Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Pillarguri Kafé
CAFE-RESTAURANT €€
(Storgata 7; snacks & light meals Nkr70-145, mains Nkr115-260)
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Information
Rondane National Park Centre (otta@nasjonalparker.org; Johan Nygårdgata 17a;
noon-7pm Mon & Wed, 10am-4pm Tue, Thu & Fri, 10am-2pm Sat)
Although focused
on Rondane, there are displays on other national parks, as well as an extensive library.
Tourist office (
61 23 66 78;
www.visitrondane.com
;
Otta Skysstasjon;
8am-4pm
Mon-Fri mid-Jun-mid-Aug, shorter hr rest of yr)
Getting There & Away
Bus
Local buses to/from Lom (Nkr120, 1½hr, six daily). Nor-Way Bussekspress has buses
to/from Lillehammer (Nk220, two hours, up to five daily) and Oslo (Nkr460, five hours).
Cheaper Lavprisekspressen buses (from Nkr149) also pass through once or twice daily.
Train
Oslo (Nkr536, 3¾ hours), Trondheim (Nkr464, three hours, four daily) and Bergen
(Nkr1011, 12 hours, four daily)
Rondane National Park
Henrik Ibsen described the landscapes that now make up the 963-sq-km
Rondane Na-
tional Park (
www.rondane-dovrefjell.no
)
as 'palace piled upon palace'. It was created
in 1962 as Norway's first national park to protect the fabulous Rondane massif, regarded
by many as the finest alpine hiking country in Norway. Ancient reindeer-trapping sites and
burial mounds suggest that the area has been inhabited for thousands of years. Much of
the park's glaciated and lichen-coated landscape lies above 1400m and 10 rough and stony
peaks rise to over 2000m, including the highest, Rondslottet (2178m), and Storronden
(2138m). Rondane's range of wildlife includes 28 mammal species and 124 bird species,
and the park is now one of the last refuges of the wild reindeer.