About Norske Bygdeopplevelser Tour Operator
Norske Bygdeopplevelser is a private tour operator situated in Lillehammer, specialising in organising and selling skiing, biking and hiking tours all over Norway, but primarily in Eastern Norway. We also offer special made tours for groups, for example round tours with mountain trips and fjord cruise.
Trekking in comfort
The tours are suitable for those who enjoy mountain hiking, staying in good hotels or guest houses during the trip and have the luggage transported to the next place - all you need to carry is a small daypack. The terrain is family-friendly and tours are mostly easy day trips, but it is also possible to arrange more challenging trips.
Rambling in Rondane National Park
Rondane was Norway's first national park. The focal point of the national park is the Rondane Massif itself.
Our day trips vary from hotel to hotel, in the forecourt of the Rondane National Park, in easy mountain countryside, with spectacular views of the Rondane Massif.
Tour package with day trips:
- Arrival Venabu Fjellshotell. Dinner and tour briefing.
- Walking in Venabygdsfjellet. Transfer to Rondablikk.
- 10 kilometres, approximately four hours. Easy day trip from Rondablikk to Rondane SPA.
- 20 kilometres, six to seven hours. Longer day trip to Rondvassbu, with spectacular views of the Rondane Massif. Easy terrain.
- 15 kilometres, approximately five hours. Longer day trip from Rondane SPA, via Peer Gynt Hut to Høvringen.
- 20 kilometres, approximately six hours. Walking to the top of Formokampen, 1,427 metres above sea level.
- 10-20 kilometres, four to six hours. Walking tour in the area, different possibilities. Easy walking.
- Departure. Transport to nearest railway or back to the starting point (for those who have own car).
Difference in altitude: 900 – 1,000 metres above sea level. Day 5 from 1,000 – 1,427 metres above sea level.
Tour dates and prices 2012:
Tours with luggage transport (without guide)
Tour dates: 7 – 14 July, 14 – 21 July, 21 – 28 July, 28 July – 4 August, 4 – 11 August, 11 – 18 August
- Price per person in double room NOK 8,200
- Single room supplement NOK 1,050
- Price includes seven nights accommodation with breakfast, packed lunch and evening meal. Luggage transport and map. Transport to nearest train station or back to starting point
- Minimum two persons
How to get there: Train from Oslo Airport Gardermoen to Vinstra, taxi/hotel car to Rondablikk. A total of four hours.
Rambling on the Pilgrims' Trail/Dovrefjell National Park
A rambling tour in one of Norway's most spectacular mountain areas, and one where many important historical events have taken place. The Pilgrims' Trail over Dovrefjell has served as a travel artery since the Middle Ages and is the oldest connection between Oslo and Trondheim. The tour is literally a walk through Norwegian history, combined with spectacular scenery. The tour passes through easy and varied high mountain terrain. Dovrefjell is also famous for its rich flora and fauna, not least the famous musk ox.
Tour package with day trips:
- Arrival Toftemo Turiststasjon, Dovre.
- 18 kilometres, five to six hours. Day trip from Toftemo via Fokstugu to Furuhaugli. During the tour you visit a heritage-listed farm with buildings dating back to the 1400s.
- 15 kilometres, approximately five hours. Day trip from Furuhaugli to Hjerkinn. Relatively high mountain terrain with no major climbs uphill.
- 15 kilometres, approximately five hours. Day trip from Hjerkinn to Kongsvold. Upward climb from Hjerkinn to the tour's highest point Hjerkinnhø, 1,288 metres above sea level, with a magnificent view of Snøhetta Mountain and Rondane National Park.
- 10 kilometres, four to five hours. Musk-ox safari with certified Musk-ox-guide.
- Departure.
Altitude difference: 800 – 1,000 metres. Day four, highest point 1,288 metres above sea level.
Tour dates and prices 2012:
Package with guide and luggage transport (Sunday – Friday)
15 – 20 July.
- Price per person in double room NOK 8,100
- Single room supplement NOK 1,900
The price includes:
- Five overnight stays, including breakfast, packed lunch and dinner
- Tour guide, musk-ox safari and luggage transport
- Map
Tours with luggage transport (without guide)
Tour dates: 8 – 13 July, 24 – 28 July, 5 – 10 August
- Price per person in double room NOK 7,100
- Single room supplement NOK 1,900
- Price includes the same as above, except tour leader.
- Minimum two persons
How to get there: Express bus from Oslo / Oslo Airport Gardermoen to Toftemo, Dovre
Return: Train from Kongsvold.
Tour suggestions in the Kingdom of Peer Gynt
In the centre of the Gudbrandsdalen Valley, north of Lillehammer, you will find the "Kingdom of Ibsen's legendary Norse folk hero Peer Gynt". "In the footsteps of Peer Gynt, our popular mountain route from hotel to hotel, starts at Skeikampen and ends in the valley of Espedalen, about 67 kilometres as the crow flies. The various day trips offers great views to three national parks: Jotunheimen, Rondane and Dovrefjell.
Tour package with day trips:
- Arrival at Skeikampen for dinner. Trip briefing.
- 18 kilometres, six to seven hours. Walk from Skeikampen to Fagerhøi. The walk follows an old country road. If the weather is nice, we climb up to Præstkampen, 1,244 metres above sea level, to enjoy a panorama of the Jotunheimen and Rondane mountains.
- 16 kilometres, four to five hours. Walking from Fagerhøi to Gålå. Easy terrain, through birch woodland. At Lauvåsen you will be served Norwegian porridge for lunch.
- 15 kilometres, five to six hours. Walking from Gålå to Fefor. The route passes the Solbraa Mountain Museum, which shows how locals survived in the mountains more than a century back in time. Then you climb up to Valsfjell and continue down to Feforvatnet Lake.
- 18 kilometres, six to seven hours. Walking from Fefor to the valley of Espedalen. The day starts with a challenging climb, the path taking us up more than 1,500 metres above sea level and providing a magnificent view of the Jotunheimen, Rondane and Dovrefjell mountain ranges. Easy walk down to Espedalen.
- Departure. Transport by car/bus to the starting point Skeikampen. We visit Hell along the way. Hell has the deepest geological potholes in Northern Europe, 60 metres deep and 30 metres wide.
Tour dates and prices 2012:
Package with guide and luggage transport (Monday – Saturday) including the Peer Gynt Outdoor Play
30 July – 4 August
- Price per person in double room NOK 7,950
- Single room supplement NOK 1,050
- The price includes five nights accommodation with breakfast, packed lunch and dinner.
- Tour guide
- Transport of luggage between the hotels
- Norwegian porridge at Lauvåsen Fjellstue
- Visit at Solbraa Mountain Museum
Tours with luggage transport (without guide)
Tour dates: 9 – 14 July, 16 – 20 July, 23 – 27 July, 13 – 17 August
- Price per person in double room NOK 6,200
- Single supplement NOK 1,200
- The price includes the same as above, except tour guide
How to get there: Train to Lillehammer. Local bus to Skeikampen.
Return: Local bus to Lillehammer, train to Oslo/Oslo Airport Gardermoen.
More tour suggestions and booking at norske-bygdeopplevelser.no