Guided Tour activities in Norway
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Tours
Mo i Rana is the most convenient base for exploring the fjords to the west (although they are still some 110km away). For tours to the Svartisen glacier, there's no public transport from Mo but you can hire a bike from the tourist office and pedal the 32km each way to the ferry point beside Svartisen lake to explore Østisen. The tourist office also does a pair of evening guided walks (around NOK80).
Choose either the one-hour town walk or, for spectacular views, the 90-minute mountain walk (don't be put off by the term; it won't overtax you). Sign up by 16:00 on the day.
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Guided Tours of Bryggen
Take one of the excellent Guided Tours of Bryggen, 11am & 1pm (English), noon (Norwegian) Jun-Aug). They last 90 minutes, leave from Bryggens Museum and the commentary includes descriptions of life during Bergen’s trading heyday. The ticket includes admission to Bryggens Museum, Schøtstuene and the Hanseatic Museum (you can revisit these museums later on the same day).
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Geilo Aktiv
Geilo Aktiv offers glacier trekking on Hardangerjøkulen (1862m) three times a week from July to mid-September. The standard 10-hour tour (including train to and from Finse) costs Nkr650 per person. The company also offers a variety of rafting tours, riverboarding and a two-hour moose safari that occurs once a week.
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Hurtigruten Mini-Cruise
The coastal ferry passes Torghatten on its way south to Rørvik in Trøndelag - allowing an hour to explore the town and visit its splendid Norveg Centre for Coastal Culture and Industries before hopping aboard the north-bound ferry and reaching Brønnøysund again at 01:00. Book tickets from the tourist office.
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Setergrotta
The two-hour trip through Setergrotta is altogether less dragooned and considerably more adventurous. Highlights include a couple of extremely tight squeezes and a thrilling shuffle between rock walls while straddling a 15m gorge. The operators provide headlamps, hard hats, gumboots and overalls.
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Ford Cruise Narvik
From November to mid-January, when the orcas, or killer whales, gather to gorge themselves on the winter herring run, Ford Cruise Narvik does four- to six- hour trips to their feeding grounds in search of the action.
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Guided Town Walk
To really delve into Ålesund’s Art Nouveau heritage, sign on for the tourist office’s excellent 1½- to two-hour guided town walk, which leaves the office at noon.
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Bergen Guided Tours
A good way to reach the more outlying sights is to join one of the three-hour Bergen Guided Tours, which take you to Fantoft Stave Church and Troldhaugen, among other sights.
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Olden Activ
Olden Activ offers demanding 12-hour treks (around NOK750) to 2083m-high Lodalskåpa, the highest point on the Jostedal glacier. Tours set out from Sande camp site.
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Guided Walking Tours
From June to August, the tourist office runs guided walking tours of the city. They leave from the tourist office at 11am.
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John Kofoed
John Kofoed runs three-hour fishing tours on Romsdalsfjorden three times daily in summer. Reserve directly or through the tourist office.
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Oppdal Safaris
To see the decidedly prehistoric musk ox, take one of the five- to six-hour safaris organised by Oppdal Booking.
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Svalbard Explorer
In summer Svalbard Explorer runs trips once or twice daily to Longyearbyen's last producing coal mine, 15km east of the town.
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Naturopplevingar
For something a touch more energetic, contact Naturopplevingar, which can organise ski tours and climbing.
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Guided Walking Tours
From mid-June to mid-August, guided walking tours of Egersund leave from the tourist office.
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Guided Tours
From mid-June to mid-August, the Gamlebyen tourist office runs one-hour Guided Tours.
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