[Closed] Kayaking the Norwegian Fjords

Spooky. Two of my good mates have just returned from a trip doing exactly that.

Here is their vid:

Did a spot of kyaking on a fjord a few weeks ago. Its well worth doing. We had perfect weather warm sunny and no wind water was like glass.

I've done some of them on a boat.. reckon it would take frigging ages in a kayak 🙂

I don't think we'll have time to do all the fjords, maybe just one or two 😆

parkesie, where did you go? Any pics?

We padled about on Eidfjord. Have some pictures but not able to link into here on the ipad because flicker app and website are crap.

I've done it, awesome experience. Pick your fjord with care, as you (a) don't want to come across a ****in' cruise ship coming the other way* and (b) you can go for long, loooonnnnggg periods without having anywhere to beach the kayak, so pack lunch and pee before you set off.

* https://www.cobra.com/products/handheld/mr-hh350-flt - you may want to pack one of these as they (should!) be listening out for other traffic they can't see.

There's something on my FB feed offering just that sort of thing over a weekend

Let me find it, hold on

Much better adventures.com

https://www.muchbetteradventures.com/experiences/epic-weekends/

Couple of options there as ro5ey said

I've seen a similar options for guided trips from near Voss, though I'm not sure whether to join a group or go freestyle, as it were.

The lads in the video sorted their own travel out, but had Mike from http://www.applecross.uk.com/msg/sea-kayaking-in-scotland-canada-croatia-arctic-norway/ as a guide.

Just watch out you don't get shit on by the flocks of parrots...

Voss is smack bang in the middle of tourist country, lots of tour groups/cruises. Although there were a group of youths hiking out into the wilderness between Bergen and Voss when I went in Feb so there's some tranquility out there I'm sure.

Personally if you've not done a lot of kayaking I'd use a guide. As mentioned above Norwegian fjords can be quite sheer which means you can effectively be a long way from shore; they're also blooming cold. In the unlikely event that you did capsize knowing how to rescue and get back in would be handy to avoid freezing. A guide would also take away the stress of tides and would know good places to camp etc.

Having said that lots of people who kayak on the West Coast are very competent and so you might be fine but it's still a lot more hassle unless you get plenty of local knowledge.

We did a tour day tour with overnight camp with these guys http://www.njord.as/trips/trips-from-flam
It was awesome-
Can recommend staying here if you're going to Flam. They have their own brewery and the food is great http://www.flamsbrygga.no/

As flaperon says be careful if planning your own trip. I worked on a boat in Norway for a while and some fjords have very little access to easy beachable places. Did kayak with a company out of Voss who were very good. There was a company in Bergen who will be on google. Go sailing out of Bergen as well most years but we move lot faster than a kayak. It is an incredibly beautiful place.

West coast of Scotland? Kayaking here is awesome!

I'm sure Norway is great too.

Another (warmer, cheaper) option would be to do a multi-day kayak tour around part of the archipelago off Stockholm. Swedish law means that you can wild camp anywhere out of sight of a house.

We did it last year, and it worked out brilliantly. Flew into Arlanda, train to Stockholm then a bus 40km north to a little kayak rental place. Hired a kayak, took food / tent / stove and went touring for 3 days. Amazing.

Got the web address for the hire place?

I would head to naeroyfjord, auslandfjord and sognefjord. the first two are the inland branches of the 3rd.

Have an amazing time!

globalti - Member
Got the web address for the hire place?

We used Horisont Kajak.

+46 76 808 88 25
Fly to Stockholm Arlanda.
Take the train (20 min) to the Stockholm Central Station, or the bus (45 min) to the Stockholm Central Station.
Get on the subway to Slussen (10 min).
…and finally bus no 438 to “Sunds Gård” (40 min).

Website: [url= http://horisontkajak.se/eng ]http://horisontkajak.se/eng[/url]

For anyone in Lpool tonight
Come along to Hugh Baird University centre for an free evening with Justine Curgenven and her tales from her Aleutian Islands trip.

In the summer of 2014, Justine Curgenven and Sarah Outen traversed the Aleutian Islands. No-one has succeeded in kayaking the length of the remote and stormy Aleutian Islands which stretch from Russia to Alaska. Explorers Justine Curgenven and Sarah Outen set out to paddle 2,500km along the archipelago to the nearest road confronting more than 20 long crossings which separate the tiny unpopulated islands.

Alone for 101 days in one of the windiest, roughest places on earth, these two women are swept away from land by unknown currents, pounded by rough seas and approached by bears. Experiencing an edge-of-your-seat journey, they gain a rare insight into themselves, the rich wildlife and the lives of the few people who live in this harsh yet beautiful landscape.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-with-adventurer-justine-curgenven-registration-26096330828

No-one has succeeded in kayaking the length of the remote and stormy Aleutian Islands which stretch from Russia to Alaska.

Haha it's entirely possible I don't care.