LOFOTEN ISLANDS SEA KAYAKING

These impressively scenic islands form an archipelago one hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle. It is a place of mystical landscape illuminated by nearly continuous daylight. Glacially-carved, shear granite spires rise out of a sea made rich by the meeting of the warm Gulf Stream and the Arctic Ocean. Islands are fringed with green pastureland and dotted with picturesque fishing villages each with its own unique character and dramatic mountain backdrop. This is a true Arctic kayaking adventure with the advantage of finishing every day with a sauna and a warm bed.

You’ll kayak the length of this remarkable chain of islands through indigo-blue fjords cutting between jagged peaks, stopping at white sand beaches and hiking to viewpoints for incredible panoramic vistas. At the end of each paddling day you’ll stay in “rorbuers”, traditional lodges and have time to explore and sample the local cuisine. Great kayaking, spectacular scenery and Norway’s culture of the sea make the Lofoten Islands one of the world’s great paddling trips.

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The Lofoten Islands Kayaking Itinerary

7 days

June Norway Schdedule

easy to intermediate sea kayaking, hiking.

5 nights Rorbu lodges, 1 night hotel

Bodø

$3890 US Single Supplement $300 US

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Arrival: Arrive in Bodø the day before departure and check in to the hotel for the night. Explore this working seaside town of 40,000 pop..

DAY 1: Meet in the Comfort Home Hotel Grand Bodø in Bodø, board the Hurtigruta coastal ferry and cross to Moskenes on the Lofoten Islands. Travel to the picturesque village of Å and from there on to the town of Reine.

DAY 2: A comprehensive introduction to kayaking and a paddle past the jagged peaks of Reinefjord and into Bunesfjord. Have lunch under the vertical walls of Moskenes Titons. Hike for a view of the north Atlantic from the ruins of one of the oldest settlements in the Lofoten.

DAY 3: Leave Reine and kayak along the walls of the Moskenes Titons to the Sund Sound Flakstad Island. Tour the Blacksmith museum at Sund. Paddle past Kunna Island and cross the mouth of Skjelfjord to rock faces of Flakstad Island into the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Nusfjord.

DAY 4: Depart Nusfjord cross Napp Sound, one of Lofoten’s main water ways separating Flakstad Island from Vestvåg Island (Lofoten’s largest island). Arrive in Ballstad then cross Buksnesfjord to Stamsund.

DAY 5: Depart Stamsund harbour and ride the rising tide into the narrow Rolvsfjord to Brustranda. Hike across the island to the reconstructed Viking Chieftain’s house at Borg. Return by van to Rolvsfjord.

DAY 6:Depart Rolvsfjord cross Gimsøy Sound which separates Vestvåg Island from Austvåg Island, the last island in the Loften chain. Paddle through the islands of Valberg to the village of Henningsvær.

DAY 7: Depart Henningsvær and paddle through clusters of small islands to Svolvær and the end of the kayaking trip. Explore Svolvær before boarding the Hurtigruta for the return trip to Bodø. Arrive in Bodø after midnight.

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