The hotel has a tradition dating back to 1861 for providing accommodation, hospitality and interesting experiences for guests and explorers. The hotel is an ideal starting point for day trips and hikes in the Sognefjord and Jotunheimen area.

Jotunheimen, with the beautiful Utladalen – a direct extension of the Sognefjord, will take you from the fjords and to the mountains. Inside this majestic landscape, you will find Vettisfossen, the king of Norwegian waterfalls.

Tour suggestions

Turtagrø  –  Skogadalsbøen – Vetti – Hjelle
In two days you walk from 900 through 1,400 to 100 metres above sea level.

The trail leaves Turtagrø on a well-marked path. The first part will give great view to some of the highest peaks in Norway.

When passing through the point Friken, towards the Utladalen Valley and Vettismorki, you will have a spectacular view to Hurrungane, also called "the roof of Norway". The last part goes through beautiful Utladalen with its great waterfalls and mountain farms.   

A bus for hikers (Årdal – Hjelle – Turtagrø) is available during the high season.

• Distance: 38 kilometres (18 kilometres the first day, 20 kilometres the second)
• Time: Approximately 14 hours (6 hours the first day, 8 hours the second)
• Starting point: Turtagrø (or the Sognefjellshytta Cabin at 1,300 metres above sea level)
• Parking: At Hjelle or Turtagrø (connecting bus during the high season)

Hjelle – Vetti Gard Farm –Vettisfossen Waterfall – Hjelle
The trail leaves Hjelle on a good tractor path, through the wild and beautiful Utladalen Valley, to Vetti Gard Farm and further to the spectacular Vettisfossen Waterfall (275 metres free fall), and returns taking the same route.

At the starting point, there is an information centre, Utladalen Naturhus, which is open during high season (mid-June to late August).

A bus for hikers (Årdal – Hjelle – Turtagrø) is available during the high season.

• Distance: Approximately 10 kilometres (5 kilometres one way)
• Time: Approximately 4 hours
• Starting point: Hjelle Farm – Utladalen
• Parking: At Hjelle Waterfall
• Directions: From Øvre Årdal, follow signs to Vetti/Utladalen

Årdalstangen – Nundalen – Sjuset – Seimsdalen – Årdalstangen 
You can also do this trip the other way around. Arrangements to be made at Klingenberg Hotel.

The trail leaves the hotel and proceeds along the Hæreidselva River to Lake Årdalsvatnet. You will then be taken by boat across Årdalsvatnet to Nundalen, an abandoned hamlet with old farms and cotters' crofts as well as a school house. You then continue along the trail to the summer mountain farm at Sjuset and onwards via the Seimsdalen Valley to Årdalstangen. Necessary transportation can arranged from Klingenberg hotel.

• Distance: Approximately 15 kilometres
• Time: 6 hours
• Starting point: Klingenberg Hotel (or the Seimsdalen Valley)
• Parking: Klingenberg Hotel (or the Seimsdalen Valley)
• Directions: Årdalstangen (at rv. 53)

Årdalstangen – Lindviki – Årdalstangen
The trail leaves the hotel and proceeds along the Hæreidselva River and the beautiful Lake Årdalsvatnet to Lindviki where there are traditional haystacks belonging to the farmers of Hæreid. You can return the same way or arrange to be collected by boat.

• Distance: Approximately 6 kilometres
• Time: 3 hours
• Starting point: Klingeberg Hotel
• Parking: Klingenberg Hotel
• Directions: Årdalstangen (at rv. 53)