter sightseeing	1 h · All year. Lands beside the terminal. Weather dependent, book in advance.
Stand-up paddle and sit-on-top kayak	Summer. Self-guided on the inner Lustrafjord.

Urnes Stave Church	Groups split: half visit the church, half visit Ornes Shipyard, then swap. 25 guests maximum per group, roughly one group per hour, coaches under 12 m only. The Urnes visit is a morning product: arrival is held to 09:00–09:30 by the site's own restrictions.
Best of Skjolden shuttle	Shuttle: 60 min round trip, 9 runs inside the 9 hours ashore a 10-hour call leaves — 405 seats from one vehicle (9 × 45), against 45 on one scheduled departure. The village loop, and the only hop-on hop-off product in the catalogue. One vehicle comes past every stop once an hour, which is why two coaches are the working recommendation. Draws on: Standard coach, 10 available.
Oscarshaug shuttle	Shuttle: 75 min round trip, 7 runs inside the 9 hours ashore a 10-hour call leaves — 315 seats from one vehicle (7 × 45), against 45 on one scheduled departure. The short viewpoint run. Shuttled, it is the highest-volume product in the catalogue and the standard answer to a crowded call. Draws on: Standard coach, 10 available.
Berdalsnosi shuttle	Shuttle: 120 min round trip, 4 runs inside the 9 hours ashore a 10-hour call leaves — 180 seats from one vehicle (4 × 45), against 45 on one scheduled departure. Two coaches minimum, so guests are set down close to the path rather than a long walk from it. Standard 12.4 m coaches are permitted on this first stretch by dispensation from the road board; four coaches carry 180 guests a rotation. Draws on: Standard coach, 10 available.
Urnes shuttle	Shuttle: 90 min round trip, 6 runs inside the 9 hours ashore a 10-hour call leaves — 204 seats from one vehicle (6 × 34), against 34 on one scheduled departure. One coach, a departure every 90 minutes, 34 guests with admission included. The interval has not been measured — it assumes the east-side road without the ferry, and the church takes 25 at a time. Draws on: Midi coach (under 12 m), 3 available.
What a shuttle costs	Capacity is vehicle hours, not vehicles: a coach on a shuttle is a coach not on a scheduled tour, and the mountain shuttle competes for the same short coaches. The volumes above are arithmetic on the round-trip time, not quoted capacity — how many vehicles go on a shuttle is decided per call
Mountain coaches under 10 m	Mountains & Fjords · Skjolden's Secret — Berdalsnosi — Tindevegen carries a 10 m length limit; only the short coaches can take it. From 2027 Berdalsnosi runs as a shuttle on a minimum of two of the three, so the two products collide harder than they did.
Bicycle fleet	Bike & Waterfall Hike — Mørkrid Valley · The Romantic Road — Both are cycling products; whether they draw on the same 50+ bicycles is unconfirmed.
RIB fleet	RIB Adventure · Fjord RIB Adventure & Waterfall Hike — Four RIBs serve both products.
Breheimsenteret glacier centre	The Glacier Valley — Nigardsbreen · Jostedal Canyoning · The Hidden Glacier — Tunsbergdalsbreen — Breheimsenteret is a stop on two products and the advertised quest on a third. Its restaurant seats 100.
Tender calls	Assistance may be required at the tender pier; the coach apron sits directly above it
Ends away from the pier	Kayak the Lustrafjord · Walking with Llamas · Skjolden's Culinary Odyssey · Cider Tasting at Skjolden Cidery — these finish in the village, and the ship's own description must say so
Weatherproof venue	Discovering Old Kroken Fjord-Farm · Skjolden's Culinary Odyssey

9 h ashore · 10 h call	Every product completes inside this window once
8 h ashore · 9 h call	Every product completes inside this window once
7 h ashore · 8 h call	Ice Tunnels — Klimapark 2469, Juvasshytta (8 h) · The Norwegian Mountain World — Lom (8 h)
6 h ashore · 7 h call	Ice Tunnels — Klimapark 2469, Juvasshytta (8 h) · The Norwegian Mountain World — Lom (8 h)

Capacity, window and deadlines

Capacity per call

The call window

Programme capacity by hours ashore

Deadlines

Where to write

The port in brief

Index — 25 products, 41 versions

Shuttle excursions

23 Best of Skjolden — Village Loop

12 Jotunheimen — Oscarshaug shuttle

6 Skjolden's Secret — Berdalsnosi

10 Urnes Stave Church Shuttle

Signature

1 Mountains & Fjords

2 The Last Vikings

4 Experience the Stygge Glacier — e-bike and hike

3 Ice Tunnels — Klimapark 2469, Juvasshytta

Mountains, glaciers and ice

5 The Hidden Glacier — Tunsbergdalsbreen

11 The Glacier Valley — Nigardsbreen

12 Jotunheimen — Home of the Giants

Fjord and water

13 RIB Adventure

15 Fjord RIB Adventure & Waterfall Hike

19 Kayak the Lustrafjord

Culture and heritage

9 The Norwegian Mountain World — Lom

10 UNESCO Heritage — Urnes Stave Church

16 Discovering Old Kroken Fjord-Farm

Village, farm and table

17 Sengjaberget Nature Walk

20 Walking with Llamas

21 Skjolden's Culinary Odyssey

22 Cider Tasting at Skjolden Cidery

Active and adventure

7 Jostedal Canyoning

8 Jostedal Whitewater Rafting

14 Bike & Waterfall Hike — Mørkrid Valley

18 The Romantic Road

On request, outside the numbered catalogue

Operating constraints worth planning around

What drops out as the call shortens

Open points on this edition