Arctic bushcraft / wilderness skills – Hurtigruten land excursion

Visit the Sami people in Arctic Norway by Christian Roth Christensen, Visit Norway

Just how did people survive the long, harsh Arctic winter?

This is an optional land excursion which you can add to your Hurtigruten cruise booked through Fjord Travel Norway. The land excursion will appear during the cruise booking process, with prices and details.

Learn how to throw a lasso by Orjan Bertelsen, Hurtigruten

Try lasso throwing

This excursion will provide you with an insight into the autumn season in the Arctic; the unbelievable Arctic bushcraft /wilderness skills, how people have harvested, stored, hunted and fished for centuries. You go by bus to the camp, which is a 15-min drive from the quay. Here, you will be divided into groups, and each group will get a specific task. You will learn to make a fire, how to fish, make your own tea and how to throw a lasso. Afterwards, you will meet up in the lavvo, where you will have a taste of the Arctic including cloudberries with cream, dried reindeer meat, rhubarb and tea.

Making tea over the open fire by Terje Rakke, Visit Norway

Learn to make tea over the open fire

Practical information:

Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins
Included: Taste of local specialities
Transportation: Bus
Clothes/footwear: Comfortable shoes and warm clothing
Available: August 25- October 15
Land excursion #7G

Cloudberries by Christian Roth Christensen, Vist Norway

Taste delicious cloudberries

Available on the following Hurtigruten cruise packages:

Norwegian Coast, North Cape, Fjords & Flam Railway, 9 nights
Arctic Coast, North Cape & Tromso, 5 nights

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What our customers say:

Thank you for assisting us with our trip to Norway. We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Kirkenes and the Snow Hotel. The arrangements you made for us were perfect. The lodging was comfortable and the excursions were fun. Tom and I rarely use the services of a travel company when we travel; you enriched our trip and made the planning easy.

Alison, United States
I wanted to thank everybody. We had a wonderful trip. Everything went well and fortunately we had the chance to see the lights while on the cruise. All my friends in Turkey would like to go on a similar trip. So I will be in touch with you. Thanks again and best wishes to all of you.

Candan, Turkey
On behalf of the group I would like to thank you and your colleagues for organizing our wonderful tour of Norway. Everything went very well including the weather, which was spectacular. We enjoyed all the hotels, the central locations you chose and the amenities, especially the lavish breakfasts. Three extra days in Oslo allowed us to tour the city at our leisure and to enjoy more of the important sights including the newly opened National Museum. The Norway in a Nutshell tour was amazing and made much easier by using your recommended porterage service between hotels in Oslo and Bergen. Both the train journeys and the boat trip were spectacular, and combined with a night in the beautiful Kviknes Hotel made for an unforgettable two days. We were very impressed by the Hurtigruten cruise, particularly the way they combined a working ship with a cruise ship, the comfortable accommodations, the food and service. It was fascinating to visit all the various ports, islands and fjords and the two included tours were excellent and informative. In the end we were glad to have the extra night in Kirkenes, to visit their lovely museum and take a trip to the Russian border. It was a good way to end the tour. Again, thank for staying with us through 2 years of pandemic postponements and changes. We certainly will recommend Fjord Travel in the future.

Marilyn, United States