Jostedalsbreen & Nigardsbreen Getting there & around

Getting there & around

Leave the Rv55 Sognefjellet Road at Gaupne and head north up Jostedal along the Rv604.

From late June to early September, Jostedalsbrebussen (No 160) runs between Sogndal (with connections from Flåm, Balestrand and Lærdal) and the foot of the Nigardsbreen glacier, leaving at 8.45am and setting out on the return journey at 4.50pm.

From the visitors centre, a 3.5km-long toll road (Nkr25 per vehicle) or a pleasant walk with interpretive panels leads to the car park at Nigardsvatnet, the lagoon at the glacial snout. From mid-June to August, a ferry shuttles over the lagoon to the glacier face (Nkr30 return). The best hiking map for the region is Statens Kartverk’s Jostedalsbreen Turkart at 1:100,000.