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Lofthus Camping CAMPGROUND €
( 53 66 13 64; www.lofthuscamping.com ; tent or caravan sites Nkr130, plus Nkr35
electricity & per adult/child Nkr30/20, 2-/4-bed cabins Nkr480/590; ) A well-
equipped fjord-side campsite with front-row views, Lofthus Camping has a heated indoor
pool and can arrange boat rental.

Information

Kinsarvik tourist office ( 53 66 31 12; www.visitullensvang.no ; 9am-7pm mid-
Jun-mid-Aug, shorter hr rest of yr, closed Dec) Information and internet access (per
minute Nkr1).
Lofthus tourist office ( 45 78 58 22; 11am-7pm mid-Jun-mid-Aug)

Getting There & Away

Boat Every couple of hours a ferry connects Kinsarvik with Utne (per person/vehicle
Nkr32/86, 40 minutes) before continuing on to Kvanndal (Nkr39/114, one hour). There's
alsoonedailytouristboat(passengeronly)insummertoEidfjord,UlvikandNorheimsund,
although it's more for sightseeing than getting anywhere in a hurry (it stops for three hours
in Eidfjord).
Bus Buses run between Odda (one hour) and Eidfjord (one hour) around five times a day
and pass through Kinsarvik and Lofthus.

Utne

One of the prettiest little villages you'll find in Hardangerfjord, Utne is famous for
its fruit-growing and for the excellent open-air Hardanger Folk Museum
( www.hardanger.museum.no ; adult/child Nkr80/free; 10am-5pm May-Aug, short-
er hr rest of yr) , which acts as a repository for the cultural heritage of the Hardanger re-
gion.Itcomprisesacollectionofhistorichomes,boats,shops,outhousesandaschool,plus
exhibitions on Hardanger women, weddings, the famed Hardanger fiddle and fiddle-mak-
ing, fishing, music, dance, orchard crops and the woodcarvings of local artist Lars Kinsar-
vik; it also bakes delicious local cakes on Tuesdays (noon to 3pm) in July.