Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
close to Longyearbyen, while birders should buy the booklet
Bird Life in Longyearbyen
and surrounding area
(Nkr50), which is available from the tourist office.
BOAT TRIPS
Polar Charter ( 97 52 32 50)
sendsoutthe
MS Polargirl
toBarentsburgandtheEsmark
Glacier (
Click here
; adult/child Nkr1250/990, eight to 10 hours) four times a week, and
to Pyramiden and Nordenskjöldbreen (
Click here
; adult/child Nkr1250/990, eight to 10
hours);pricesincludealunchcookedonboard.OnFridays,italsoorganisesfive-hourtrips
to the Borebreen glacier (adult/child Nkr950/850).
Henningsen Transport & Guiding (
79 02 13 11;
www.htg.svalbard.no
)
runs a near-identical service aboard the
Lang
ø
ysund
toBarentsburgandPyramiden,althoughit'smoreexpensive(adultNkr1340).Italso
runs six-hour Friday-evening trips to Tempelfjorden and the Van Post glacier (Nkr1040).
Spitsbergen Travel (3/6hr trips Nkr640/990)
also arranges up to 13 weekly boat
cruises around Isfjord, which take in
birdwatching
,
fossil-hunting
and
glacier views
.
DOG-SLEDDING
It may not be quite the same as winter dog-sledding, but
Svalbard Villmarkssenter (3hr
trips Nkr590)
,
Arctic Adventures (4hr trips Nkr690)
,
Basecamp Spitsbergen (3½hr
trips Nkr690)
and
Svalbard Husky (4hr trips Nkr550)
offer half-day excursions with
wheeled sleds pulled by pack dogs. There are up to 38 weekly departures in summer.
HIKING & FOSSIL-HUNTING
Summer hiking possibilities are endless and any Svalbard tour company worth its salt can
organise half-, full- and multiday hikes.
The easiest options are three-hour fossil-hunting hikes (from Nkr330), some of which
take you up onto the moraine at the base of the Longyearbreen glacier.
Popular destinations for other hikes, many of which include glacier hikes, include
Platåberget (
Click here
; three/four hours Nkr300/490), up onto the Longyearbreen glacier
itself (
Click here
; five hours Nkr590), Sarkofagen (525m above sea level; five hours
Nkr590), Hiorthfjellet (900m above sea level; eight hours Nkr1050), Nordenskjöldtoppen
(1050m above sea level; seven hours Nkr950) and the Foxfonna ice field (six hours
Nkr590).
HORSE RIDING
Svalbard Hestesenter (3hr trips Nkr650)
organises short horse-riding expeditions in the
country beyond Longyearbyen.
