Another adult and I are travelling to Norway in late June and are planning on taking a camper van around the country. Below is what we're planning on doing each day and where we're planning on going.

Can you please take a look and let me know if you have any suggestions or edits? Is this a reasonable itinerary? Is there anything I'm missing or shouldn't do?

Locals and visitors all welcome to comment! I hope this post can be helpful to other's travelling to this beautiful country. Thank you in advance!

  • Day 1 – Arrive in Oslo. If time allows, explore Vigeland Park, Akershus Fortress before heading to Ekeberg camping for the night.
  • Day 2 – Drive to Jotunheimen, stop in Lillehammer. Relax by Lake Gjende. Stay at Maurvangen camping.
  • Day 3 – Hike the Besseggen Ridge. Stay at Maurvangen after hiking.
  • Day 4 – Drive the Sognefjellet Tourist route, visit Lom Stave Church, arrive in Geirangerfjord.
  • Day 5 – Kayak in Geraingerfjord in the morning/early afternoon. Drive via Trollstigen to Alesund.
  • Day 6 – Take a morning boat to Runde Island. Complete a full day of birdwatching and hiking. Return to Alesund in the evening.
  • Day 7 – Drive to Sogndal. Relax by the fjord and check out the town.
  • Day 8 – Drive to Bergen. Explore Bryggen Wharf, ride the Funicular, enjoy the town.
  • Day 9 – Drive to Stavanger. Potential afternoon cruise to Pulpit Rock.
  • Day 10 – Morning Horseback riding. Drive to Hovden.
  • Day 11 – Final 3-hour drive back to Oslo. Return camper van and fly home.

by SilverDilver94

4 comments

  1. Honestly seem a bit crunched on time. And late june the roads will be full of other campers and tourists so even more slow than outside of the season. How did you plan this?

  2. You are massively underestimating how much driving is involved. And I don’t understand your drive on day 4. I would drive from Besseggen to Geiranger. I would also drop Stavanger and stay an extra day in Bergen.

    I would recommend visiting Fjærland in Sogndal kommune. Beautiful fjord and you can try the floating sauna. There are also so many more beautiful places to visit around Sognefjorden, like Solvorn, Urnes, Lærdal, Balestrand. You can’t do it all in one trip, but worth coming back for!

  3. The Sogndal-Bergen drive is probably 4.5 hours in summer traffic if not more. Also depends on ferry timing.

    I would add at least 30 minutes to any 200km drive to give extra time in summer. The driving times are by car which is not the same as a camper van.

    Bit confused about day 4 Sognefjellet and how you plan this to get to Geiranger. Unless you’re talking about the old Strynefjellet road. That road is very narrow and you do 30-40 km/h, maybe 50 if you’re lucky.

  4. That’s around 2000km and 200km a day on average. If you want to make a roadtrip that’s fine I guess, if you want to see more from Norge that I would drive less and explore more.

    Since you are from the US: The roads are not what you are used to. They are curvy, narrow and they go up and down. There’s only one highway on that route (E6), what at times is just a one-lane road. Especially when you drive around fjords, it might get funny when the roads are narrow and and the same time you share those roads with busses, trucks, local farmers with tractors and foreign campers. And some of them drive terribly slow. Sometimes you can overtake, most of the time, you can’t. So you’d have to be patient.

    That is why the travel time that google gives you is a very-best-case time. Increase that by 30-40% and you got your real travel time.

    Also, for the love of god, if you drive around Norway with your camper, if there’s a car behind you that is catching up, always try to let them pass. Stop at the next bus stop or just signal right and slow down. Everyone will thank you.

    Regarding your plan:

    Day 4: Neither the route on the image or what you described (Maurvangen to Geieranger) would bring you through the 55 (Sognefjellet Tourist route). Or are you planning to so some major detours? I can recommned the 55 tho, it’s epic.

    On Day 7, when you come through Stryn, check out the valley and the area. Look it up, it’s beautiful.

    Download the [yr.no](http://yr.no) app to check weather regularly.

    Check if you route is open that day, especially if you drive at later hours. Sometimes routes are closed or are blocked for a few hours. Check [vegvesen.no](http://vegvesen.no)

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