Private tour: Folgefonna Glacier & Blue Ice Hiking One-day tour
Our partner: Guided Fjord Tours
Description
Experience the Hardangerfjord, Folgefonna National Park and Blue ice hiking on Folgefonna Glacier, the collective term for three plateau glaciers in Hardanger. This private day tour takes you from Bergen to Jondal in Hardanger and the glacier of Folgefonna. After pick-up in Bergen we drive 1,5 hour to Tørvikbygd and crossing the Hardangerfjord by ferry. From Jondal the tour goes up to the glacier 1200 meters above sea level. Here you will be welcomed by the glacier guide from Folgefonni Breførerlag, be informed about the glacier hike and to put on the necessary gear. The trip on the glacier will last for about 5 hours.
The glacier fall Juklavass Glacier consists of both calm, flat ice and more challenging crevasse areas. The tour is adapted to the participator's wishes and conditions. In the middle of the blue ice hike we take a break where we have a view of the North Sea and the Rosendal alps. We will tell you about the culture and the physical geography. In the afternoon light we walk back with the fjord and mountains below us. After the private glacier tour we will cross the Hardangerfjord from Jondal to Tørvikbygd by ferry, and drive back to Bergen.
- A must do when visiting Norway
- Hike is in Folgefonna National Park
- Levels of difficulty can easily be adjusted, from easy hiking to advanced ice climbing
- Note that ice conditions, tunnels etc.change from day to day. In beginning of season most of tour is on snow, end of season most of tour is on ice. It melts about 7-8 meter snow during a summer
What´s Included
Pick-up in Bergen
Local English speaking driver/guide
Private vehicle Bergen - Folgefonna - Bergen
Blue Ice Hiking on Folgefonna Glacier
English speaking glacier guide
Hiking gear
Drop-off in Bergen
What to bring
Please bring your personal warm, wind-and waterproof clothing, food and something to drink.
Itinerary
DAY 1
Steinsdalsfossen
Steinsdalsfossen
Steinsdalsfossen is a waterfall in the municipality of Kvam in Vestland county.The waterfall is one of the most visited tourist sites in Norway. From the parking lot, the path goes along the waterfall, up a hill, and behind it where visitors can walk dryshod "into" the rumbling water. Steinsdalsfossen is 46 metres (151 ft) high, with a main drop of 20 metres (66 ft), and has the greatest volume when the snow melts in May and June. Steinsdalsfossen is part of the Fosselva river that comes from the water of the lake Myklavatnet located 814 metres (2,671 ft) above sea level in the mountains above the waterfall. The Emperor Wilhelm ll of Germany visited Steinsdalsfossen nearly every summer from 1889 until the start of World War l in 1914. The waterfall was formed in 1699 when the river found a new race.
DAY 2
Hardangerfjorden
Hardangerfjorden
The Hardangerfjord is the fourth longest fjord in the world, and the second longest in Norway. It is located in Vestland county in the Hardanger region. The fjord stretches 179 kilometres (111 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean into the mountainous interior of Norway along the Hardangervidda plateau. About 8,000 BC, the Scandinavian land mass started to rise up as enormous glacial ice started to melt. The lower parts of the valleys became flooded, and so created what we today know as the Hardangerfjord. The valley was originally not only made through glacial erosion but by the high pressure melting water which pushed its way beneath the ice. The history of the fjord goes far beyond its Viking history, back to the time of hunters on the surrounding mountains, and later on, farming along this fertile area which today is considered the "fruit orchard of Norway". Later the fjord became the birthplace for a large tourism nflux to Norway, and in 1875 Thomas Cook started weekly cruise departures from London to the Hardangerfjord, due to its spectacular nature, glaciers, and grand waterfalls. Soon after this many of the major waterfalls became the power source for large industries in fjord settlements such as the town of Odda.
DAY 3
Folgefonna Glacier
Folgefonna Glacier
Situated on the southern shore of the beautiful Hardangerfjord in Hordaland County, Folgefonna National Park boasts one of Norway’s many glaciers. Folgefonna, the third largest glacier on mainland Norway, is the heart of the national park. Exotic and dramatic, this magnificent glacier has drawn tourists since 1833. Here are glacier tongues and icefalls, wild valleys, and raging rivers of rushing meltwater and scenic summer pastures.