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Day 6 of 17 · Nigardsbreen Lodge, 37 km from Sogndal · Fjords, Peaks & Art Nouveau: The Western Norway Explorer

Day 6 — Lustrafjord & Nigardsbreen Glacier

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A travel day to your new base in Nigardsbreen Lodge, 37 km from Sogndal, with 3 h 02 of travel by road and boat.

Lustrafjord & Nigardsbreen Glacier
Ice Tognue of Nigardsbreen Glacier - 2013.08 © photographed in 2013 by rheins — CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 3 · Sogndal · Norway

We sleep at Nigardsbreen Lodge, 6 km away

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days 6–7 2 nights 3 h 02 by road and boat143 kmclimate favourable

Interest of the place — nature 25. Based on: glacier; glacier reached from the stage (Nigardsbreen).

programme
7 h
road and boat
3 h 02
  • Guided family glacier hike on NigardsbreenInterest nature 25★★☆☆☆ · known in 10 languages — article “Nigardsbreen”“Nigardsbreen (lit. 'the Nigard Glacier') is a glacier arm of the large Jostedalsbreen glacier. Nigardsbreen lies about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of the village of Gaupne in the Jostedalen valley in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.” — after Wikipedia

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    4 h 30
  • Explore the Sogn Fjord Museum in KaupangerInterest nature 25

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    2 h 30

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Visit the historic Urnes Stave Church

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On the way

Stops beside the road, chosen for their small detour — we say they are on the way, we do not promise to go through them.

  • Urnes Stave Church

    A UNESCO World Heritage site representing the oldest stave church in Norway.

    60 min there · detour +2 km · View on Google Maps

  • Feigumfossen

    A short stop to view one of the tallest waterfalls in Norway located near the road.

    45 min there · detour +6 km · View on Google Maps