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The Best Adventure Trips
For the best adventure tours while based in Kabelvåg, call on Jann's
Adventure Lofoten ( & 76-07-89-10; www.lofoten-aktiv.no). Founded in
1984, the outfitter arranges the most carefully planned, best supervised,
and most thrilling varied trips. Justifiably, the most popular is the 4-hour
jaunt to Trollfjord to see white-tailed eagles. The cost is 300NOK ($43) for
adults and 150NOK ($21) for children under 16.
Far more adventurous than this is a Killer Whale Safari in inflatable
boats. Day trips to spot whales—the largest group of killer whales in the
world come to the Lofotens—are staged from mid-October to the end of
November. Trips take 4 hours and cost 650NOK ($92) per passenger.
Departures are daily at 9am and 1:30pm.
Jann's also offers the best sailing trips around the Lofotens in boats
built of wood. On these trips, boats cross open water to get from one
island to the other. Three-hour trips cost 400NOK ($57) for adults and
250NOK ($36) for children under 16. Departures are daily on request.
This same outfitter also offers cycling trips around the archipelago.
These leave at 3pm on Saturdays throughout the summer, since it does-
n't get dark because of the midnight sun. The cost of a 3-day jaunt is
2,200NOK ($312) for adults and 1,500NOK ($213) for children under 16.
The trip includes campsites for the night. Food can be found at little cafes
or fishermen's huts along the way.
If you possess the necessary skills, you can rent kayaks to test your luck
in the waters of the Lofotens. A single kayak for the day rents for
410NOK ($58). Fishing trips are also arranged, with no more than 12 fish-
ermen aboard at one time. Trips last 4 hours and cost 300NOK ($43).
Departures are daily at 6pm in summer.
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certain majesty. Otherwise, frequent buses (every 20 min. in summer) run from
Svolvær taking 15 minutes and costing 25NOK ($3.55) for a one-way fare.
SEEING THE SIGHTS
For 120NOK ($17) you can purchase (at any of the sites) a combination ticket,
granting admission to the Lofoten Museum, the Lofoten Aquarium, and the
Galleri Espolin.
Lofoten Museum, Storvågan ( & 76-06-97-90 ), was constructed over the
site of the first town built in the polar world. The regional museum depicts past
life in the Lofoten, and excavations continue at the site of an old trading post.
On the museum grounds you can visit a boathouse with antique boats, rorbu
cabins from the 18th and 19th centuries, and cultural artifacts dating from pre-
historic and medieval times. Admission is 50NOK ($7.10) for adults, 20NOK
($2.85) for children. It's open June 1 to June 14 and August 16 to August 31
daily 9am to 6pm. From June 15 to August 15, it's open daily 10am to 10pm.
In May and September it's open Monday to Friday 9am to 3pm.
Close by and opening onto the sea, Lofoten Aquarium, Storvågan ( & 76-
07-86-65 ), offers nearly two dozen aquariums of various sizes filled with fish
and other marine animals, including mammals, from the Arctic world. Of spe-
cial interest are the seal and otter ponds. There's also a salmon-farm exhibit, and
much attention is given to the “noble” cod, which has sustained life in these
parts for centuries. Admission is 75NOK ($11) for adults, 30NOK ($4.25) for
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