15 day Norway excursion
Norway
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May 21 - Jun 4, 2024
![Betty](https://cdn.kimkim.com/files/a/users/profile_photos/e0c2664f20a76b3e69f6680e7999c15fc5af0011/original-bd526e28b8fb5d4954aa448ec6914d2e.jpg)
Kristiina did a great job planning our 15 day itinerary! She was attentive to our personal interests, likes and dislikes.
Fenne also did a wonderful job booking all the tours, excursions, hotels, and modes of transportation. Two of the four hotels we stayed at could have been nicer however, the room at one of the hotels had the loveliest view of any place we’ve ever stayed in all of our travels. Everything worked like clockwork without a problem. Julia was our 24 hour contact while traveling in Norway. We only needed to use her assistance once and she immediately took care of the issue.
We spent several days in Oslo. What a beautiful city! We then flew to Alesund, a lovely small city along the coast where we took excursions to Geirangerfjord (breathtaking), an e-bike tour, and a bus tour of surrounding islands. We then flew to Bergen where we did a guided kayak tour, a guided tour along the fjords including a boat trip down Hardangerfjord (magnificent). We then took a lovely ferry ride to Stavanger where we hiked to Pulpits Rock one day and went on a fjord RIB Safari. A relaxing train ride back to Oslo then gave us the final day to visit the Kon-Tiki and Fram museums which were wonderful.
All of the cities were very walkable and easy to navigate.
The Norwegian people couldn’t have been nicer. Very friendly and helpful.
Hotel Reviews
Great location!
Great location. On the water.
Dark and tired looking. Not a great location. Poor view from room. Looking at a big office type building not far from our window. Eating area very dark. The walls were black.
Not a great location. Our room looked out on an alley type road with nondescript buildings.
Activity Reviews
![Oslo private tour](https://cdn.kimkim.com/files/a/trip_plan/days/photos/44204839bb95c8f2ffa5b21520fbd736abe3503a/medium-9f17dea5578dd09414f99d580a0e5f7b.jpg)
Our guide was great!
![Art Nouveau city bike in Ålesund](https://cdn.kimkim.com/files/a/trip_plan/days/photos/e0490cd8046edff4f05964227065da3d7f39fdef/medium-f5490eda42f00f16378bc7438e14c397.jpg)
Our guide was friendly. We rode out of the city to an adjoining island which was lovely. From the Art Nouveau name of the tour we thought we’d be learning about the architecture.
![Fjordcruise Ålesund - Geiranger (Return)](https://cdn.kimkim.com/files/a/images/1c19335f25ecb742c2f8279eef8b54f34251963b/original-bc97a64c447119a2b14389aa37ddfe63.jpg)
We were on a boat with a group of other people who had park service guides. The guides gave interesting commentary about the surroundings which made the ride more interesting .
![Ålesund – Sightseeing and Viking saga islands](https://cdn.kimkim.com/files/a/images/557e987c85779b7880d9bebd583764c252ca7858/original-f052590e65e270080e31dc508bef9caf.jpg)
Leisurely bus tour around the surrounding islands with visit to a church and lighthouse.
![Guided Kayaktour Bergen](https://cdn.kimkim.com/files/a/images/45b0dc24a4d04d2814c227eed3fc8815bce58f44/original-a3c4feac7a8d416dcabd805fc3bf3211.jpg)
Leisurely kayaking around low lying islands. Nothing strenuous. Guide was friendly and informative. Lunch was very good. One of the local fisherman cooked up a fresh fish meal. Yum!
![Private Hardangerfjord Tour: Voss Gondol & Mt. Hanguren Panorama](https://cdn.kimkim.com/files/a/images/e34528d125512521a757a9cc391436ee8a3757df/original-1c6c78fb52ef89429581a7ede6dcfd9c.jpg)
Our guide Arne was great!! He even brought a drone. Stopped at a few waterfalls. One was spectacular. The fjord trip was great. Gorgeous scenery.
![Guided Hike to Pulpit Rock Preikestolen](https://cdn.kimkim.com/files/a/images/677198d0ac40a0a649ddf38e7495d3355c8ab5ec/original-320db0822e16b9e86dfad4391da948f6.jpg)
Our guide was super nice and engaging. Unfortunately, we couldn’t see anything as it was foggy the whole time. But we got some good exercise.
![Lysefjord RIB Safari from Stavanger](https://cdn.kimkim.com/files/a/images/a6651c57e93239e7510c1ed317d1ce8dbf7dde02/original-d82dd711a8b34b5d18ffa03b895195f5.jpg)
Enjoyable. A bit jolting at times. Got to see Pulpit Rock from the water.