Geiranger and Trollstigen
Geiranger and Trollstigen
About the excursion
Direction: Northbound
Disembarkation port: Geiranger (to tender boat)
Embarkation port: Molde
Time: 14:15 - 22:15
Meal: Dinner and dessert
Level: 1 (Read more)
Season: 1 Jun - 31 Aug
Min/max persons: 23 - 252
Booking reference: GEIN1
Price: from £ 200 - $ 242 per person
This bus tour from Geiranger takes you through beautiful scenery along impressive roads. There will be several photo stops at different viewpoints, and you will cross two fjords by ferry.
Geiranger
The Norwegian fjord landscape constantly tops lists of the world's most beautiful places, and the Geirangerfjord is the queen of these fjords. From Geiranger, you wind your way up Ørnesvingene to the lookout point with a panoramic view of the Geirangerfjord with the "The Seven Sisters" waterfalls, the village and the mountains.
The road continues on through well-maintained agricultural villages, and we take a local ferry across the fjord to Valldal, the strawberry village. There we stop at the wild river rapids at Gudbrandsjuvet before climbing the mountains on our way to the top of Trollstigen. This is an old trail that has miraculously become a road with 11 hairpin bends down the steep mountainside.
Viewpoints in rough and modern architecture give you a panorama of the road builders' skill as engineers, and the largest viewpoint platform floats 200 metres above the road.
Safely down in the valley, there is a photo stop with coffee and a snack before we continue on to Molde for dinner and then get back on the ship.
Trollveggen (The Troll Wall)
At the bottom of the valley, there is a photo stop at Trollveggen. This is the highest vertical mountain wall in Northern Europe and is simply breathtaking. At the visitor's centre we will be shown a great documentary about the dramatic first ascents of the 1,100 metre mountain wall and the first base jumps from the spires. We finish with a visit to the shop and coffee before continuing on to Molde.
There you will be served dinner at a restaurant close to the quay where you will board ship again.
Geiranger and Trollstigen
Who would have thought that a bus tour could be this interesting?
"From the wharf, we board awaiting buses for the start of a guided day tour that will introduce us to some of the most spectacular scenery on Norway’s northwestern coast. Ahead of us, we have an many-our drive, with photo and sightseeing stops along the way. It will include two different car ferries across the fjords". (A travel letter from a freshman cruiser)
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