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Experience the authentic Norway on an exclusive 2-day cruise along the Norwegian coastline and the amazing fjords. Together with your guide you will visit unique locations away from the tourist tracks, enjoy homemade Norwegian food and meet the locals. Continue on your own along scenic railways to Oslo.

The selected tour can commence in Bergen.

Day 01: Arrival in Bergen (Thursday)

Arrival in Bergen according to your own itinerary. Bergen is Norway’s second largest city and the world’s only city surrounded by 7 mountains and 7 fjords. Bergen is, with good reason, called the Gateway to the Fjords. The city is located on the west coast of Norway with close proximity to the famous Norwegian fjords. Accommodation in Bergen.

Day 02: Day at leisure in Bergen (Friday)

Breakfast at the hotel. This day is at your own leisure in Bergen. Sights of interest include the Hanseatic Bryggen Wharf, Fløibanen Funicular, Edvard Grieg's home Troldhaugen, the Fish and Flower market, Bergen Aquarium and Gamle Bergen (Old Bergen Open Air Museum). We recommend a private walking tour of Bergen with an authorised local guide. Accommodation in Bergen.

Day 03: Exclusive Fjord & Coastal Cruise (Saturday)

Breakfast at the hotel before you at 9 am will depart on a 2-day fjord cruise with MS Tollesund. In a group of maximum 18 persons you will be taken good care of by your guide and your captain. During this highly personal cruise you will explore and experiencing the coast, the ocean, the fjords and the ever changing landscape from the comfort of a small ship. Stops are made along the way for lunch and special sights, including a visit at the small island of Utvær. The island is in fact Norway's westernmost point and it is situated where the fjord meets the Norwegian Sea. Your guide will take you on a walking tour of the island as well as into the old lighthouse, before a delicious homemade lunch will be served. The menu of the day is white and red fish netted the same morning, as well as other local specialties. After lunch you will sail into the Sognefjord, the world’s deepest and longest fjord, before heading into the narrow and breathtaking Finnafjord. At the head of this amazing fjord arm you will find the small farm settlement of Findebotten – only accessible by boat. No roads, no traffic, no television… And here, at this wild and wonderfully tranquil settlement, is where you will stay the night (see hotel descriptions for further details). You will have the place to yourselves and before or after dinner you may want to go for a hike, do a bit of fishing or just sit outside with a glass of wine enjoying the magnificent view and listening to what can best be described as the deafening silence. And if lucky, you may even spot one of the eagles nesting in the steep mountainsides above the farm. Dinner and accommodation at Findebotten Guesthouse (please note that the 2-day cruise only departs on Saturdays).

Day 04: Fjord Cruise & Glacier Experience - Balestrand (Sunday)

After a hearty breakfast your fjord adventure continues. Today you will sail into the Fjærlandsfjord, where a visit at the Jostedal Glacier is included. The Jostedal glacier is the largest glacier in continental Europe, and as you approach you will see the white icecap glimmering in the distance. You will anchor in the small village of Fjærland, where you can still find one of the few remaining original Norwegian tourist hotels, built in the early 1890’s to cater for the influx of English tourists, lords and the like. In this historic building all is set for lunch. Fjærland is curiously enough also a so-called book town, with a collection of some 250 000 volumes! After lunch a bus will bring you closer to one of the glacial arms of the Jostedal glacier, hovering above you on the steep mountainside (please note that you will not be able to walk on the glacier, nor drive all the way up to the glacier). Late afternoon you will sail out the fjord again, aiming for the nearby fjord village of Balestrand where you will say goodbye to your group. Dinner included for Hotel Category 1 only. Accommodation in Balestrand (fjord view).

Day 05: Fjord Cruise - Flåm- & Bergen Railway to Geilo (Monday)

Breakfast at the hotel. Morning at leisure before departure by express boat for a 1 1/2-hour fjord cruise to Flåm, Norway’s only fjord village with train connection. In Flåm you will have a couple of hours at leisure before boarding the Flåm Railway which passes through wild and beautiful mountain scenery with waterfalls and steep mountain sides reaching a height of up to 900 metres. There is no other adhesion railway in the world running on normal tracks that is so steep over a long distance. From Myrdal you continue by train on the Bergen Railway to the mountain village of Geilo. Dinner included for Hotel Category 1 only. Accommodation in Geilo.

Day 06: Travel by train to Oslo (Tuesday)

Breakfast at the hotel. Morning departure from Geilo by train. The 4 hour journey from Geilo to Oslo is part of the Bergen Railway, classed as one of the finest train journeys in the world. This railway connects the two largest cities in Norway and shows the diversity of the Norwegian landscape. The Norwegian capital is beautifully situated at the head of the Oslo Fjord and surrounded by forested ridges. Arable fields, vast forests and the untouched nature areas. The city’s surroundings provide recreational opportunities that are frequently taken advantage of by the city’s inhabitants, as well as increasingly by visitors. Accommodation in Oslo.

Day 07: Oslo, the capital of Norway (Wednesday)

Breakfast at the hotel. This day is at your own leisure. Oslo offers many well know sights such as the Vigeland Sculpture Park, the Viking Ship Museum, the Munch Museum and Oslo Opera House. Accommodation in Oslo.

Day 08: Departure from Oslo (Thursday)

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure from Oslo according to your own itinerary.

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