Husband and I are in our mid thirties, traveling from USA to Norway for a week to celebrate our 15th anniversary. We are flying in to Bergen June 2nd and out of Stavanger June 9th. I haven’t booked any hotels/airbnb yet or rented a car (I hope to only use public transit if we can manage).
Our main goals: See the sights and marvel at the natural beauty. Be active but not overdo it (I am active fitness person and husband not so much). Eat some enjoyable food. Husband is interested in seeing Viking history.
**Activities I think I would like to include:**
*Norway in a nutshell tour, either booked through the company or booked piecemeal. Travel either direction from Bergen to Voss, Flam, Myrdal via Bergen railway, Flam railway…etc
*fjord cruise from Flam (Aurlandsfjord and Nærøyfjord)
*Bike tour and zipline in Flam, heard good things about the Norway in a nutshell one
*Whitewater Rafting in Voss?
*Eat at Cornelius Seafood Restaurant in Bergen
*Overnight guided hike in Trolltunga (camping overnight at the top)
*Stavanger: Pulpit Rock hike and possible fjord boat tour of Lysefjord
*4444 steps?
*We really wanted to hike Kjeragbolten, but I don’t think there’s time and also it seems difficult to get to and from especially without a car, and as far as I could tell the tour bus isn’t running regularly yet the first week of June.
**Vague intinerary:**
Fri June 2: arrive in Bergen in afternoon, eat dinner (Cornelius Seafood Restaurant?), sleep
Sat June 3: Travel to Flam, Bike tour (biking, zipline, cheese farm), fjord boat tours, night in Flam
Sun June 4: Return to Bergen via railways, see Bergen, travel to Odda to sleep
Mon June 5: Guided Trolltunga hike, camp at Trolltunga overnight
Tues June 6: Hike down Trolltunga, get luggage from Odda, travel to Stavanger
Wed June 7: See Stavanger?
Thurs June 8: Pulpit Rock hike and Lyseford tour?
Fri June 9: Depart Stavanger
Some possible alterations I could see would be adding a stop in Voss to whitewater raft. Or trading the Pulpit rock hike for Kjeragbolten hike if I can figure out how to fit it in.
What am I missing? Are there unrealistic bits to my itinerary? I haven’t booked any hotel stays because I can’t quite narrow down which nights we will be in which towns. Do you have any suggestions on how to improve our plans?
A couple of links to tours I think we will book:
Bike/Zipline tour:
https://www.fjordtours.com/things-to-do-in-norway/action-sports/rail-zip-and-bike-in-flaam/?_gl=1*ttqq4l*_ga*MTM2MTU3MjcyNy4xNjcyMzcxMDU5*_ga_989RXZWRV3*MTY4MDI4MzU3My45LjEuMTY4MDI4NDM0MC4wLjAuMA..&_ga=2.29241020.1486281601.1680283573-1361572727.1672371059&_gac=1.258473208.1679679826.Cj0KCQjwlPWgBhDHARIsAH2xdNebycCyBPzJVTsv8YzO4TsAmlH7QoZzbLE1VyKVJmDC2BznNHM0XbUaAnOQEALw_wcB
Overnight at Trolltunga: https://www.trolltungaadventures.com/trolltunga-classic
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This seems awfully compact and stressful.