Tours in the Flåm area

Yes, Flåm is a popular place for many visitors. It’s history as a tourist destination stretches back to the building of the Flåmsbana railway in the 1920s, and indeed before that when the first small cruise ships started ferrying visitors around west Norway in the late 1800s. There are many visitors here, of course, but it takes little time to leave them behind and take you into a different world. But if you insist, we can also visit the popular places. I know the area like the back of my hand – I lived here for 4 years, so even around here I know where ‘off the beaten track’ can be found.

Here’s some of the things to expect around Flåm – both popular, and less well known:

Romantic Norwegian Landscapes

There’s no doubt that the area around Aurlandsfjord at Flåm has some of the most outstanding fjord scenery in Norway. So, despite its popularity, the Stegastein viewpoint, 650m, 2130 feet above the fjord is exceptional. We’ll try our best to avoid the crowds! It’s also possible to explore the less busy, but also still popular detours to the villages of Undredal, and Bakka, in the Nærøyfjord World Heritage Park.

Heritage Norway – hills farms and stave churches

The area around Flåm also offers some of the best opportunities to explore Norway’s incredible cultural heritage. It’s possible to visit 2 stave churches in the area – the smallest in Norway at Undredal and the perhaps best preserved at Borgund. It’s also an area that has an amazing story to tell about the way of life here in west Norway, the emigration to America and the struggles of farming and making a living. A visit to the historical farm at Otternes can bring this all together.

Wild Mountain Roads

The Snow Road across Aurlandsfjellet is a 20th century construction, and it makes the high mountain incredibly easy to access and shows you what a different world west Norway looks like even a short distance from the fjord. It’s rightly popular. But there are other options including the high roads up on to Nordfjellet which can provide a sanctuary from the crowds and peace that only comes from mountain air. The area over the mountain from Flåm and down in to Lærdal also has the historic King’s Road. The old way of travelling from the east to the west to the nearest access to fjord and a boat at Lærdal. While this path is many hundereds of years old, in can still be walked in many places, with some sections like Vindhellavegen offering something quite unique and spectacular.