Shore excursion · Skjolden Explore

The Hidden Glacier

No road reaches this arm of Jostedalsbreen. An open boat does, and then your own feet.

Tunsbergdalsvatnet by boat · 6 hours

Duration: 6 hours
Guests: 8–30
Season: June–September
Tour code: SKJ-THG

The coach goes up Jostedalen to the Leirdalen trailhead, where the Fjord Active crew hand out life jackets. Their boat has no cabin — dress for wind and spray — and it crosses the glacier lake of Tunsbergdalsvatnet to the foot of a moraine ridge.

A guided walk climbs to a viewpoint facing Tunsbergdalsbreen, hidden from every road, and the guides serve a snack and a drink while you look. On the way back the skipper takes the scenic line and eases in close under a waterfall. Children are welcome from six.

An open boat across a glacier lake
A glacier arm hidden from every road
A snack at the viewpoint, served by the guides
Close under a waterfall on the way home

The day, hour by hour

Six hours, gangway to gangway

00:00 – 01:10 Coach from the pier up through Jostedalen to the Leirdalen trailhead
01:10 – 01:25 Briefing with the Fjord Active crew; life jackets on before boarding
01:25 – 01:50 Open-boat crossing of Tunsbergdalsvatnet — no cabin, so dress for wind and spray
01:50 – 03:15 Guided walk up the moraine ridge to the viewpoint facing Tunsbergdalsbreen, with a snack and a drink
03:15 – 03:45 Walk back down to the boat landing
03:45 – 04:15 The scenic line home across the lake, easing in close to a waterfall
04:15 – 04:30 Ashore: life jackets handed in, time for a last photograph
04:30 – 06:00 Coach back down Jostedalen to the ship

00:00 is the moment the group leaves the pier — not a clock time.

The open boat stopped under a waterfall on the way back across the lake, guests in life jackets looking up at the water sheeting down the rock