Port
Ulvik, Norway
Activity Level
Moderate
Excursion Type
Information Not Currently Available
Wheelchair Accessible
No
Starting At
$159.95
Minimum Age
Information Not Currently Available
Duration
Approximately 5 Hours
Meals Included
Meals not included
Board your coach and head towards the village of Eidfjord, passing the magnificent Hardanger Bridge on the way. Continue up the steep Måbødalen Valley, the old road to the top was once only four miles, made up of an alarming series of hairpin bends carved precariously into the mountainside. Today there is a new route -- appreciably safer, albeit less thrilling. It leads to the enormous Hardanger Mountain Plateau -- the largest mountain plateau in Northern Europe and one of the few places in Norway where wild reindeer herds still live untended. Keep your eyes peeled; but they are elusive creatures -- brilliantly camouflaged and thus seldom seen.
Stop for refreshments at Halne Mountain Lodge, about 30 miles from Eidfjord. The lodge is situated about 3,700 feet above sea level at the heart of the Hardanger Mountain Plateau. Pause and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea and a homemade Norwegian waffle will be served with jam and sour cream.
Return to the Måbødalen Valley, stopping briefly at the Sysen Dam -- the main reservoir for the Sima Power Station and one of Norway's largest embankment dams. The dam's watertight core is lined with filter zones of sand and gravel, weighted down and supported by large quantities of rock. The dam itself is more than a half-mile long, 265 feet tall and 813 feet wide at the bottom.
Continue to Fossli to view the Vøringsfossen Waterfalls. You'll take a short walk on an uneven path to the viewpoint. The majestic falls cascade almost 600 feet into the wild Måbø Valley below.
Return to Ulvik by way of the Måbødalen Valley, Eidfjord and the Hardanger Bridge.
Notes:
Views are weather dependent. Wear comfortable walking shoes